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2009 Asbestos Monitoring <br /> Test date: October 1, 2009 <br /> 1.0 Introduction <br /> Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (AWII) operates the Forward Landfill in Manteca, California. <br /> AWII has contracted Shaw Environmental, Inc. (Shaw) to conduct semi-annual sampling of <br /> asbestos concentrations at the Forward Landfill as required by Forward Landfill Solid Waste <br /> Facility Permit 39-AA-0015. This report represents the second of two semiannual monitoring <br /> events for 2009. Asbestos was not detected at any of the sample locations. As a true baseline <br /> asbestos levels cannot be established. The action trigger level would be 5 micrograms per cubic <br /> meter above the detection limit. <br /> Shaw, an approved California Air Resources Board (ARB) source test contractor, performed the <br /> testing. The test was conducted on October 1, 2009. Sampling was performed by Mr. Jeff Snow <br /> of Shaw. The testing procedures followed the National Institute for Occupational Safety and <br /> Health (NIOSH)ASBESTOS by TEM METHOD 7402. <br /> Reported asbestos concentration is located in Appendix A. Th <br /> p pp e analytical laboratory report is <br /> located in Appendix B. Field data is located in Appendix C. The Air Monitoring Plan is located <br /> in Appendix D. <br /> ' Representative sampling locations near the asbestos operations area were identified assuming <br /> that the sample pool would demonstrate worst case scenario concentrations. Five sampling <br /> stations were located predominantly downwind and one station was located predominantly <br /> upwind from the asbestos area, as shown in Figure 3-2, and Fig. I-] in Appendix C. Testing was <br /> performed under normal weather and operating conditions. The upwind and downwind locations <br /> were chosen based on wind direction. For this test the wind was for the Northwest. Air samples <br /> were collected simultaneously from each location over an eight-hour period during normal <br /> working hours and typical landfill operating conditions. <br /> Shaw Shaw Environmental,Inc. -1-1 <br />