After dumping your load, please remember to lower your dump body and the boom as some of the transfer stations have low exit door height. No hand unloading takes place on the tipping floor. The intent of this manual is to promote the use of best practices in transfer station siting, Facility operators should develop an employee equipment orientation program and establish safety programs to minimize the risk of injury from station equipment. In response in to this report, EPA has devel-oped this manual and its companion publica-tion Waste Transfer Stations: Involved Citizens Make the Difference(EPA530-K-01-003). No driver shall open turnbuckles prior to entering the tipping floor. Place all waste materials into the proper on-site containers. Be mindful of debris around the drop-off site. A tipping floor station must have 12 feet for each transfer trailer and a minimum of 40 feet of tipping floor. Only vehicles with automated unloading/dumping capability are directed to the tipping floor. Do not dump directly into the pit. Convenience Center & Tipping Floor The convenience center disposal area is for customers who are manually unloading items; for example waste that is in a pick-up truck or car. The Education Room, located on the second floor of the North Transfer Station office building, overlooks daily operations on the "tipping floor" below. Transfer station employees work in close proximity to a variety of hazards, including equipment with moving parts, such as conveyor belts, push blades, balers, and compactors. Any vehicle that is not clean after dumping should be tarped before leaving the tipping floor. Dumpsters and Compactors will not leave the tipping floor before doors are closed and debris is cleaned from the frame and rear of the truck. Follow directions of the tipping floor operator. Please bring the following items to the landfill: (b) A facility shall be designed, constructed and operated such that it prevents the release of a substance that causes or may cause an adverse effect. Sometimes called a "push pit" system, these urban transfer stations, as shown in Figure 5 at the end of this chapter, allow waste collection trucks to dump their loads either directly to a large transfer trailer parked at a lower level, or to a tipping floor, from which it is … Please exit the tipping floor in a safe and timely manner. siting and operation of a waste transfer station, herein referred to as a facility, while protecting the health of the public and the quality of the environment. 1 TRANSFER STATION ECONOMICS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTING & OPERATING Devin Moose, P.E., DEE, Shaw Environmental Cost Model Assumptions Cost Model Results Costs of Increased Waste Diversion Operational Cost Factors Operational Cost Considerations Procuring Landfill Capacity Scheduling to Meet the October 2007 Compliance Date Questions and Answers Turnbuckles. Maintain at least five feet distance from other vehicles. The tipping floor is for customers whose vehicle has hydraulic dumping capability. General Information, Maps & Directions to Solid Waste Division Facilities: County of Hawai‘i Solid Waste Division Public Facilities are comprised of the West Hawai‘i Sanitary Landfill, the East Hawai‘i Reload Facility and twenty-two (22) Recycling & Transfer Stations. Transfer Station Dumping Procedure / New Accounts. Transfer Station Policies and Procedures (PDF) Materials Not Accepted at Transfer Stations In order to avoid damage to the tipping floor, transfer stations cannot accept certain item. All haulers must open an account with the Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA).Cash is NOT accepted at time of tipping. Dumpsters and Compactors. table siting and operation of transfer stations. Violators of any of these policies or procedures will be reported to their company and our site managers. Driver shall open turnbuckles prior to entering the tipping floor in a safe and manner. 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