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Stanislaus County Food Processing

By-Product SummitBest Practices for Recycling

Fruit, Nut & Vegetable By-ProductsWednesday, December 15, 2004

Jan Marie Ennenga, Executive Director

Manufacturers Council of the Central Valley

Leading the Region in the Development

& Establishment of a Countywide Food Processing By-Product Reuse Program

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

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



Manufacturers Councilof the Central Valley

Working to provide policy makers with

responsible, workable, environmentally sound

solutionsFood Processing By-Product Summit


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. Food Processing By-Product

SummitBest practices for recycling fruit, nut &

vegetable by-products

Solutions Formula

Government + Business

=Cost Effective, Innovative

SolutionsFood Processing By-Product



Public/Private Partnerships. . .



• Maximize Pollution Reduction

• Minimize Economic Harm

• Ensure regulations are based on sound science and proven technology not the “I think” principle

Public-Private Partnership Model

Stanislaus County’s

Food Processing

Residue Use Program



Public-Private Partnership Model

• Permit Required

• Strict Standards

• Record Keeping & Reporting

• Inspections

• Site & Operations Plan

• Corrective Action When Necessary



Local Program Benefits•Accountability•Quick response• In-depth knowledge of local

conditions•Working relationship

between regulators and regulated community



TRUST & DIALOGUE

=QUICK RESOLUTION

OF ISSUES

Working Group

•Regulators•Food Processors•Haulers•Site Operators



Working Group

DISCUSSES. . .•Changes in Industry•County Oversight Issues

•New IssuesFood Processing By-Product



Working Group•Relationships develop over time

•Crucial element of successful local program

•Facilitates efficient exchange of information



Local Program Benefits

•Less onerous fee structure is critical for industry competing in global marketplace



MCCV Suggestion

Amend county program to include additional measures

to minimize potential for impacts to groundwater and to prevent surface

water degradation. Food Processing By-Product



Additional Measures

These could include:–Mechanisms to ensure that applications do not exceed the proper agronomic rate•Byproduct sample testing •Agronomic loading rates•Etc.



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.



Additional MeasuresFurther 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



Stanislaus County’sFood Processing

Residue Use Program:

An environmentally and fiscally sound

solution to a challenging by-

product management issue



Jan Marie Ennenga, Executive Director

Manufacturers Council of the Central Valley

Stanislaus CountyFood Processing

By-Product SummitBest practices for recycling

fruit, nut & vegetable by-products

stanislaus county food processing by-product summit best practices for recycling fruit, nut &...

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