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Landfill's boundaries to grow I Recordnet.com Page 1 of 1 <br /> 1 <br /> News <br /> LANDFILL'S BOUNDARIES TO GROW <br /> CRITICS FEAR IT'S STEP IN FACILITY'S EXPANSION PLAN <br /> By The Record <br /> January 08,2011 <br /> Planning commissioners approved a boundary expansion for the largest landfill in San Joaquin County late <br /> Thursday, despite critics'fears that the decision is a step toward enlarging the landfill itself. <br /> Forward Landfill says it requested the boundary expansion so that it can install probes to monitor methane gas just <br /> southwest of the landfill, near the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. <br /> The 184 acres of land in question is the same land on which Forward has previously proposed expanding its <br /> landfill operations.Those plans are on hold,for now, and Forward says its request for a boundary change was not <br /> related to the future desired expansion. <br /> Some pilots and neighboring landowners have protested any enlargement of the landfill. <br /> While the commission's approval Thursday does not allow any changes to Forward's operations,opponents said it <br /> seems like a logical step toward expansion. <br /> "You can't tell me you're going to increase the boundary of something, but you're not going to increase the area," <br /> said Larry Gaines, a Stockton pilot."I've had geometry. That doesn't fly." <br /> Commissioner Stan Morri said at Thursday's meeting that enlarging the landfill itself-if proposed again-will <br /> require"extensive environ-mental review"with public comment. <br /> "That's your shot at it,"Morri told critics. "Not what we're doing tonight." <br /> The concentration of explosive methane gas detected along Forward's boundaries has exceeded standards since <br /> May, according to state records,and Forward has been placed on a list of solid waste facilities that are in violation <br /> of those standards. <br /> Forward officials have said they're trying to correct the methane problem by building new wells to collect excess <br /> gas. Probes in the expansion area would allow them to know how much gas is migrating offsite. <br /> http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110108/A NEWS/101080320/-1/a... 1/8/2011 <br />