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Coors Brewing Company
Golden, Colorado 80401-1295
September 19, 1995
To whom it may concern:
In response to a recent request from Bob Yost with A-1 Organics, I would like to offer the
following information regarding Coors Brewing Company's and A-1 Organic's business
relationship.
For the past several years, Coors has utilized A -I Organics and or A-1 Organics facilities
for composting/recycling of our organic bi-products. These bi-products include wood, waste
water treatment plant bio-solids, brewers grain, process bio-solids, and other miscellaneous
organic materials.
During the course of our business relationship, we have found A-1 to be responsible and
competent regarding its involvement with Coon and Coon waste products. While Coon is
not responsible for its materials once custody has been transferred to A-1, we have
monitored to the degree possible the operation at their Lost Antlers facility to insure that
Coor's materials are being handled properly and in accordance with the operational plans
and permit requirements as we understand them. Although we are not involved with the
site in question, it is our opinion that to date all operations at the Lost Antlers facility have
been conducted satisfactorily.
Sinc r
/1/4OS
-"Leon C Gibson
Coon Brewing Company
DRINK
SAFELY
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14802 WEST 44TH AVENUE
GOLDEN, COLORADO 80403
OFFICE: (303) 279-6611
FAX: (303) 279-6216
September 18, 1995
To Whom It May Concern:
We have had the pleasure of being A-1 Organics landlord for their Lost Antlers Composting Facility
north of Golden, Colorado. We have found their management, employees and their operation to be
extremely competent and responsible. They have always been responsive to our needs and concerns
as well as to our neighbors.
In today's world, recycling is more important than ever. It has been refreshing to see the professional
and competent manner that the entire A-1 Organics organization has operated.
We certainly look forward to continuing our good relationship with A-1 Organics and would strongly
recommend them to anyone any time.
Respectfully,
Asphalt Paving
0i4ller
Exec. Vice -President
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QUALIFICATION STATEMENT
BRIEF COMPANY BACKGROUND
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
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DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS
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OPERATING SITES
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EQUIPMENT RESOURCES
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DETAILED PROJECT PROFILES
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CURRENT (PARTIAL) CLIENT LIST
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OTHER ITEMS
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KEY PERSONNEL
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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
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THE COMPANY
A -I Organics has been in commercial
composting and organic recycling for more
than two decades. It is a business that grew
out of a family farming and commercial
feeding enterprise. Composting was the most
effective method of managing feedlot waste
and compost the best soil amendment and
fertilizer product for the farm. It simply made
good sense.
Composting grew quickly into a successful
business, A -I Organics, as product markets
were developed, and new opportunities
unfolded to custom compost for other ag-
based, industrial, and governmental clients. All
who were looking for the same kind of "good
sense solutions" to better manage waste.
Today, A -I Organics remains a family held
corporation. The largest provider of
composting and organic waste reduction/
recycling services in the Rocky Mountain
Region. At our
strategic sites
along the front
range, A -I
processes more
than 300,000
cubic yards of raw
material yearly for
a wide range of
commercial and
municipal customers. We also provide tailored,
site -specific, grinding and composting
programs. A -I has developed successful,
nationally recognized, public/private
partnerships involving yard waste recycling
programs. And more importantly, at a time
when landfills are reaching capacity, A -I has
had great impact as a landfill alternative,
diverting significant organic waste streams,
and converting them into quality soil
amendment products that provide benefit,
eliminate risk, and reduce costs to our
customers.
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A -I Organics
is the largest
supplier of soil
amendment
products to
the commer-
cial landscape
and agri-
cultural industries in Colorado. With more
than 20 distributors of A -I products , and a
bagging operation, with a million bag per year
capacity, A -I provides a distribution range that
covers the entire Rocky Mountain Region.
A firm
commitment
to quality and
effective
marketing is
A -I Organics'
distinction. Any
company can
accept "recyclable" material, and collect the
tipping fee. But at A -I Organics, we not only
take it, we turn it into something valuable,
eliminate the risk, and take that new product
to the markets we've established where it is
consumed. And where it really does something
worthwhile: improve a soil's health, naturally.
We're a "growth" industry —any way you look
at it.
A -I ORGANICS.
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS. ECONOMIC SENSE.
"Colorado has been home to my family for five
generations. A -I Organics is more than a
business to us. Its a way our family can carry on
its heritage. We work very hard and take great
pride in our ability to provide products and
services that help to ensure the quality of life here,
today and for future generations of my family
and yours."
—Duane Wilson
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A-1 ORGANICS SERVICES
Over the past 21 years, A -I Organics
has expanded its services to include:
- Custom Composting
- Custom Grinding
- Composting Consultation
- Site and Land Permitting Consultation
- Organic Waste Stream Auditing
- Custom Marketing
- Custom Bagging
CUSTOM COMPOSTING SERVICES
Any non -hazardous, non-toxic bi-product
can, in most cases be composted. During
summer months in particular, yardwaste and
other organic waste can consume up to 40-50%
of a landfill. Landfill space is diminishing and
new landfills are not easily opened, so cost will
continue to increase dramatically. Composting
provides a viable alternative to landfills for
industries and municipalities looking to reduce
costs and divert waste streams into more
environmentally friendly methods of
management. A -I has provided that kind of
alternative for more than two decades, and has
positioned itself well to meet the growing
demand for this type of service.
A -I Organics offers the unique ability to join
with governmental entities and corporate
clients in project specific working relationships
to accomplish targeted organic recycling goals.
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GRINDING SERVICES
A -I Organics offers commercial grinding or
waste reduction services to its clients,
employing a commercial duty, 500 horse
power, 12 foot diameter tub grinder. Grinding
normally results in volume reductions of
between 40% to 80%, which translate into
reduced transportation, disposal, and or
processing costs.Grinding services are mobile,
and can be conducted on client -specific sites
at times convenient to the client. Costs for
grinding are competitive and are usually totally
recoverable via savings from transportation,
disposal, and or processing requirements.
CONSULTING SERVICES
A -I Organics offers consulting services that
include operation, management, and reporting
of pilot composting studies and programs on
our sites or client's site. Researching, locating,
and negotiating sites and site -related issues.
PERMITTING SERVICES.
A -I Organics conducted and is conducting
its own permitting requirements, including
rezoning and certificate of designation
applications. A -I also permits private ground
for application of Classified Sludge and Bio-
solids.
COMPOSTING & RECYCLING FACILITY SITING,
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION.
As mentioned in individual descriptions of
key personnel. A -I Organics has successfully
sited, designed, constructed and operated its
own facilities. Its Lost Antlers Facility in
Golden is the first and largest fully permitted,
multiple material, privately owned and oper-
ated composting facility in Colorado. A -I
Personnel have also been involved in success-
fully permitting the Air Force Academy's
composting facility
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A-1 ORGANICS SERVICES
WASTE STREAM AUDITING
This entails detailed in-house analysis of
commercial or governmental waste stream
profiles to determine origination type, •
quantity, profile, and disposition of organic
waste streams.
CUSTOM BAGGING
A -I Organics' bagging operation has a
capacity of over 1,000,000 bags per year. In
addition to bagging its own premium label
products, A -I provides bagging services for
clients like the City of Loveland who also
market a bagged
product to their
residents as part of
the A -I/
City of Loveland
Yardwaste Recycling
Program.
MARKETING
One of the key
distinctions A -I Organics has is its ability to
effectively market the products it produces.
Without that ability, any value with respect to
recycling is lost.
A -I Organics currently processes in excess
of 300,000 cubic yards of
raw organic material into
compost, mulch, potting
soil, topsoil, peat moss
substitute, and other
landscape or soil
amendment products.
Finished products are marketed to all major
landscape contractor, nurseries, garden
centers, the Department of Transportation,
through product specification by landscape
architects, and through A -I's 26 bulk/bag
distributor network. A -I Organics also has an
association with a national distributor of
bagged product that covers I I surrounding
states. A -I currently markets in excess of
150,00 cubic yards of organic materials which
results in it's being
the largest
manufacturer and
marketer of these
materials in the
Rocky Mountain
Region.
A -I Organics has spent the past twenty
years developing its markets, and has
established and maintained a solid
reputation for quality and service. A -I
provides marketing services for all of
our own soil amendment products and
those of our clients.
A -I personnel are highly knowledge-
able in the areas of market demands,
product quality, market prices, and
distribution.
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A - 1 ORGANICS PRODUCTS
The company currently processes stock
material into compost, mulch, potting soil,
topsoil and other landscape or soil
amendment products.
In addition, A -I Organics has been very pro-
active in new product research and
development. One of our most significant
accomplishments is the development of
Repeat, a high quality peat moss substitute.
RePeat is 100% natural and provides
comparable analysis, texture, and performance
to peat. The demand for this product has been
extremely high, and is expected to continue as
peat is not a product that can be created, it
must be mined. Current supplies throughout
the United States and Canada are running low
and new mining permits are not being
granted..
Current products that A -I manufactures and
markets in both bag and bulk, include:
• Premium 3 Compost
• Eco Grow Yardwaste Compost
• Lowlands Own Yardwaste Compost
• RePeat (peat moss substitute)
• Bio-solids compost
• Topsoil and Topsoil Blends
• Potting Soils
• Cover Mulches
• Specialty Amendment Products
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A- I ORGANICS SITE INFORMATION
EATON COLORADO FACILITY
Located on 160 acres of ground owned by
A -I Organics since the companies inception.
Corporate headquarters
for the Company.
Permitted under a
Use by Special Review
issued by Weld County.
Facility includes a
bagging operation.
Conveniently located
to major populations centers along the front
range.
Currently processes in excess of 50,000
cubic yards of finished material per year. Feed
stocks include animal manures, clean wood
waste, yard waste, and some bio-solids.
HIGHWAY 66 FACILITY
Located on 40 acres of private ground,
conveniently located approximately 25 miles
north of Denver, and 10 miles east of
Longmont. Processes in excess of 140,000
cubic yards of dairy manure and bedding into
70,000 cubic yards of finished compost per
year. Currently being
re -permitted to
conform to pending
regulatory require-
ments. In operation
since July of 1990.
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A-1 ORGANICS SITE INFORMATION
LOST ANTLERS REGIONAL COMPOSTING
AND RECYCLING FACILITY
Opened in August of 1994, it is conveniently
located 4 miles north of Golden, and 15 miles
south of Boulder on Colorado Highway 93.
Lost Antlers is currently the only fully
permitted multiple source composting facility
in Colorado. It can accept all types of non-toxic
or non -hazardous organic bi-products for
processing from a full range of commercial or
governmental entities.
The facility is situated on 70 acres of
permitted ground. It is engineered and
constructed to negate risk of negative
environmental impacts. It is surrounded by
nearly 2,400 acres of private ground which act
as a buffer between the facility and any
neighboring developments. The facility utilizes
a state of the art computer software system
that tracks, monitors, and documents
materials as they are received and continues to
monitor and
record their
progress
throughout the
recycling process.
It is designed to
limit or eliminate
generator risks associated with waste streams
delivered to the site. The site is permitted to
receive up to 200,000 cubic yards of solid
material, and 35,000,000 gallons of liquid
material per year.
LOVELAND YARD WASTE FACILITIES
Currently located on 2 sites. Receiving,
separation, reduction, and some composting
activities are conducted at the Service Center.
location located in Loveland. The balance of
composting and screening
operations are conducted on 20
acres of the Fort Collins/ Loveland
Landfill. Processes approximately
75,000 cubic yards of feed stock
into 20,000 cubic yards of finished material per
year. Incoming feed stock consists of grass,
leaves, brush, and tree trimmings. Materials
come from city residences and business's.
Materials are successfully separated without
problem voluntarily at the site by those
delivering them. Operated under public private
agreement since 1992. New permanent site
and permitting now being pursued.
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EQUIPMENT RESOURCES
A -I Organics owns or operates on long term
leases a wide variety of standard industrial
and specialized equipment that is utilized
within the recycling industry it serves.
Included in this resource are:
• Semi -tractors equipped with various types
of trailer units.
• Dump trucks
• Road Grader/maintainer
• 6 front end loaders with bucket
capacity ranges of 3-7 cubic yards.
• 16' self contained trammel screener
• Self contained deck screener
• Harsh enviro-pro 30; 30 cubic yard
custom product mixing truck
• Scarab; 14' windrow aerator
• KW 16' windrow aerator
• Willibald aerator
• Knight flail type compost and manure
spreader
• New Leader compost spreader
• Haybuster HD -I2 portable industrial
tub grinder
• Haybuster IG-rt10 portable industrial
tub grinder
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SELECTED PROJECT /CLIENT PROFILES
COORS BREWING COMPANY
GOLDEN, COLORADO
Contacts: Leon Gibson, (303) 277-5253
George Neserke: (303) 277-2662
A -I Organics currently receives and
composts a minimum of 7,000,000 gallons of
8% solids municipal bio-solids produced at the
General Waste Water Treatment Plant located
on Coors facility. Along with the bio-solids,
A -I grinds and composts all of the waste wood
generated by the brewery operation. Additional
materials on line to compost include brewery
waste, pre and post consumer food waste,
waste grain, and yard waste. Finished materials
are sold as soil
amendments or
potting soils and
used in top soil
blends.
Background: In
December of 1989,
A -I Organics and
Coors Brewing
Company entered into discussions on how A -I
could assist Coors in reaching its corporate
goal of recycling all of it recyclable waste
materials. Part of those items designated as
recyclable included their organic waste
streams, such as bio-solids (2 types), wood
waste, spent grain, un-marketable paper waste,
food waste, and unmarketable waste beer. Prior
to composting and waste reduction activities,
Coors was disposing of, via landfill, land
application, and incineration. As a result of
these early discussions, A -I Organics
presented a proposal to Coors for a pilot
composting project that, if successful, would
translate into a full scale composting
operation designed to provide options for
recycling of the organic wastes produced by
Coors as a bi-product of their brewery
operations. Coors and A -I agreed to a
business relationship that would allow A -I to
proceed with this plan. A -I obtained the
necessary regulatory approvals to begin the
pilot operation, oversaw preparation of a pilot
site, and then implemented and managed the
pilot program. Pilot operations proved
successful and a plan to establish a full scale
composting
operations on the
Coors facility was
begun. Site and
regulatory
limitations resulted
in diversion of efforts
from a Coors Facility
Site, to an off
brewery location. A -I
searched for and
found a preferred
location, negotiated
land leases, defined,
managed and
completed re -zoning and permitting
requirements, designed, managed and
completed construction activities, and opened
the facility now known as Lost Antlers
Regional Composting and Recycling Facility in
August of 1994. A -I currently has a long term
contract with Coors Brewing Company that will
provide Coors the opportunity to meet their
organic waste recycling goals.
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SELECTED PROJECT /CLIENT PROFILES
CITY OF LOVELAND
LOVELAND, CO
Contact: Damon Lenski: (303) 962-2609
Mick Mercer: (303) 962-2530
A -I currently works with the City
of Loveland under a public/private
working agreement. Under the
agreement, A -I is responsible
for operations and management
of a city wide yard waste recycling/
composting operation. A -I works
with city personnel in managing
and operating collection activities,
material reduction, transportation,
composting and related processing, and
marketing of approximately 75,000 cubic
yards of yard waste (leaves, grass, brush, and
tree trimmings) per year. Finished materials
are marketed under several labels including
Lovelands Own Compost 4.
Background: In 1991, A -I entered into
discussions with City of Loveland personnel.
Loveland was seeking assistance in expanding
their recycling options to include composting
of the large amount of yard
waste that was, at that time,
being disposed of at land fills.
Disposal of this re -usable
resource was viewed as a
problem in need of a solution.
Challenges that needed to be
addressed: Locate a site or sites
where bulk materials could be
accumulated, processed to achieve volume
reduction, composted, prepared for final
marketing, inventoried, and then marketed.
Maintain quality control of incoming source
materials at the transfer site, without
employing security personnel or significant
capital investment. Operate within current and
future regulatory requirements. Educate the
general citizenship as to the benefits of this
type of recycling, the value received, and the
need for responsible participation in the
project. Then, having done so, to solicit their
willing participation in and underwriting of
the project. Market final products in a timely
manner to provide revenue and avoid signif-
icant inventory buildup. To accomplish the
goals without significant capital expenditure
on the city's behalf. To enter into a privati-
zation type agreement that would involve
profit orientated entities to support the plan
as opposed to viewing it as governmental
conflict of interest or competition. A-1
Organics and the City of Loveland have been
able to structure a working agreement that
has met all of the goals and challenges
presented to date. Transfer and processing
sites were located and are operational. Quality
control has been achieved, with less than 1%
of material received containing
contamination.
Site permitting is under way
to comply with anticipated
regulatory requirements. Public
education was completed and is
ongoing that was successful in
soliciting public participation
and support of the program.
Once processed, 100% of the finished material
is marketed. Via the public/private working
agreement, significant capital expenditure for
composting operations has been avoided. The
program is the largest yard waste composting
operation in the state and has received
national acclaim. By involving local business in
the processing and marketing areas, conflict of
interest or governmental competition issues
have been avoided.
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SELECTED PROJECT /CLIENT PROFILES
AURORA DAIRY CORPORATION
LONGMONT, CO
Contact: Barney Little (303) 535-4626
David Summeral (303) 280-1010
This project entails
composting of manure and
bedding produced by Aurora
Dairy's 2,800 milk cows
located at their Weld County
facility. A -I Organics is
responsible for inventorying, processing, and
marketing of the approximately 140,000 cubic
yards of manure and bedding produced by this
facility per year. A -I is also responsible to
provide a properly permitted site on which to
conduct these activities.
Background Information: Since its
beginning, Aurora Dairy's Weld County facility
had disposed of the manure and bedding
(mainly ground or shredded paper) waste via
land application on neighboring farms. While
at first this method was acceptable, as the
dairy grew it became a
challenge to manage the
manure in this manner. Land
application was subject to
weather and field availability
restraints. The number of acres
necessary to accept the
material had become quite
large. Storage space required
to inventory the raw manure unt'I field sites
were available and had become a burden.
Competition from the numerous feedlots in
the area meant that the dairy had to absorb
loading and transportation costs as well as
compete for farm ground. Since the haul
distance was often unknown, the costs
associated with them were unpredictable. Field
sites were becoming further and further away,
resulting in significant increases in
transportation cost. Pending regulatory liability
issues posed the possibility of increased risk
to the corporation. Raw manure that was being
stored on both the dairy and field sites posed
additional odor and fly concerns, especially as
pending urban sprawl issues became apparent.
Land application of raw manure was not
viewed as the most responsible use of this
reusable and renewable resource.
In 1990 A -I Organics and Aurora Dairy
reached agreement that would meet or lessen
the impact of the challenges that the dairy was
facing. A -I negotiated for the lease of an
adjacent non-productive piece of property on
which to locate a composting facility. After
necessary site preparation, the composting
facility operated by A -I began accepting 100%
of the waste produced by the
dairy. Results of the operation
include; costs for
transportation were greatly
decreased since the distance
required to haul the manure
was fixed at less than 3/4 of a
mile, storage problems at the
dairy were eliminated since
the site could accept manure whenever the
need to clean the dairy became necessary,
odor and fly problems were controlled by
composting, operations were simplified since
the dairy deals only with one entity,
responsible use goals were met since
composting is ultimate recycling, composting
stabilized the raw waste and mitigated risk and
liability issues, total costs associated with
manure management were greatly reduced.
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SELECTED PROJECT/CLIENT PROFILES
CITY OF BOULDER ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
BOULDER, COLORADO
Contact: Kara Dinhoffer (303) 441-3004
A -I Organics is assisting in conducting a
pilot composting operation that includes
leaves, grass, tree trimmings, paper, and food
waste. A-1 is providing the physical
requirement the pilot operation, along with
consultation services.
Background Information: In 1994, the City of
Boulder obtained a grant to conduct a pilot
composting study regarding various organic
waste streams produced within the city. Their
challenge was to set up and manage a site that
would provide as much information as
necessary for the least possible cost. Their
original plan was to receive and compost
materials on a local public works site.
Specialized equipment and operators were to
be provided by outside private contractors. A-1
Organics proposed using our Lost Antlers site
for the pilot. The proposal was accepted since
it offered the following advantages; specialized
equipment would not have to be mobilized to
a different location which saved dollars, a
special mixing box could be used in the
process that would not otherwise have been
available (this resulted in more accurate pilot
data), the site was already fully permitted and
engineered for environmental controls, the
sites isolated location lessened risk of
complaints, full time monitoring of the study
was available, the Lost Antlers site was more
secure, the size of the study was not limited
since abundant area was available at Lost
Antlers, total estimated costs for this portion
of the study were decreased 40% by using the
Lost Antlers facility.
SOMATOGEN
BOULDER, COLORADO
Contact: Tom Street (303) 440-9988
Somatogen is a high tech pharmaceutical
company involved in research and
development of a synthetic hemoglobin
product. A -I Organics composts the filter
material and effluent produced under pilot
studies arrangement.
Background Information: Somatogen is a
publicly held corporation involved in research
and development of a synthetic hemoglobin
product. A bi-product of their process is a solid
waste material that is high in nitrogen and
some trace minerals, and a effluent that is high
in BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand).
Conventional disposal methods included land
fills and treatment plants. The company
desired a more environmentally responsible
use of the bi-products at less cost and liability.
A -I Organics proposed a pilot/on going
composting operation to stabilize these wastes
and convert them into useable soil
amendment products. A -I researched and met
health department concerns. A -I is currently
composting these bi-products into useable soil
amendments at reduced costs and liability to
Somatogen.
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OTHER ITEMS
CURRENT (PARTIAL) CLIENT LIST
Adams School District #50
American Excelsior Company
Asphalt Paving Co.
Anheuser-Busch
Botanical Gardens
Browning Ferris Industries
Boulder Parks and Recreation
Casper College
Celestial Seasonings
Colorado Department of Transportation
Coors Field
City and County of Denver Solid Waste
City and County of Denver Street Department
Denver International Airport
City of Cheyenne Wyoming
City of Eaton
City of Fort Collins
City of Loveland
City of Pierce
City of Thornton
City of Windsor
Cooley Sand and Gravel
Eagles Nest Ranch
ECI
Hensel Phelps,
Kodak of Colorado
Monfort of Colorado
Morgan County Feeders
University of Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
Waste Management of Colorado
Western Disposal
Woodward Governor
Zoological Gardens
Plus over 100 other landscape contractors,
architectural firms, garden centers, nurseries,
golf courses, and municipal or governmental
departments.
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FINANCIAL STABILITY
Financially, the company is sound and is
bondable. Their have been no legal
judgements, or local state or federal
enforcement actions brought against the
company as related to the services described
herein.
SUMMARY OF ONGOING EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS
Significant educational experience resulted
from A -I involvement with the City of Loveland
Yard Waste Recycling operation. During the
early stages of this operation, the general
citizenship of Loveland needed to be educated
on the advantages of composting, how to
participate in the program regarding transfer
site use and reuse of finished products,
backyard composting techniques and products,
and source separation techniques. A -I assisted
in composting seminars, and production of
educational literature.
A -I key personnel have also been involved
with writing articles published in industry
trade journals, in writing a chapter on
composting of paunch manure for a text book
published by the University of Oregon. A -I
personnel speak before various industry and
civic organizations whenever asked.
Key personnel also serve on various
committees within organizations, associations,
and with governmental agencies, most notably
being requested to provide input which will
help draft regulations soon to govern our
industry.
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KEY PERSONNEL
DUANE WILSON
Owner/President/CEO
Mr. Wilson started and grew the business
out of a successful farming and sheep feeding
enterprise.. He started A -I Organics on the
same farm he's operated since 1955.
As head of the management team, Mr.
Wilson's more than two decades of experience
in this business provides sage direction in long
range planning and development as well as in
assisting with more immediate management
decisions. Responsibility for daily operations
are left to his two sons.
CHARLES WILSON
OwnerNice President Sales & Marketing
Chuck Wilson has been involved with A -I
Organics since its inception. He has experience
in virtually every aspect of its operations from
equipment operation to major sales
presentations.
His efforts as Director of Sales and
Marketing have directly led to the expansion of
product markets, growth of the recycling
services side of the company, and the overall
growth of the company in terms of net worth
Mr. Wilson directs and oversees the activity
of all marketing and sales efforts, as well as
the day to day financial activities of the
company.
TOM WILSON
Owner/Vice President Operations
Tom Wilson has been involved with A -I
Organics since its inception. His experience
spans every aspect of operations and sales.
As Director of Operations, Mr. Wilson is
responsible for the management of all
operations activities, including oversight of
personnel at each of the four A -I facilities and
all remote activity done daily for custom
composting/grinding services customers. His
responsibilities also include management of
the bagging operations.
In addition to administrative and financial
oversight responsibilities he shares with his
brother Chuck, Mr. Wilson is currently directing
the implementation of a comprehensive
computerized system which will greatly
enhance quality control and overall operations
efficiency at A -I Organics.
KAREN WILSON JOHNSON
Owner/Marketing Communications
While Ms. Wilson is an owner, she is not
involved full time with the operations of A -I
Organics, but is an active member of the
management team. She is responsible for the
design and implementation of all marketing
communications produced by A -I through a
separate design firm, Wilson -Johnson Creative,
which she owns with her husband in Denver.
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KEY PERSONNEL
BOB YOST
Director, Marketing & New Business
Development
Mr. Yost joined A -I Organics as a consultant
and member of the Board of Directors in 1989.
In 1993 he became a full time member of the
management team of A -I. Bob holds a B.S.
degree in finance from the University of
Northern Colorado. Prior to his involvement
with A -I, he owned and operated Phoenix
EnviroSystems Corporation, and KYCO
Equipment (a Ford New Holland equipment
dealership)
Currently, his responsibilities include
project management of the Lost Antlers
Facility, procurement of new contracts,
regulatory compliance of A -I facilities in
general, land permitting of client land for bio-
solids application, and marketing of products
produced by A -I Organics.
Bob was helpful in procuring the contracts,
siting, designing, permitting, and constructing
the Lost Antlers Facility. He also was the prime
consultant in the siting, and permitting of the
Coral Creek oil waste composting facility in
Baker Montana. This facility is the only facility
in the Rocky Mountain Region capable of
accepting and composting oil wastes from
multiple producers. He is currently managing
permitting efforts on A -I Organics Platteville
and Eaton facility.
Bob has extensive experience in field
composting operations of all types, and in
matching and procurement of specialized
equipment.
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Lambland Incorporated — d.b.a. A -I ORGANICS
Banking
First Choice Bank
2164 35th Avenue
Greeley, CO 80631
Telephone: (303) 330-3300
Officer: Wally Clayton
Corporate Counsel
David M. Summers
3900 East Mexico Avenue
Suite 330
Denver, CO 80210
Telephone: (303) 759-1493
Certified Public Accountant
Rich Bartels. CPA
500 Greeley National Plaza
Greeley, CO 80631
Telephone: (303) 353-2727
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OLORADO, like much of the
West, is semiarid and largely ru-
ral. The bulk of the population —
86 percent of the state's 3.7 mil-
lion residents — lives in the urban
corridor east of the Rockies which
includes the Denver area.
Landfill tipping fees in Colorado are still
relatively low. Regulations for composting
are under development. The Colorado De-
partment of Health is using a tiered ap-
proach; yard trimmings will be the least reg-
ulated component of the waste stream and
industrial sludge the most regulated.
The operations described below provide a
sampling or some of the successful compost-
ing operations in Colorado and the variety of
feedstocks being utilized. A future article
will discuss some innovative mountain com-
munity projects.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
At the United States Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, approximately 10,000 cu-
bic yards of feedstock are composted each
year. The primary materials include manure
and bedding from 120 horses at the Academy
stables, sod and landscaping trimmings from
parade grounds, athletic fields and land-
scaped areas, grass clippings, branches,
trees and sawdust. One of the more unusual
feedstocks processed is about 50 gallons per
week of guano resulting from raising falcons,
the Air Force Academy's mascot.
The composting program at the Academy
is motivated by an Air Force goal to divert 50
percent of the solid waste stream from mili-
tary bases worldwide by 1997. The Air Force
Academy, one of the first bases to act upon
this goal, began its composting program in
1992. At the time, all residuals went to a lo-
cal landfill.
The Academy's composting facility is on a
five -acre fenced site, located in a secluded
Ponderosa forest on the base. The area was
cleared, graded and compacted. A lined
runoff retention pond was built and ground-
water monitoring wells were installed down
30 8mCyci.i:
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gradient of the facility.
A turned windrow process is used. Feed-
stocks are mixed with a front-end loader and
turned with a Wildcat turner. Several meth-
ods of watering the compost have been tried,
including laying soaker hoses connected to a
water truck directly on the windrows. This
year, operators began pumping water di-
rectly from the runoff retention pond onto
the windrows. Turning frequency is gov-
erned by temperature measurements. Oper-
ational logs are maintained and sampling is
conducted to ensure the quality of the com-
post remains constant.
All finished compost is used on the base,
primarily for top dressing athletic fields and
rehabilitating road shoulders. Compost also
is bagged on -site and provided to the Acade-
my's housing residents, who learn about the
recycling programs through frequent arti-
cles in the base newspaper. This year, the
Academy will donate a portion of its finished
FACILITY OVERVIEWS
COMPOSTING
IN COLORADO
Manure,
biosolids, brewery
residuals, yard
trimmings and
falcon guano are
among the
feedstocks
composted by
public and private
installations.
Bob Tardy and
Nancy Tardy
A-1 Organics composts 140,000
cubic yards annually of manure
and bedding at its site in
Platteville (above). The facility
services a large dairy about
three-quarters of a mile away.
compost product to the Mountain Reclama-
tion Program, a county initiative to rehabil-
itate mountain mining scars with compost.
The Academy in now turning its attention
to biosolids and food residual composting. A
project in the summer of 1995 is evaluating
incorporation of biosolids into the windrow
operation. In addition, the viability of in -
vessel composting for dining hall food scraps
is being analyzed.
A-1 ORGANICS
A-1 Organics, owned by the Wilson family
of Eaton, plays a central role in composting
in the state. The owners, fourth generation
Coloradans, began composting in
the mid 1970s, and today produce 150,000
cubic yards/year of finished compost at
four locations.
Eaton Site: Rooted agriculturally in the
most productive county in Colorado, the Wil-
son's farm evolved into a large lamb feeding
operation. During the 1980s, as lamb ma-
nure became harder to sell or give away, the
feedlot business soured and the family's
livelihood evolved into composting. The site
is near Eaton (pop. 2,100), located 63 miles
north of Denver. Originally, the Wilson fam-
ily also composted paunch (the first stomach
of ruminants) for Monfort of Colorado, a
large meat processing company.
Today at this location, A-1 Organics coin -
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posts 10,000 yards of feedstock and bags ma-
terial from its other locations. Leaves and
grass are received from nearby towns and
cities, as is manure from horse shows and
county fairs. Commercial haulers bring wood
waste from cabinet manufacturers for a re-
duced tipping fee. Manure is the only materi-
al accepted without a tip fee. A mobile grinder
and a turner are brought to Eaton as needed,
as most of the compost processing is now done
at the three other sites. To augment their
composting, A-1 Organics offers services such
as spreading, custom grinding and bagging.
A-1 Organics' compost operation is autho-
rized by the county under a Use By Special
Review permit, primarily granted in agri-
cultural districts. The permit allows a spe-
cific, identified use that is more intense than
that which is automatically allowed by right
in an area.
Marketing compost always has been a
major focus for A-1 Organics. Originally, it
targeted the agricultural market, but found
farmers to be a very hard sell. At present, 10
percent of their compost is used on farms,
with 90 percent of that amount going to an
onion and carrot grower who has used the
product for 10 years. Small organic farmers
form the rest of the agricultural market.
In 1980, before K -Mart decided to use a
national supplier, 60 percent of A-1 Organ-
ic's compost was sold in bags to the chain.
Today, 20 percent of the compost is bagged
and sold as 12 different compost and com-
post blends to 30 retailers. Landscape con-
struction adds significantly to bulk sales.
The Colorado Highway Department, Denver
International Airport, and Coors Field, Den-
ver's new baseball stadium, all utilize A -1's
Premium 3 compost.
A new product developed over the past five
years is a peat moss substitute. The demand
for such a product was recognized, but the
owners became frustrated in their attempts
to duplicate peat's properties until 1991. At
that time, they discovered "shingle moun-
tain," a 250,000 cubic yard pile of cedar
The U.S. Air Force Academy's windrow
composting facility is on a five -acre fenced
site in a secluded forest on the base.
Feedstocks include horse manure and
bedding, landscape trimmings and brush.
shake shingles, tin, and tar paper. The shin-
gles had been removed from Denver area
homes after a hail storm, which rated na-
tionally as the third most serious natural
disaster of 1991. The shingles had been
stockpiled by a company that accepted them
from roofers for a tipping fee slightly lower
than that charged by landfills. Once the
mountain was created, fires became a haz-
ard, and uses were not evident.
A-1 Organics processes the cedar by aging
it and adding minerals to the pile, instead of
actual composting. The product, sold as Re-
peatTM, is almost chemically identical to peat
or sphagnum moss, but it holds twice the
moisture, according to A-1 Organics.
City of Loveland: In 1991, A-1 Organics
began a pilot study with the City of Loveland
to compost residential yard trimmings. The
pilot covered 4,000 of Loveland's 14,000
households, but the next year when the pub-
lic -private partners signed a contract and in-
cluded all city residents, the volume of feed-
stock did not change significantly. Most
Loveland residents already had embraced
the program and had been bringing their
yard trimmings to the city's dropoff site. The
partnership has been successful and has
grown into the state's largest yard trim-
mings composting operation.
The site has moved twice, in part due to
neighbors' concerns about safety and dust. In
1995, composting will be done at the current
dropoff location inside city limits. As a result,
the site will be expanded from four to 10
acres. The operation is unattended, and al-
though city residents sort their garden trim-
mings, leaves, branches, and grass them-
selves, contamination is only two percent.
The city also picks up 25 percent of the feed-
stock at curbside. During eight months of the
year, yard carts are issued for a $4/month
charge. A-1 Organics shares expenses and
revenues equally with the City of Loveland.
A-1 Organics estimates feedstock volume
at 75,000 cubic yards per year and volume
reduction during composting at 75 to 80 per-
cent because of the high proportion of branch-
es. Some of the branches are ground and used
for wood chip mulch. A Willibald compost
turner was purchased through a state grant
in 1994 and is used at the site. The compost
is sold to residents, mostly in bulk, as Love -
land's Own Compost. A-1 Organics estab-
lished markets within the city before the pi-
lot program.
Premium 3 Site: In 1990, A-1 Organics ap-
proached a large dairy and proposed an ex-
clusive contract to compost its manure and
bedding. The dairy had been land applying
its manure on area farms, and local compe-
tition with feedlots necessitated hauling it
farther and farther away to locate available
ground. A-1 Organics leased a site three-
quarters of a mile away from the dairy. Ma-
nure is hauled there and unloaded directly
into windrows. Originally, the company
leased 10 acres, but has expanded the site to
40 acres in 10 acre increments.
The dairy is 25 miles north of Denver and
still rural; however, urban sprawl has
All finished
compost is used on
the Air Force
Academy base,
primarily for top
dressing athletic
fields and
rehabilitating road
shoulders.
Coors Field, the new baseball
stadium in Denver, utilized
two loads of manure compost
in the construction project.
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AUGUST 1995 31
The feedstock,
accepted without a
tipping fee, is
composed of
140,000 cubic yards
of manure and
bedding each year.
The dairy primarily
uses shredded
phone books to bed
its cows.
brought nonagricultural neighbors. To date,
only one complaint of flies and odors has
been made.
The feedstock, accepted without a tipping
fee, is composed of 140,000 cubic yards of ma-
nure and bedding each year. The dairy pri-
marily uses shredded phone books to bed its
cows, using straw bedding only 10 percent of
the time. The site produces 70,000 to 75,000
yards per year of Premium 3 Compost. De-
mand exceeded production in 1994, accord-
ing to Chuck Wilson, vice president of mar-
keting for A-1. "It's a good deal for the dairy,
and it's a good deal for us," he says. Ninety
percent of the compost is sold in bulk, and the
rest is blended into other products. When the
State of Colorado finalizes regulations for
composting, A-1 Organics will apply to accept
other feedstocks at this site.
Lost Antlers: At its newest site, A-1 Or-
ganics services another organics manage-
ment contract with the Coors Brewing Com-
pany of Golden, which operates the largest
single brewery in the world. In 1991, the
company began working with Coors to cus-
tom grind spent pallets and crates. Wood
waste disposal costs have been reduced by
$900,000 over the past four years.
Three years ago, Coors began a series of pi-
lot composting programs at the brewery site.
In the fall of 1994, A-1 Organics opened a
composting facility five miles from the brew-
ery. One of the special requirements neces-
sary for this facility, located in the brush cov-
ered foothills west of Denver, is an electric
wildlife fence around the 50 acres of active
composting area. An additional 2,400 acres of
private, largely undeveloped land surrounds
the site as a buffer.
At Lost Antlers, 100,000 cubic yards of
feedstock are processed and another 100,000
cubic yards are stored on -site. In addition,
eight to 10 million gallons of biosolids (eight
percent solids) from the Coors Brewery also
are composted. The material, collected from
all of Coors' nonbrewing operations and the
City of Golden where the brewery is located,
is waste activated and aerobically digested.
The facility will soon be accepting four mil-
lion gallons of beer effluent and 16 million
gallons of beer sludge per year.
Wood waste from Coors is the main bulk-
ing agent. Recently, A-1 Organics opened the
first of several planned yard trimmings
transfer stations in the Denver metropolitan
area. The first one is located within blocks of
the two largest tree trimming companies in
Denver, and may divert 50,000 cubic yards of
ground wood, grass clippings, and leaves dur-
ing the first year to the Lost Antlers Facility.
A-1 Organics is also composting food
scraps at the site on a pilot basis for the Uni-
versity of Colorado in Boulder. Organics
such as spent tea leaves from Celestial Sea-
sonings and materials high in nitrogen from
a synthetic hemoglobin manufacturer also
are accepted.
Feedstocks at Lost Antlers are batch
mixed with a 30 -cubic yard SSI mixer truck
equipped with a scale. Biosolids are stored
both at Coors and Lost Antlers, with daily
transfer to the Lost Antlers site. A KW
straddle windrow turner, front-end loaders,
and a water truck to spray the windrows
with effluent are used in the composting pro-
cess. A mobile Haybuster tub grinder pro-
cesses wood at the brewery before it is
brought to Lost Antlers; the grinder is often
moved to the facility to process wood from
other sources. A-1 Organics brings in a
screen from its other locations and recycles
bulking material in the initial mix.
Detention time varies from one to four
months, depending on market require-
ments. The 1995 output is projected to be
40,000 to 60,000 cubic yards. Compost from
Lost Antlers is sold as Biocomp. Problems
at Lost Antlers have been manageable. Be-
cause of windy conditions, the county permit
requires that new material cannot be batch
mixed or that windrows cannot be turned
when wind speed is steady and greater than
35 miles per hour. A nearby landfill, which
operates under the same restriction, was
shut down for a total of 20 days in a recent
year. To minimize this problem at the site, a
water truck is used for dust control; howev-
er, blowing compost has not been a problem
due to the crust that forms on the windrows.
GREEN ACRES NURSERY/EVERGREEN METRO
At Green Acres Nursery, a family -owned
wholesale nursery located on the west side of
Denver, biosolids compost is produced for
use as potting soil.
Five years ago, Evergreen Metro Waste-
water District, which serves a bedroom com-
munity of 1,300 households in the foothills
west of Denver, began hauling biosolids
down the mountain to the compost site at
Green Acres. About 600,000 gallons of
biosolids were composted in 1994, about 40
percent of the treatment plant's output. The
other 60 percent was land applied. The
biosolids are two to four percent solids, aer-
obically digested, and thickened with a
polymer. The district operates the Green
Acres composting site, owns the Wildcat
windrow turner, and deals with Part 503 re-
quirements. It does not pay Green Acres a
tipping fee, nor do the landscape contractors
who leave tree trimmings and grass clip-
pings. Brush is stockpiled and grinding is
done under contract every six months to
produce 10,000 cubic yards of ground wood
per year.
Ten acres of the 58 -acre nursery are used
for composting. The site is located on clay
soils and is surrounded by a dike to prevent
runoff. The nursery forms windrows of
ground wood, and district personnel apply
the biosolids. Typically, the district sprays
biosolids onto a windrow 10 times during
high rate decomposition. The material is left
in windrows for 90 days and then cured in
piles 10 to 15 feet high. The piles are turned
when the district deems necessary. In dry
summer months, the piles are watered with
a soaker hose.
The 5,000 cubic yards of finished compost
are screened before being mixed with soil for
use in nursery pots smaller than five gal -
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352094
RAW MANURE AND BEDDING
80 pounds of -raw manure per day
10 pounds of bedding per day
90 pounds per day x 4,000 head
131,400 pounds per year
or
65,700 tons per year
Normal 40% to 60% Reduction
60% reduction = 26,280 tons per year (finished product)
50% reduction = 32,850 tons per year (finished product)
40% reduction = 39,420 tons per year (finished product)
Raw manure and bedding delivered to site = 65,700 tons per year
Composted manure and bedding = 32,850 tons per year average
Other raw material needed to get 50,000 tons finished
50,000 finished tons
- 32,850 finished tons manure and bedding
18,150 finished tons
Average 50% reduction = 36,300 tons needed
95209,.4
REVISED AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
(September 19)
(revised) 1. The site Specific Development Plan and Special
Review permit is for a composting facility for no
more than 50,000 finished tons of compost per year
in the A (Agricultural) zone district as submitted
in the application materials on file in the
Department of Planning Services and subject to the
Development Standards stated hereon.
(revised) 3. The facility shall only compost non -hazardous solid
waste materials limited to livestock manure and
bedding, municipal yard waste (grass, leaves and
twigs), ground wood waste, wood products and wood
bi-products. The Weld County Health Department and
the Weld County Planning Department shall be
notified in writing of any new non -hazardous solid
waste materials proposed for composting. Written
approval to proceed with composting shall be
obtained from the Weld County Health Department
prior to receipt of the new non -hazardous solid
waste material. Submittal information shall
include operational procedures. All materials
considered for composting shall meet current and
future regulatory requirements for that specific
material. However, food or food processing wastes,
municipal or sewage sludge, or similar products
will not be a permitted material unless an
amendment to the Special Review Permit and
Certificate of Designation shall be submitted and
approved.
(revised) 4. The facility shall be limited to processing of
50,000 finished tons of compost per year. In the
event the facility desires to process finished
product in excess of 50,000 tons per year, an
amendment to the Special Review Permit and
Certificate of Designation shall be submitted to
the Weld County Planning Department.
(new) 25. On -site records shall be maintained which include
the number of vehicles delivering raw materials to
the site, the amount of tons of raw materials
delivered to the site, the number of vehicles
removing finished materials from the site, and the
amount of tons of finished material removed from
the site. An annual report based upon a calendar
year shall be submitted to the Weld County
Department of Planning Services on the first day of
February of each year and every subsequent year
based upon the previous year's records.
952094
(new)
26. No stockpiling of raw material shall be allowed on
site. All raw, uncomposted material shall be
placed in windrows or other processing unit within
72 hours upon receipt at the facility.
(All other Standards remain as printed]
952094
ADDITIONS TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
(September 19)
(new)
(new)
5. All required operation, design and other plans
required by either the Weld County Health
Department, the Weld County Department of Planning
Services or any entity of the State of Colorado
must be submitted and approved before any site
improvements or construction takes place. All
construction and site improvements must be
completed within sixty days of approval of the USR
and CD by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County.
6. The applicant shall develop and post performance
guarantees to insure removal of all raw and
finished material on site and to return the site to
its original condition. The form of guarantees and
cost estimates shall be reviewed by the Weld County
Attorney's office, the Weld County Health
Department and the Department of Planning Services.
The Weld County Department of Planning Services
shall present the agreement to the Board of County
Commissioners for final approval.
952094
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GEORGE H. OT[ENHOPP
KENNETH F. LIND
KIM R. LAWRENCE
JEFFREY R. BURNS
LIND, LAWRENCE & O7."A'ENHOFF
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
niE LAW BUILDN+G
tall ELEVENTH AVENUE
P.O. BOX 326
GREELEY. COLORADO 10632
IMPORTANT TELECOPY NOTICE
FAX SHEET
DATE: September 19, 1995 TIME: 11:15 a.m.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLUDING COVER SHEET): 4
TO: Weld County Planning Department
ATTENTION: Keith Schuett
TELECOPIER NUMBER: (970) 352-6312
FROM: Kenneth F. Lind
TELECOPIER NUMBER:
COMMENTS:
Keith,
Attached are the Development Standards and Conditions which we
will propose at the Commissioner hearing.
TELEPHONE
(970) 353.2323
(970) 756-9164)
TELECOPIER
(970) 356-1111
(303) 356-1111
Ken
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