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60 <br />4D <br />40 <br />! markets when relined to a high degree, including lubricants, binders, and ingredients for plastic <br />manufacturing. <br />The Processing Center represents hardware and processing capacity well in excess of requirements for <br />Indian River County. It 15 being built as four separate somewhat identical lines, and any one of the lines <br />can handle the large majority of Indian River's yard waste. The first line is scheduled to be complete in <br />the summer of 2000, and all four Pines are scheduled for full operation shortly thereafter, <br />I <br />I <br />Keep in mind that this Processing Center is not just In the planning stage; it is built and will be operational <br />soon. RPT will commit to taking all of Indian Rivers yard waste as described in this Plan effec iye <br />October 1.2000 and will continue to acWpt this material forihe term of the agreernen_t. This <br />performance Is assts ed with the postincl of the re uestodperformance bond. <br />BPT has other sources of biomass for use at the facility, including other county's yard waste, bam waste, <br />and other types of vegetation. Yard waste has some disadvantages compared to the other sources but <br />the fee charged to process the material, basically covering freight and handling, allows the Processing <br />Center to economically use this as a feedstock. <br />In the event that BPT is selected as the successful bidder, BPT will provide a tour of the facility to <br />appropriate Indian River County personnel. Indian River County should understand that this facility <br />represents many years and investment by over 400 shareholders world -wade, and its process contains <br />many trade secrets. Because of this BPT prefers to limit the number of people being shown the facility. <br />Marketing of Products <br />One of the greatest strengths of BPT compared to normal yard waste grinding companies is the <br />marketing of products. BPT is in a sense, the end market for all of the yard waste. <br />BPT has already identified end markets for all products manufactured with the process described in this <br />plan. In fact, BPT is In the process of developing and permitting several additional Processing Centers, in <br />Florida and the rest of the US, because the markets for end products for exceed the output from the first <br />Processing Center. <br />BPT will market all materials as high grade materials, and all markets will constitute bona fide recycled <br />products. In Its process BPT also removes the clean sand from the incoming biomass. BPT will make <br />this material available to Indian River County for use as cover, upon terms mutually agreeable to both <br />parties; however, under this proposal Indian River is not required to take any of the sand generated at the <br />Processing Center. <br />irattach©O0703 Page 3 of 3 <br />