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REPORT OF COMPOSTING SITE INFORMATION This Report of Composting Site Information (RCSI) was prepared to comply with the California Code of Regulations, Title 14 (14 CCR), Section 17863 for compost operations. 1.0 FACILITY OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction Provide a brief statement introducing the facility. The following information should be included: Name and address of operator, name and address of the land owner, description of the area serviced by the facility, and a description of daily operations to be conducted at the site (14 CCR, Section 18227(b). This RCSI describes the design and operation of the Forward, Inc. (Forward) Compost Facility (Compost Facility). The Forward site is an existing solid waste disposal and resource recovery facility (RRF) located in Manteca, California. The site is wholly-owned and operated by Forward. The landfill was permitted and opened in 1973. The RRF began operations in 1975. Forward operates an RRF building and separation area in the South Area in compliance with SWFP No. 39-AA-0020. The compost facility is located just north of the RRF building as shown on the Site Plans (Figures 1 and 1A). The compost facility is also included under SWFP No. 39-AA-0020. All access to the site is from Austin Road, which runs along the eastern site boundary. ANIL The primary entrance is at the entrance facilities area in the northeast corner of the site. A second access road is located approximately 50 feet north of the South Fork. A third access road is located at the RRF entrance. An intermittent creek, the South Fork, crosses the site in a southwesterly direction. The creek is a tributary to South Littlejohns Creek, itself a tributary to French Camp Slough, which ultimately discharges into the San Joaquin River. Surface water runoff from the North Area that has not contacted any waste, or has contacted waste and meets the water quality criteria for storm water discharges, is collected in onsite storm water drainage basins from which it is discharged to the South Fork. All runoff from the North Area that has contacted waste is collected and pumped into the leachate evaporation pond located along the south perimeter. The entire RRF and separation area is bermed for screening purposes and to segregate non-contact storm water from the RRF operations. Currently, potentially contaminated runoff from the South Area is pumped either to the leachate evaporation pond or the sedimentation basin in the North Area. Forward will operate a composting facility in the South Area for the non-recyclable organic wastes received at the RRF. Material received at the RRF for composting may include green waste, mixed paper, municipal solid waste (MSW), and food and agricultural waste. The composting facility may also be operated as a co-composting facility by the addition of biosolids to the material during the composting process. The end product of the composting process may be used as a topsoil amendment, mulch, or a soil conditioner for various applications. The composted material may also be used in the landfill as an alternative daily cover (ADC) material. All contact water from the compost facility will runoff compacted soil toward the south west corner of the site and collect in a retention pond. The collected water will be either Forward Composting Facility RCSI 7/21/09;Page 1 z:\projects\allied waste\forward\resource recovery facility\permitting services\2009 resi\resi revised 071309.docx SWT Engineering