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FORWARD LANDFILL NON-WATER CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN ® 1.0 INTRODUCTION Based on recently enacted State regulations established within the California Code of Regulations, Title 27, Section 22 10 1, effective July 1, 2011, on or before the date of the first permit review or revision or plan review, the State now requires preparation of a cost estimate to address corrective action in the event of all known or reasonably foreseeable releases to water and as a result of a non-water release from a solid waste landfill. Under this regulation, the operator may provide the cost and financial assurance for complete replacement of the final cover system, or may submit a site specific non-water corrective action plan that addresses the potential damage that can be caused by a reasonably foreseeable causal event that exceeds the landfill's existing design standard. Based on the potential damage, a cost estimate is developed for restoration of the landfill to its design standard. Potential reasonably foreseeable causal event to be considered, as identified by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Proposed Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Preparing Site- Specific Non-Water Quality Corrective Action Plans, include earthquakes, precipitation, flooding, fire, or tsunami. The Forward Landfill is an approximately 567-acre facility comprised of the former Forward Class II, and City of Stockton Austin Road Class III landfills, located in San Joaquin County, about 7 miles southeast of the City of Stockton. Forward Inc. (Forward), operates the Forward Landfill and is currently in the process of preparing environmental documents to expand the landfill by approximately 184 acres to 751 acres. The expansion area is located southwest of the existing landfill and will also include relocating the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek (Figure 1), also referred to as the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek. Because of the required permit revisions to address the landfill expansion, it will also be necessary to provide a cost estimate for potential non-water release scenarios under the new law. Forward, Inc. has elected to develop a Site-Specific Non-Water Corrective Action Plan(NWCAP). However, because the expansion has not been permitted, this NWCAP will only address the current landfill area. Forward Inc., the owner and operator of the Forward Landfill,has proposed to expand the landfill to the south by relocating the South Fork of South Littlejohn Creek onto parcels located to the south and west of the existing landfill footprint as shown on Figure 1. In addition to this expansion, the Forward and Austin Units of the Forward Landfill will be joined by infilling between the two units. Pursuant to California Code of Regulations(CCR) Title 27, Sections 22220 and 22221, this report and attachments present an evaluation of potential corrective action costs that may be required to address water quality impacts associated with a release from the Forward Landfill prior to the proposed expansion, since the additional expansion area has not M:\2011-012"WFA REPORT.DOCX 1 Geo-Logic Associates