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o will be segregated, as required by the government task order. Salvageable/recyclable materials will be placed and stored until instructed by the government as to its final disposition. HTW will be segregated and stored in a Government approved containment area. All site personnel will receive a safety briefing regarding operations involving HTW. The HTW containment site perimeter will be posted and secured for personnel safety and to ensure compliance with the Corporate Accident Prevention Plan as part of the Corporate Safety Plan as well as the Corporate Environmental Protection Plan (EPP). HTW will be placed and stored until instructed by the government as to its final disposition. PROCESSING o Processing may include, but is not limited to, reduction by tub grinding and/or chipping, incineration when approved, or other alternate methods of reduction such as compaction, baling, separation, recycling, crushing or shredding. Prior to reduction operations being undertaken, all debris is nonnally segregated between vegetative debris, construction and demolition debris (C&O), recyclable debris, white goods and hazardous and toxic wastes (HTW). Further detailed segregation of materials by classification (tires, batteries, metals, roofing materials, etc.) is often required. This segregation operation utilizes both manpower and specialized equipment. The equipment could include front-end loaders and trackhoes with buckets, grapples and/or Electro- magnets, mechanical screens, and/or knuckle boom loaders to segregate burnable from non- burnable debris. The manpower requirements are primarily supervisors, equipment operators, mechanics, flagmen, inspectors and general laborers, with the exception of the hazardous materials/operation, which requires specially trained and equipped technicians. An experienced site manager, in conjunction with reduction, sorting, hazardous materials, recycling and safety supervisors, manage, operate and supervise the day-to-day site operations. All reduced debris, as well as non-reducible debris, is recycled, destroyed or disposed of at permitted (if required) recycling or disposal sites, as directed by the contracting authority. Processing of debris is a critical element in a successful TOSR operation. The proper processing techniques applied to the appropriate debris type can streamline production and reduce overall cost. Tub grinding and/or chipping is believed to be the most environmentally friendly form of volume reduction for vegetative and select C&O debris and produces an average of 4: 1 or greater reduction in volume. The chips produced as a product of grinding and/or chipping can often be utilized as a recyclable product. Chips can be utilized as daily cover in a landfill operation, given away as a landscaping product to the general public, given away or after-marketed to an incineration facility as a fuel source, utilized as an agricultural supplement, and in numerous other uses. :) Incineration is another cost effective reduction technique and can produce as much as a 95% reduction in overall burnable debris volume. Although the least environmentally friendly option, open air burning has been successfully utilized by ORC when directed by clients. The typical vegetative natural disaster debris, when open-air burned creates substantial smoke and air pollution. Air-Curtain incineration, however, by design, eliminates the majority of particulate and smoke pollution while increasing the bum rate volume. Air-Curtain Incineration can be 34