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III. EXISTING SITUATION 3.1 Kea`au Transfer Station One of 21 County transfer stations, the Kea`au facility is situated on 19.54 acres of land leased from W. H. Shipman, Ltd. It accommodates two transfer trailers, which transported 6,040.88 tons of mixed solid waste during the County's Fiscal Yeaz 2003. Before KRRC was established, the transfer station's recycling capacity was limited to one small bin (placed by Business Services Hawaii) for glass and aluminum containers, and one small bin (placed by Puna Kamali`i Flowers) for newspaper. The diversion rate then was only rivo percent. 3.2 Other Transfer Stations 3.2.1 Overview. Tables 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 contain relevant data about all transfer stations. Each table is discussed below. The proposed Kahuku transfer station at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (HOVE) is included in the tables since it has been partially funded, but no data aze included for it. The County has committed to development of a transfer station at Waikoloa, but has not committed funding or established a time frame for the project. The data in Tables 3.1 through 3.6 are used in Chapter V to assist in sorting transfer stations into classes, each featuring a standazd set of diversion activities and services. 3.2.2 Table 3.1. This table provides an overview of the physical characteristics of and services provided by transfer stations. Information in the Notes column is based on a single site visit in September 2003, and is not necessarily indicative of usual conditions. 3.2.3 Table 3.2. The purpose of Table 3.2 is to provide a measure of relative capacity among transfer stations and districts, based on population. The approximate service azea population for each transfer station relates to a geographic azea, not necessarily to origin of facility customers. A customer origin study at each transfer station would provide a more accurate picture of the customer base for each facility. Beginning at the faz right of Table 3.2, in the section labeled County Perspective, the County population at year 2000 and the projected populations through yeaz 2020 aze divided by the total number of refuse chutes currently existing. Assuming the number of chutes to be adequate, we may say that each chute ideally would serve approximately 5,000 customers. From the district perspective (center section of Table 3.2), individual chutes actually serve from 1,720 to 7,898 customers, based on yeaz 2000 population. This implies that some districts are underserved and some overserved by refuse chutes. The North Kona and South Kohala Districts come closest to the ideal. 15