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1. INTRODUOTION, PURPOSE AND NEED (primarily because of variable summer weather conditions) prompted the development the Biosol/ds Management Plan, which was adopted by the MWMC in 1997. That plan evaluated available options for long-term, cost-effective management of biosolids, and called for the construct/on of belt filter presses (BFPs) at the BMF, which were completed in 2001. These facilities added solids processing (drying) capacity that closely matched the original (i.e., 1984-2005) design capacity of the treatment plant. Stabilized biosolids from the FSLs may be either mechanically dewatered with the use of the belt filter presses, or applied to drying beds for seasonal dewatering. Dewatered sludge cake is recycled through land application on cooperative farms and farmland owned by MWMC and leased to private farming operations. Supematant from the sludge lagoon/s returned to the WPCF. 1.3.4 Biocycle Farm Following the development of a feasibility study and development plan, MWMC purchased 596 acres of land near the BMF site in July 2000 to develop a Biocycle Farm. The Biocycle Farm provides MWMC with a dedicated land application site for biosoIids utilization. It enables cost-effective land application directly adjacent to the B/VIF, saving trucking and other costs associated with maintaining distribution of biosolids to cooperative farm sites. It also provides MWMC with long-term certainty as an available and permitted biosolids land application site. The site is located along Highway 99 between Awbrey Lane and Meadowview Road. The Biocycle Farm is scheduled to be constructed in three phases for completion by 2008. Phase 1 will consist of 160 acres of poplar trees and is scheduled to be complete and put into operation in summer 2004. Stabilized dewatered biosolids from the BMF lagoon w/Il be applied to the Biocycle Farm to provide the necessary nutrients for the poplar trees. The Biocycle Farm is anticipated to complement the current practice of hauling biosolids to cooperative farms. In addition, the Biocycle Farm will provide the flexibility to pump stabilized liquid biosolids directly from the BMF FSLs to the Biocycle Farm for lartd application. Ultimately, the three phases will occupy 595 acres, of which 400 acres contain poplar trees. 1.3.5 Seasonal Industrial Waste Facility The SIWF is located at 9199 Prairie Road. The SIWF-was originally constructed in 1984 to provide lagoon storage, and disposal of industrial cannery waste by irrigation. Seneca Foods (previously Agripac and then Chiquita) was the sole food processor to use the facility. Cannery waste from the industrial facility was piped directly to the lagoon for stabiliza~on. Irrigation is delivered to the grass crop at the site through a center pivot irrigation system. The cannery facility has permanently closed its operation and the facility is not currently receiving additional cannery waste. The SIWF continues to operate at a reduced level, /rrigating with the remaining stored cannery waste. This Facilities Plan evaluates the SIWF to determine how this facility can best be used to optimize the efficiency and cost- effectiveness of the residuals land application program, as well as the long-term asset value of the site. MWMC_I.0_REV13.DOG t-3