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Compost Transfer Facility Policy Forward The purpose of the Elk River Compost Transfer Facility is to provide Sherburne County residents free disposal of yard waste, brush, organics recycling, and used oils. Four similar facilities are operated throughout Sherburne County in Elk River, Zimmerman, Big Lake, and Becker. These facilities are available to all Sherburne CountyT residents using a standard access card common among the sites. Partial funding of the sites is provided by Sherburne County in the form of a SCORE grant with the remaining balance for each site funded byT the respective cities. Materials `vithin the Elk River facilityT are divided into four categories, grass and leaves, brush and logs, organics recycling, and waste oil. Residents are required to separate their waste into the appropriate piles or storage containers to prevent contamination of each individual material. As a�Tard waste compost transfer facilit�r, the cityT does not conduct anyT composting of the materials on site and does not provide processed compost materials to the public. Composting facilities are defined and regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency into 5 categories: ■ BackyaYd composting — Utilized for homeowneYs to compost materials for their personal use. No peYmit required. ■ Organics drop-off sites — Communittr collection sites for drop off of household compostable food waste, utilized for collection and transport. No permit required. ■ Small compost sites — Small compost sites are limited to 120 cubic yaYds of material foY communityr gardens, universities, apartment buildings, commercial properties, etc. No permit required. ■ Yard waste compost transfer facilityT — Large scale collection site for �Tard `vaste to include leaves, grass clippings, vegetation, brush, and logs. No composting is conducted on site, these sites are primarilyT utilized as collection areas for materials to be transported to a secondaryT site (yTard `vaste compost facilityT) for processing. Permit required. ■ Yard ��aste compost facilityT — Large scale sites utilized for processing yTard waste into a suitable composted material. PeYmit required. Elk River's site falls into two categories of compost facilities; organics drop-off site and yTard waste compost transfer facilityT. In addition to these services, the site also serves as a used oil collection site. The city contracts with outside vendors to remove collected materials from the facilityT which theyT then process into other recycled materials. This policyT is a summaryT of procedures and policies of the cityT as theyT relate to the compost transfer site operations. Introduction SheYburne County Yesidents must Yequest a pass from one of the paYtnering cities to gain access to the sites. In addition to Yesident use, contractors performing landscape maintenance ma�r access the site utilizing the compost pass of the resident properttT owner on whose properttT the work was performed. Through the parmership `vith Sherburne CounnT, the cityT assumes responsibilityT for the operations and maintenance of the site to include establishing contracts for the disposal of materials collected from the site. DailyT maintenance of the site is conducted byT public works staff to ensure the site remains clean of unauthorized materials, pile collected materials, and ensure safetyr of the site foY its users.