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Comprehensive Review of S olid W aste Collection and Disposal Options v2.1 131 10/22/12  Based on SCS’s experience, a transfer station/compost facility sized to handle 140 tpd of MSW and organic wastes (yard waste and food waste) will require a building footprint in the 12,000 sf range, situated on a site pad of at least 4 acres within a total property parcel size equal to 6 acres.  A facility that serves as a transfer station/MRF/compost facility sized to handle 200 tpd of MSW, recyclables, and organic wastes (yard waste and food waste) will require a building footprint in the 15,000 sf range, situated on a site pad of at least 5 acres within a total property parcel size equal to 7 acres. 9.1.3 Estimated Development Costs for Co -Located MRF or Composting Facility W ith a New Transfer Station SCS prepared conceptual budget cost estimates for the construction and operation for both the transfer station/MRF and the transfer station/compost facility scenarios. The construction cost estimates include costs for siting, permitting, design, building construction, scalehouse and scales, sorting and separating equipment, maintenance facilities, utilities, entrance roads, transfer trailer staging area, and ancillary support facilities. The cost estimates do not assign any costs for land acquisition, which reflects an assumption that the facility will be located on an existing Town-owned property. Should the Town need to consider land acquisition costs in this analysis, these preliminary land acquisition costs are described further in Section 11 for the consideration of developing a Town landfill. The cost estimates are based on SCS’s experience working with municipal and private clients throughout the region, and were prepared to provide an order-of-magnitude estimate of the critical aspects of construction and operation of a transfer station that is specifically planned to enable aggressive efforts for recovering recyclable materials and/or organic materials from the incoming waste stream. If the Town were to develop a transfer station under either scenario, a more detailed estimate would need to be prepared based on actual site information. Exhibit 9-2 and Exhibit 9-3 present a summary of the estimated pre-development and capital construction costs to develop a new transfer station/MRF and transfer station/compost facility, respectively. For conceptual cost estimating purposes, the capital costs for each scenario are amortized over the 30-year projection period at 4% interest to estimate the yearly allocated capital expenditure costs.