Preliminary review of the permit package indicates the following permit and operational/design changes:

An increase the total permitted area from 18.3 acres to 46 acres. The permitted boundary will be expanded to include existing ancillary facilities such as the scale house, retention ponds, and pipelines which serve South Valley Organics compost operations; An increase the permitted traffic volume from 260 vehicles per day to 341 vehicles per day.  The total of 341 vehicles per day includes the composting facility, the transfer station, and the wood processing facility (all three facilities have their individual Solid Waste Facility Permits); Removal of permit conditions that are obsolete or duplicative of existing regulations and/or the monitoring program; Updates to the Report of Composting Site Information (RCSI); Updates to the documents that describe and/or restrict the operation of the composting facility.

(SWIS No. 43-AA-0017)