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W • • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IJI-21 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • • A water production well that supplies a standpipe near the main entrance facility for the • existing Forward Landfill produces approximately 1,500 gallons per minute (gpm). A second well at the existing Forward Landfill is located south of the South Fork and has a capacity of 500 • gpm. There are additional wells used primarily for irrigation located in the northwest comer • and the northeastern portion of the existing landfill. The 2013 EIR described a landfill gas-to-energy plant operated by Forward, along with a field of extraction wells in the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill in the northern portion of the site. • Landfill gas was collected to produce up to 760 kilowatts (kW) of electrical power at an • electrical generation plant(known as the Covanta plant) located in the northwest portion of the • landfill. The power was sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under a long-term agreement. The amount of electrical power produced by the plant described in the 2013 EIR • was sufficient to power approximately 350 to 400 homes. Additional gas extracted from the • landfill was destroyed at the flare station in the northeast portion of the landfill. Since the 2013 EIR was prepared, the former landfill gas-to-energy plant described above (the Covanta plant) was replaced by a new, larger Ameresco Landfill Gas to Energy plant, as discussed in more • detail under Air Quality Control, and G. Recent Projects at the Forward Landfill,below. This larger plant can produce approximately 4,000 kW, enough to power approximately 1,800 to • 2,100 homes. • Existing Resource Recovery Facilities and Activities • • Salvaging, volume reduction, recycling, and composting activities are conducted at the Forward • Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) located in the portion of the existing Forward Landfill south of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek. The RRF includes an in-ground scale, office trailer, and processing and composting pads. • • The RRF is operated under a Solid Waste Facilities Permit(SWFP)that was issued in 2004. This • permit is a separate permit from the Solid Waste Facility Permit for the remainder of the Forward Landfill operations. However, the tonnage and vehicles limits in the SWFP for the • RRF are included within the total tonnage and vehicle limits in the most recent SWFP for the • Forward Landfill that was issued in 2012. The Forward Landfill SWFP allows a maximum • inflow rate of 46,080 tons per week,not to exceed 8,668 tons per day, including some beneficial reuse materials and materials delivered to the RRF. Therefore,these daily and weekly tonnage • limits are the combined limit for the Forward Landfill and Forward Resource Recovery Facility. 0 The composting operations are operated under waste discharge requirements issued by the • RWQCB, in addition to the tonnage and vehicle limits set in the SWFP. • The RRF accepts materials such as source separated construction and demolition debris, • consumer recyclables (such as plastic, cardboard, metal, wood, fabric, paper, and sheetrock), • and green waste, as specified in the SWFP and Report of Composting Site Information, and the • Waste Discharge Requirements(WDRs) and Joint Technical Document(JTD) for the landfill. Feedstock is received from sources throughout San Joaquin, Sacramento and Stanislaus • Counties, including collection and transfer trucks, self-haulers, independent recycling haulers, • and tree trimming/landscaping firms. • • • • 0