Site Inspection Report Location: Florence, AL Dates: 7/11/07 to 7/12/07 Contractor: EPIC Contract numbers: 947ADMI and 1131-Bio EPIC selected the Patton Island Site in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County, which is owned by the Port Authority of Florence. Biosolids will be transported by rail from EPIC’s Brills Yard in Newark, New Jersey in intermodal containers. The containers will be off-loaded at the Patton Island site on Tract 14, which will be licensed to EPIC for use. Biosolids in intermodal containers will then be transported to the stabilization or land application sites as appropriate. ‘Synagro will lease the property for lime stabilization from Mr, Mark Hamilton of Hamilton Farms in Colbert County. Improvement to this property are made to accommodate lime stabilization process. Such improvements include a concrete slab for unloading biosolids as well as a slab and roofed area to house the Bio*Fix processing, unit Synagro will use a proprietary alkaline stabilization process called Bio*Fix. This process uses quicklime (CaO) to treat biosolids prior to beneficial use. The Bio*Fix Class B process is characterized by an increase in pH and temperature that meets environmental standards established by the U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 503 Regulations and state, local requirements associated with the end product use. The process does not effectively control odors. The Class B Bio*Fix process achieves pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements by elevating the pH to at least 12 and maintaining pH 212 for two (2) hours and holding pH 211.5 for 22 more hours. Process Description Dewatered biosolids are transported into a receiving hopper by conveyors or front-end loaders. At the bottom of the hopper a variable speed screw feeder delivers biosolids to a serew conveyor which in tum feeds a process mixer, ‘The process mixer employed to provide the level of mixing required by the BIO*FIX process is a dual shaft, plow-type mixer. Quicklime is delivered by trucks and is supposed to be stored on-site in silos. I have not seen them. These materials are fed to the mixer via a variable speed airlock valve and screw conveyor.The end product discharged from the mixer is conveyed via screw conveyors directly into tractor trailers for transportation to sites for land application. The end product(s) can also be diverted into an on-site storage area before being moved if weather dictates. Synagro is proposing that up to 73,000 wt of residuals from New York City be railed to ‘Alabama for lime stabilization and land application, It is not clear to me how did they get such a number and how many tons per day that would be for each of two Epic contracts. The amount of land base needed was determined by converting 73,000 wt into dry tons based on an average %4solids from 12 analyses provided by EPIC. 73,000 wt x 21.84% solids = 15,943.2 dry tons Biosolids will be transported from the treatment site to approved land application sites. Therefore, this is a facilities-based treatment of biosolids, not specified by contract 947ADM1 and 1131-Bio. Conelusion: Prior to our approval of Florence, AL, site, EPIC shall submit: 1. A permit for a beneficial land application of NYC biosolids issued by local, state, or Federal authority. 2. A calculation of a site capacity in wet tons per day for each contract. Alexander Frenzel Associate Project Manager a ovinbu. Rew 2-00