First Name | Thomas H. |
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Last Name | Fry |
Email Address | jerecycl@aol.com |
Affiliation | Community Recycling & Resource Recovery |
Subject | Comments Selected List of Early Actions |
Comment | COMMENTS: EXPANDED LIST OF AB32 EARLY ACTIONS Prepared by: Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, Inc. Collaborative research to understand how to reduce GHG emissions from nitrogen land application Community Recycling supports this measure as an additional early action and recommends that it include consideration of the use of compost as a means of reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and related emissions. Our company currently owns and operates the largest compost facility in California. Permitted to accept 3692 tons per day for organic windrow composting, over 98% of the resulting compost is sold to agricultural markets. We also operate over 3600 acres of adjacent farmland, including a 640 acre vineyard and corn, wheat and alfalfa crops, which. Much of this farmland had badly depleted soil when originally purchased and our practice of using compost on our own farmland has allowed us to substantially increase crop yields and dramatically reduce commercial fertilizer use. Many studies have already documented the beneficial impact of compost in reducing fertilizer, water, and herbicide use. One study, the Life Cycle Inventory and Life Cycle Assessment for Windrow Composting Systems by the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (with the University of New South Wales), focused in part on the beneficial impacts of compost on vineyards in Austrailia. That area of Australia is very similar in climate and soil to the California Central Valley and a Climate Action Team report identified California vineyards as one area of the economy in danger due to drought conditions brought on by climate change. Community Recycling looks forward to participating as a stakeholder in your planned collaborative research activities and discussions. We would also be pleased to assist in any future research efforts by making farmland available for additional studies, including recently acquired land with depleted soils. Tire Inflation Program We support these recommendations and already have a full time person at our maintenance facility checking tire inflation all day as vehicles come across the truck wash area. We use a nitrogen tire filling process which helps maintain the inflation pressure settings more accurately. Smartway Truck Efficiency Both Community Recycling and our sister company Crown Disposal Company have already implemented actions to reduce GHG emissions from our fleets of trucks and trailers, including those that reduce aerodynamic drag and rolling resistence. We support these types of strategies as discrete early actions. We are watching very carefully the technological development of trailer side skirts and gap fairings and will implement them when they are adequately developed. We would be happy to further discuss these trailer technologies with you as regulations are prepared by ARB staff. Thomas H. Fry, President Community Recycling and Resource Recovery, Inc. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2007-09-24 12:48:33 |
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