Stanislaus County Food Processing By-Product Summit Best Practices for Recycling Fruit, Nut & Vegetable By-Produc

2. Stanislaus County Food Processing By-Product SummitBest Practices for Recycling Fruit, Nut & Vegetable By-ProductsWednesday, December 15, 2004

3. Leading the Region in the Development & Establishment of a Countywide Food Processing By-Product Reuse Program Jan Marie Ennenga, Executive Director Manufacturers Council of the Central Valley

4. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products MCCV Members. . . • Food & Kindred Products (fruits, vegetables, chips, candy and confectionary, poultry and dairy) • Feed • Wineries • Container Manufacturers (boxes, cans, plastics) • Automotive Parts • Power Generation • Warehousing & Distribution • Environmental & Industry Consultants

5. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products MCCV Members. . . • San Joaquin to Kern County • 30,000 employees • 75 facilities • 100,000 additional jobs generated

6. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Manufacturers Councilof the Central Valley Working to provide policy makers with responsible, workable, environmentally sound solutions

7. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products MCCV Members. . . • Have operated under permits for many years • Have expended $$$ millions of dollars on control & compliance measures • Compete in a global market place • Recognized for voluntary efforts in recycling beneficial materials.

8. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Solutions Formula Government + Business = Cost Effective, Innovative Solutions

9. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Public/Private Partnerships. . . • Maximize Pollution Reduction • Minimize Economic Harm • Ensure regulations are based on sound science and proven technology not the “I think” principle

10. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Public-Private Partnership Model Stanislaus County’s Food Processing Residue Use Program

11. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Public-Private Partnership Model • Permit Required • Strict Standards • Record Keeping & Reporting • Inspections • Site & Operations Plan • Corrective Action When Necessary

12. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Local Program Benefits • Accountability • Quick response • In-depth knowledge of local conditions • Working relationship between regulators and regulated community

13. TRUST & DIALOGUE = QUICK RESOLUTION OF ISSUES

14. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Working Group • Regulators • Food Processors • Haulers • Site Operators

15. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Working Group DISCUSSES. . . • Changes in Industry • County Oversight Issues • New Issues

16. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Working Group • Relationships develop over time • Crucial element of successful local program • Facilitates efficient exchange of information

17. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Local Program Benefits • Less onerous fee structure is critical for industry competing in global marketplace

18. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products MCCV Suggestion Amend county program to include additional measures to minimize potential for impacts to groundwater and to prevent surface water degradation.

19. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Additional Measures These could include: • Mechanisms to ensure that applications do not exceed the proper agronomic rate • Byproduct sample testing • Agronomic loading rates • Etc.

20. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Additional Measures • Tail water controls • Setbacks from waterways/water bodies • Requiring participation in the CVRWQCB’s irrigated lands discharge waiver program, since the primary purpose of the land is crop production/farming.

21. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Additional Measures Further assurances that the sites are suitable for land application and that they are not wetlands. Other considerations include: *Minimum depth to groundwater *Soil profiles (type and depth) *Cropping information

22. Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Stanislaus County’sFood Processing Residue Use Program: An environmentally and fiscally sound solution to a challenging by-product management issue

23. Stanislaus County Food Processing By-Product Summit Best practices for recycling fruit, nut & vegetable by-products Jan Marie Ennenga, Executive Director Manufacturers Council of the Central Valley