Composting Services Datasheet

With its 2001 acquisition of Westvac Environmental Services, Parker Ag Servicesstarted providing composting services.Westvac had been providing transportation andcomposting services since 1997 to a number ofwastewater treatment facilities in Summit County,Colorado. The Climax composting site nearLeadville, Colorado, has the highest elevation ofany composting site in the United States, at 11,200feet, and receives an average of more than 270inches of snow annually. However, based upontechniques developed specifically for the high altitude, a program has been developed over the yearsusing static aerated piles in order to compost materials year round. This program received a special awardfrom the USEPA for biosolids management in 2001.At the Climax site, Parker Ag is responsible for a large-scale diversion program that uses wood chips,primarily from timber clearing projects, as part of the composting operation. This provides an alternativeto dumping them in a landfill or burning them on site. The Class A EQS product produced is used to reclaimspoil areas at the Climax mine, which is visible from Highway 91.Because of this success, Parker Ag is now both expanding this site and developing new sites around themountainous area of Colorado to deal with the increasing volumes of biosolids being generated and thedecreasing agricultural land available for applying them.For additional information, contact:Mike ScharpParker Ag Services, LLC53036 Highway 71, Limon, CO 80828719-282-3574Recipient of the 1999 USEPA Public Education Award and 2001 USEPA Region VIII Environmental Achievement Award