ARCHIVED REPORTS_2014_8 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. R5-2014-0006 -10- FORWARD INC.AND REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. FORWARD CLASS it LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY is not subject to Title 27 regulations so long as the operation continues to meet the composting related requirements of this Order. CANNERY WASTE 30.The Discharger proposes to land apply cannery waste on 75 acres north of the former Austin Road Landfill unit (Attachment B). The waste is composed of two materials: cannery residual material including whole fruits, vines, leaves, pomace, culls, peels and seeds; and cannery rinsate including rinse water and mud. The waste may contain trace amounts of cleansers and sanitizers used in the canning process. Cannery waste is nonhazardous decompostable waste that when land applied as a soil amendment under appropriate BMPs may be exempt from the containment provisions of title 27. Title 27 Section 20090(f) states in part: "Soil Amendments — Use of nonhazardous decompostable waste as a soil amendment pursuant to applicable best management practices, provided that RWQCBs may issue waste discharge or reclamation requirements for such use." The discharge is seasonal from late- June to early-November. Excess cannery residual material may be treated in the compost facility; excess cannery rinse water may be discharged to a Class II surface impoundment. SITE DESCRIPTION 31.Forward Landfill is situated in the eastern San Joaquin Valley on relatively flat terrain with 0 pre-landfill surface elevations ranging from 30 to 40 feet above mean sea level (MSL). The existing Solid Waste Facility Permit allows landfilling to a maximum elevation of 210 feet MSL. The North Fork of South Littlejohns Creek forms the north and west boundaries of the Austin Road unit and drains the north half of the combined landfill area. The South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek separates the old Forward units and the composting/materials recycling area and drains the south half of the combined landfill area. 32.Land uses within one mile of the facility include agriculture, industrial and residential. The Stockton Metropolitan Airport is approximately one mile to the west, the Northern California Youth Correction Center is approximately 1 ,900 feet to the north, and the BNSF Intermodal Facility is approximately one mile to the northeast. There are three residences within one half mile of the landfill. 33.There are 35 domestic, industrial, or agricultural groundwater supply wells within one mile of the facility. 34.The site is underlain by lenticular deposits of clay, silt and sand with minor gravel of the Pleistocene Victor Formation. The closest fault, the Tracy-Stockton Fault Zone is approximately 6.5 miles to the northwest. 35.The measured hydraulic conductivity of the uppermost aquifer underlying the landfill units ranges between 2 X 10-2 and 2 X 10-3 centimeters per second (cm/s). 0