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I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Objective Ameresco Forward, LLC (Ameresco) is proposing to design, build, and operate a Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) facility at the Forward, Inc. Landfill (Forward Landfill), which is an existing Class II waste disposal and resource recovery facility located near Manteca in San Joaquin County, California. The landfill was first established in 1974. Forward Landfill is currently owned and operated by Forward, Inc., a subsidiary of Republic Services, Inc. (Republic). The planned Ameresco facility will purchase landfill gas from the landfill but will be owned and operated as a separate entity by Ameresco. The objective of this project is to convert landfill gas (LFG), a waste byproduct of landfill operations, into a useful energy source. The power plant will be a co-generation and resource recovery facility producing electricity from the combustion of the LFG generated at the landfill (which was previously flared to the atmosphere without any beneficial reuse). Such beneficial reuse is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), and by the California Energy Commission (CEC), which has identified LFG as a renewable energy source. 1.2 Background Forward Landfill is an existing, permitted landfill. It also has an existing LFGTE facility located in the northwest portion of the site and operated by Covanta. The existing LFGTE facility produces 760 kilowatts per hour (kW/h) of electrical power that is supplied to PG&E under a long term agreement. There are two active LFG extraction systems at Forward Landfill. One system consists of 18 vertical wells and provides control for parts of the northern portion of the site (the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill). LFG from this 18-well system is conveyed to the existing Covanta LFGTE facility located at the northwest corner of the site. The second LFG extraction system encompasses the majority of the site, and consists primarily of 216 vertical wells. LFG is collected through a perimeter 18-inch gas collection header and is destroyed at the flare station located at the northeast corner of the site. The flare station consists of two enclosed ground flares with a combined capacity of 5,400 cubic feet per minute (cfm). The proposed LFGTE facility would generate electricity from the LFG that is currently being flared. 1.3 Existing Use Permit, CEQA, and Other Relevant Permits In accordance with the California Environmental QualityAct (CEQA), the San Joaquin County Community Development/ Planning Department (County) is the CEQA lead agency for review of this proposed project because the County is the public agency that exercises general governmental powers and has primary responsibility for the Forward Landfill Conditional Use Permit(CUP). CADoc=mts and Settingsye simsees\DesktopTo`ward LFGTE-Project Description.doc CORNERSTONE 1-2 LEWIS ENGINEERING E®a1ro.me-1 Oraap,LLC