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t <br /> ti <br /> CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR <br /> CITY OF STOCKTON <br /> AUSTIN ROAD LANDFILL <br /> CLASS III LANDFILLS <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (hereafter <br /> Board) finds that: <br /> 1. The City of Stockton (hereafter Discharger) submitted a Solid Waste Assessment <br /> Test Report And Verification Monitoring Plan, dated June 1989, a Report of Waste <br /> Discharge, dated October 1988; a Solid Waste Assessment Test Proposal , dated July <br /> 1988; a-Report of Geotechnical Services, dated June 1988; and a Report of Test <br /> Borings, dated July 1972. <br /> 2. The Solid Waste Assessment Test (SWAT) performed at the site showed a significant <br /> ground water quality impact. The landfill is currently regulated by Waste <br /> Discharge Requirements Order No. 89-031. These new Waste Discharge Requirements <br /> (WDRs) set a time schedule for the completion of the verification and corrective <br /> action measures. <br /> 0� <br /> 3. The 180-acre facility is owned and operated by the City of Stockton. Waste <br /> disposal activities are currently limited to 135-acres of the facility north of <br /> the North Fork of South Little Johns Creek. The facility is in the northwest <br /> 1/4 of Section 3, T1S, R7E, MDB&M, as shown in Attachment "A" , which is <br /> incorporated herein and made part of this Order. <br /> WASTES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION <br /> 4. The Discharger proposes to continue to discharge municipal solid waste from the <br /> City of Stockton for disposal in the Class III Landfill unit. These wastes are <br /> classified as 'nonhazardous solid waste' or ' inert waste' , using the criteria r <br /> set forth in Title 23, California Code of Regulations (CCR) Chapter 3, Subchapter <br /> 15 (hereafter Subchapter 15) . The discharge rate is approximately 355,000 cubic <br /> yards per year. <br /> 5. Methane gas will continue to be collected and used in the power plant, developed r <br /> by Pacific Energy in 1986. The power plant produces up to 760 kilowatts per hour <br /> of electrical power, which is sold to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) under a <br /> long-term agreement. Return condensate is discharged to the landfill via a <br /> leach line buried near the upper trash/fill dirt interface of the landfill . The <br /> return condensate discharge is covered under separate WDRs Order No. 88-208. <br />