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TABLE 2-1 <br /> <br />Compost Facility Component <br /> <br />Composting Area <br />Tipping Area <br />Curing Area <br /> <br />Size <br /> <br />23.1 <br /> 1.0 <br /> 3.0 <br /> <br />Total 27.1 Acres <br /> <br />Vehicles delivering compost to the facility will be directed <br />through the use of signs to proceed to the landfill office. <br />Vehicles delivering yard waste in bulk (in excess of pick-up truck <br />loads) will be weighed on the landfill scale and charged by the <br />ton. Two different rates will be charged depending on whether or <br />not the load contains bagged or loose yard waste. Mixed loads <br />containing both bagged and debagged waste will be charged the <br />bagged rate. Private vehicles and small trailers will be charged <br />by the bag or by the cubic yard depending upon whether the load is <br />bagged or not. All loads will be required to be covered or they <br />will be charged double. Rate information will be posted at the <br />landfill office visible to the public. <br /> <br />Upon a determination of the load type (bagged or debagged) by <br />landfill personnel the customer will be directed to the composting <br />tipping area. Additional signs will be located along access roads <br />providing additional directions to the yard waste tipping area. <br />Upon arrival at the tipping area the customer will be directed <br />where to unload through the use of signs or by WMMI personnel. Two <br />unloading areas will be provided, one for yard waste and a second <br />for tree prunings. Yard waste contained in plastic bags that is <br />delivered to the facility will be required to be debagged by the <br />customer. A container will be provided for waste bags. Yard waste <br />delivered in paper bags will not be required to be debagged as the <br />bag should not interfere in the composting process. Tree prunings <br />will be accumulated until approximately 2000 cubic yards are <br />accumulated and then chipped using a wood chipper. Wood chipping <br />or other measures such as covering, etc. will occur more frequently <br />if this is deemed necessary to deal with diseased trees or other <br />operational problem. <br /> <br />WMMI anticipates operating this site using low-level technology. <br />The composting methodology that will be used is that developed by <br />Rutgers University. Under this method windrows will be formed in <br />the fall out of the yard waste. Yard waste will be picked up in <br />a loader bucket and water will be added as needed to each bucket <br />to provide the proper moisture content. Two windrows will be <br />formed with approximately 2 feet of separation between them. Each <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />