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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. 96-175 <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR <br /> CITY OF STOCKTON <br /> AUSTIN ROAD LANDFILL FACILITY <br /> CLASS III LANDFILL <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter Board), <br /> finds that: <br /> 1. The City of Stockton(hereafter Discharger) owns and operates the Austin Road Landfill <br /> Facility. The Facility was previously regulated by Waste Discharge Requirements <br /> (WDRs) Order No. 94-303 in conformance with Title 23, California Code of Regulations <br /> (CCR), Division 3, Chapter 15 (hereafter Chapter 15). The Discharger filed a Report of <br /> Waste Discharge on 26 October 1995, requesting approval of updated WDRs permitting a <br /> horizontal and vertical expansion of the Landfill, a Materials Recovery Facility(NW), <br /> composting, leachate storage and sedimentation ponds to the landfill facility. <br /> 2. Landfill operations began in 1955, temporarily closed from 1961 to 1963, reopened in <br /> 1964. The landfill accepts residential, commercial, and industrial solid waste generated <br /> within the incorporated boundaries of Stockton. <br /> 3. The Facility is 7 miles southeast of the City of Stockton on Austin Road in San Joaquin <br /> County, as shown in Attachment A, which is incorporated herein and made a part of this <br /> Order. The Facility covers 405.9 acres in the northwest 1/4 of Section 3, T I S, R7E, <br /> MDB&M and Section 34, TIS, R7E, MDB&M. <br /> 4. The Facility consists of three classified landfill units: LF-1, an existing Class III Landfill <br /> with a footprint of 123.3 acres; LF-2, a 143.8 acre Class 1111 Landfill expansion to the <br /> south of LF-1; and LF-3, a Class III Landfill vertical expansion above LF-I and LF-2; a <br /> 126.4 acre borrow area north of LF-1; a 13 acre composting facility; a 6 acre MRF; <br /> leachate treatment and holding facilities; and a sedimentation basin, as shown on <br /> Attachment B, which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Order. <br /> 5. LF-2 consists of Phases I through IV, and LF-3 consists of Phases V and VI. <br /> 6. The existing landfill, LF-1, will be closed after Phase I is opened. LF-1 will receive an <br /> interim cover of two feet foundation material, one foot of compacted soil with a <br /> permeability less than 1 x 10' cm/sec, and one foot of soil for vegetation. <br />