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0 7.7. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS :7 Nuisance is, in part, defined in Title 27 as "anything which is injurious to human health or is indecent or offensive to the senses and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property". Operations at Foothill Sanitary Landfill are conducted to mitigate landfill nuisance. The nuisance control measures employed by the facility are discussed in Sections 7.7.1 through 7.7.11. 7.7.1. Fire Control The scale house, maintenance building, and lunch trailer all have wall -mounted fire extinguishers. In addition, all heavy equipment and vehicles are equipped with fire extinguishers. Fire extinguishers are serviced one time per year and every time they are used by Butch Young (contractor). Small fires at the landfill, if they occur, are extinguished by site personnel using stockpiled soil cover and, if needed, by using on-site water trucks fitted for fire fighting. Water for the water trucks is supplied from the on-site well. An overhead fill is located adjacent to the well. In addition, trained firefighters (Linden Fire Department) can be mobilized for larger fires, if needed. To prevent fires from spreading to neighboring properties, a firebreak is maintained along the entrance road (Plate 2.1). 7.7.2. Leachate Control The landfill operator uses daily cover and berms near the active area to divert stormwater away from the active area so that it does not come into contact with the waste; thereby reducing the generation of leachate. Leachate that is generated from Module 1 flows to a leachate sump from which it is pumped either to a storage tank or returned to the refuse fill in accordance with the WDRs. Leachate from the storage tank is ultimately returned back to the waste in the lined modules in accordance with the Waste Discharge Requirements. Foothill Sanitary Landfill Page 54 of 62 Public Works/Solid Waste JTD County of San Joaquin — Revised 11/14/05