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® 7 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND CONTROLS 7.1. Nuisance Mitigation Nuisance is, in part, defined in Title 27 Section 20164 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". The nuisance mitigation measures employed by the facility include, but are not limited to, the environmental controls discussed in the following sections. 7.2. Fire Control Following are the fire control methods at the site: • Prohibition of smoking. • Continuous monitoring for combustible materials and smoldering waste on in -coming loads through the load checking program. • Maintenance of a firebreak along Waverly Road and the entrance road (Figure 2). ® Vegetation control throughout the site through grazing with cattle or sheep. The surface of Module "I" was grazed during the spring of 2010 to inhibit grass fires and to allow monitoring of the surface. • Installation of fire extinguishers in heavy equipment and on site structures. Fire extinguishers will be serviced one time per year and after each use by Butch Young (Current Contractor). 7.2.1 Refuse Fire Control: • Burning waste detected before placement in the active cell will be isolated from the active cell's working area. This material will be doused with water and spread to expose any burning material. This material will be disposed in the landfill only after combustion is known to be completely extinguished. • If burning waste is detected in the active face after waste placement, then the refuse disposal activities will be moved away from the affected area. Water will 9 Foothill Sanitary Landfill Page 43 of 57 Public Works/Solid Waste Joint Technical Document County of San Joaquin — Revised 7/30/10