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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page VIII-34 ' Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project G. Responses to San Joaquin County Public Works Department, Solid Waste Division,Letter G.1. It is assumed that the comment refers to the current requirements of AB1826 (Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling) and SB 1383 (Short-Lived Climate ' Pollutants—Methane Emissions). Both measures and their implementing regulations could have a direct or indirect impact on this project by reducing the amount of organic material disposed at Forward and over time reducing methane emissions from this ' project. However,these future impacts are speculative, and thus far Forward has not experienced any substantial change in the character of its incoming waste stream(Lewis, email communication,January 2,2018). AB 1826,requires businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1,2016, depending on their weekly waste generation.The law also requires that from January 1, 2016, local jurisdictions implement organic waste recycling programs to divert organic waste generated by businesses,including larger multifamily buildings.Organic waste means food waste,green waste,landscape and pruning waste,nonhazardous wood waste,and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed with food waste. SB 1383 established methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce 1 emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP). As it pertains to CalRecycle, SB 1383 establishes non-binding targets to achieve a 50-percent reduction in statewide disposal of organic wastes from the 2014 level by 2020, and a 75 percent reduction by 2025.The law grants CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets, and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025. ' This law takes effect in 2022 and CalRecycle has just initiated formal rulemaking so the specific impacts of SB 1383 on this project are speculative. In compliance with the current requirements of AB 1826 and the upcoming requirements ' of SB 1383,Forward operates a composting facility. Forward is permitted under WDRs R5-2014-0006 and SWFP 39-AA-0020 to compost up to 1100 tons/day of decomposable organic waste, including green waste, food waste(including garbage as defined in CCR Title 14 Section 17225.30),food processing residue,biosolids,mixed solid waste,manure, mixed paper, ash,grit/grease,holding tank pumpings, cannery rinse water and agricultural waste. Composting operations are conducted in accordance with the site's WDRs and SWFP and applicable regulations, including operating on a compost pad and routing runoff to a compost retention basin. Forward is proposing to continue operating its composting facility until that site is ' needed for landfilling.The conversion of composting areas to landfill areas was permitted and approved under the CEQA analysis for the 1993 Forward Landfill Use Permit Modifications (County of San Joaquin,Final Environmental Impact Report, LSA 1993).As discussed in the response to Item C-2,Forward may relocate the compost ' operations to another location onsite,pursue an off-site location for composting, or discontinue composting, depending on market conditions at the time.Although Forward has not yet decided on the future of the facility, the most likely location for on- ' site composting is anticipated to be the north borrow area. If composting were relocated on or off site, this would be a separate project for which CEQA review would be required. ' i