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<br /> CRAIG SANDERS/R....d FW.2005
<br /> DiDi loyels ofexplosive.-niethane,,S4 up to 10 times the state standard,were detected at the privately owned,567-acre Forward Landfill on Austin Road.
<br /> C: 6,Will offlclals sai�fihey plan to fix the proem y building new wells to collect the excess gas, y
<br /> �3 Landf!114ro�u'b_lt�
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<br /> Pxsvately=ownetl iorward'Landfill has
<br /> been ace n a stateJist,of xepeat
<br /> offend or ni h�amoun
<br /> exTiu at til ane e13 ecte'd on rhe
<br /> e df ime facility on offenders list fo>^t,�igVmethane levels
<br /> perimetero tTiierndfill.
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<br />! Forward
<br /> By Alex Breitler used td generate power, That being said,he added:"This is cer- Landfill
<br /> Ar%cof=d srvj}'tV,acr Since May,one of about 27 probes on tainly a listwe don't want to be on." 9
<br /> the perimeter of the lahafll� has reg- The San Joaquin CountyEnvironmen- o
<br /> ,;.'WCKTON -- The county's larg- istered !�Lh levels of methane under- talHealth-epartmentconciucfsmonthly f
<br /> est'landfill has for the second lm been ground—near y, 0l7ir=s t' to st'ate stan- inspections at t` rTe landfill—not just for Stocl ton
<br /> A�rh opolifarr
<br /> areon a statelistofo t'ers'a ter in- ard,in themosrt reme case' methane,but to make sure the waste isAirpor
<br /> ge�tions turned up hi hTe e"rs of ex to at probe is on the south side of what covered with tarps and that safety pro-
<br /> slveekhanegas. was formerly the city-owned Austin Road cedures are being followed,.among other e4rh a
<br /> "Phe§67-acre, privately owned For- landfill,officials said.It's on the edge of a requirements. S
<br /> wn d Landfill said it plans to correct CMeT disked tomato field and is nowhere near Methane has en a Iroble I off and N 9n
<br /> prca I� e�I mT`yuilding new wells to collect any homes or buildings, nor is I man Q fat seueralyears t Y e"an8fillast of
<br /> the excess gas,with construction starting area—w ief'la ]dam w�io leers might be in S"l ckEnn� tropo itan Airport, Lathrop
<br /> next week. danger,said Kevin Basso,general man- Fp�pl wasiplaced on the same tate
<br /> Methane gas forms within landfills ager of A7 edTa_ste ervices,which op- list.of Violators m 005-06 after a meth- 5 Manteca
<br /> as garbage decomposes. Forward's 300 erates Forward. 'anc le Ica an al as TaMeM.
<br /> wells suck up the gas,75 percent of which "There's no health or safetyissue here,' In early it was again told to take
<br /> r is then burned off.Another 25 percent is Sasso said.`�"�� �� t SEE CAPIGFILL,PAGE A4 say,«:caR«y i< Rlck Ruoocxn�e Rero,a
<br /> LANDFILL No fines issued for A= ions j
<br /> cONTINl1EU FROM PAGE A3'. Health,said there was rro'im- organism.
<br /> steps to control landfill gas at minentdanger, The landfill as een
<br /> its bomi ares, r cod �slzaw. "They're just not collecting fined for e vio atioiis�he sal
<br /> underground fires had it(the,gas)as efficiently as theyrwd as proposed
<br /> reported the gyhe could,"he said."We do have a ontroversial ex that
<br /> asp t year, apparently because plan." a cl alIowlt1b talo,fin rpor.
<br /> o pro 4"his with the gascollec- Causes for the most recent 1;a"rr,duce�moree"mme .
<br /> tion system, increase in methane could in- nc B o satd the lan3fill�l
<br /> Later in 2009 the methane elude the mild summer, For- continue olookataddingmore
<br /> dissipated,but a malfunction- ward officials said. Methane wells to collect the gas before it
<br /> ing pump earlier t ibis ~yea production speeds up when it's seeps off the property.
<br /> caused new round of r cool. Besides being highly flam-
<br /> -ngs, Finally, ' zMa Also,the probe in question mable,methane is also a potent
<br /> rea mgs at the e{ rob may dig into an ancient stream greenhouse gas.In 2008 land-
<br /> spiked`again, rem mting zgh channel that allows gas,to mi- fills were the second-Largest
<br /> as—OM, sf" '' grate with'more ease than it tiE`uman-causedsource` 'o
<br /> T e ap t _jjo e ..would through the denser clay ane emissions,behind only the
<br /> fou;ac s Fecyell cov- soils found elsewhere,
<br /> digestivesystemsoflivestocic.
<br /> Managing p Contact reporter Alex 8reftfer
<br /> er�rrot 'tte ut Mana in methane is a ro-
<br /> �Forwardon ie tsJ.fp�1'epeaff_,,cessthatneverreallyends,said at (209) 546-6285 or
<br /> fen�er"s`tlate em � Bas who added that the land- abreitler@recordner.com. Visit
<br /> 4 g<"�ert McCle lo�a pecial- fill i ike a"breathing mass of his b3ag at recordnet.com/
<br /> ist wt coufnT nvironmental garbage," or a moving, living breiticrblog.
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