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Supporting Documentation · Mar 26, 2024

99-24 Exhibit to Temporary Extension Agreement.pdf

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Proposal intended to is intended address those to address concerns and those concerns and issues issues asas they would they impact Reliable, would impact Reliable, as successful incumbent, the successful as the incumbent, and Township Administration. the Township and the Administration. The Reliable Proposal The Reliable will reduce Proposal will grinding and reduce grinding other processing and other processing at at the Site to the Site those events, to those events, be they Acts be they of God Acts of God or otherwise, that or otherwise, create extraordinary that create amounts of extraordinary amounts raw material of raw material that must be that must be accepted at the Site. Those events accepted at the Site. Those events will will require

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ust be accepted at the Site. Those events accepted at the Site. Those events will will require require processing processing at at the the Site Site to to volume volume reduce reduce material material toto allow allow for transportation to efficient transportation for efficient to other of the other of Company locations the Company locations for further processing. for further Other processing. Other meeting the than meeting than the Township’s Township's needsneeds resulting from those resulting from those extraordinary the Reliable events, the extraordinary events, Reliable Proposal Proposal will equipment needs, reduce equipment will reduce noise, dust, needs, noise, dust, and odor potential

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ll reduce noise, dust, needs, noise, dust, and odor potential and odor potential while continuing to while continuing to provide provide the Township the Township and its residents and its residents with with the same quality the same services and quality services recycled products. and recycled products. As presently As presently operated the Site operated the Site receives, receives, processes, stores, colors, processes, stores, colors, andand ships ships vegetative vegetative waste, waste, leaves, and convenience leaves, and center recyclables convenience center recyclables daily. daily. ToTo perform those functions perform those Reliable must functions Reliable must grind grind the the raw materials to raw materials to allow allow for for processing into aa finished processing into finished product. product. By the

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ng into aa finished processing into finished product. product. By the nature By the nature of the activity of the activity the grinding process the grinding is noisy, process is noisy, produces dust, and produces dust, has generated and has generated complaints complaints fromfrom residents residents and from and from the Administration. the Administration. Movement Movement of of the the processed processed material material for coloring and for coloring storage also and storage also produces produces noise dust but and dust noise and has the but has potential to the potential also generate to also odor which generate odor which can migrate off can migrate Site and the Site

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and the Site off the result and result in regulatory in regulatory violations and fines violations and even though fines even though "best “best practices” were observed. practices" were observed. Reliable monitors Reliable monitors the weather conditions the weather conditions and suspends processing and suspends when the processing when the wind wind direction direction isis likely likely to move toward to move toward any area. Reliable residential area, any residential also employed has also Reliable has employed an odor neutralizer an odor neutralizer dispersal system toto counteract dispersal system counteract any naturally occurring any naturally occurring odor odor but but with spotty success. with spotty success.

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In addition In addition to the Proposed to the Proposed Lease Payment to Lease Payment the Township to the Township and and toto improve community improve community relations, relations, the the Reliable Reliable Proposal Proposal isis that that processing processing atat the the Site Site will will be limited to be limited to extraordinary extraordinary events events as described as described above.above. Absent Absent those those events, all material events, all material received received atat the Site will the Site will be removed and be removed and not not more more than 7,500 cubic than 7,500 yards of cubic yards brush, and of brush, not more and not than 5,000 more than

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of brush, not more and not than 5,000 more than yards of cubic yards 5,000 cubic of leaves will remain leaves will remain on the on the Site Site atat any any time. Those amounts time. Those amounts are are below below thethe permitted permitted capacity capacity for for the Site and the Site and are are consistent consistent with historic permitted with historic permitted levels. Removal of levels. Removal of the the unprocessed material is unprocessed material is possible possible because because other facilities operated other facilities operated by by Reliable Reliable areare available available to to receive receive the West Orange

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e available available to to receive receive the West Orange the West Orange material. Material material. Material will continue will continue to to be be accepted accepted at at no no charge charge as as provided provided in Technical Information in Technical Information SectionsSections 2.9.1 2.9.1 through through 2.9.4.2.9.4. Additionally, Additionally, processed processed material material willwill continue continue to to be be available available at at no no charge charge asas provided provided in Sections 2.12.1 in Sections 2.12.3. Reliable through 2.12.3. 2.12.1 through Reliable will continue to will continue charge users

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ue to will continue charge users to charge users of the Site of the not Site not otherwise exempt. otherwise However, regardless exempt However, regardless of who deposited of who deposited the material, it the material, it will will be removed from be removed from Site as the Site the as described herein above. described herein above. Finished, fully processed Finished, fully processed material will be material will returned to be returned to the Site the Site and stored neatly in new bunkers reflected on the Site Improvement Plan included in the Reliable and stored neatly in new bunkers reflected on the Site Improvement Plan included in the Reliable Proposal. ItIt is Proposal. anticipated that is anticipated $60,000 will approximately $60,000 that approximately be allocated

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approximately $60,000 that approximately be allocated will be allocated for Improvement. Site Improvement. for Site The benefit The benefit of the new of the new proposed method of proposed method of operation operation isis that that the the potential potential for for noise, dust, noise, dust, odor, fire, odor, overcapacity, and fire, overcapacity, likelihood of the likelihood and the of complaints complaints will reduced substantially be reduced will be substantially or even or even eliminated. As eliminated. As aa result, result, Reliable Reliable believes the number believes the number andand frequency frequency of of inspections inspections byby the

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