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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER NO. R5-2014-0006 _19_ FORWARD INC.AND REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. FORWARD CLASS it LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY assurance (COA) plans for each new module or modules for review and approval at least 180 days prior to construction. COMPOST FACILITY 77.The Composting Facility is located on 7.6 acre parcel south of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek. The facility consists of compacted native soil pad with a minimum one- percent slope to the north. The pad is protected from run-on by berms on the eastern edge and a portion of the south edge of the site. The site is sloped to drain to two ditches designed to contain run-off from the 25-year, 10-minute duration storm. Composting windrows are constructed normal to the slope to allow free drainage and minimize ponding. The surface native soils consist of lean clay to silt and silty clay. This Order requires that the one-foot thick soil layer beneath composting pad areas be tested and if necessary conditioned and compacted to achieve a hydraulic conductivity of 1 X 10-5 cm/sec or less. 78.Leachate, if any, is collected in the two ditches and drains to an unlined storm-water retention basin. The Discharger does not monitor, sample or otherwise control leachate. This Order requires that the retention pond be sized to contain at least a 25-year, 24-hour storm event and that the retention pond be equipped with a synthetic liner. 79.Water collected in the retention basin will either be evaporated, used in the initial mixing of the compost, used for dust control, pumped to the on-site leachate evaporation pond, or transported off-site to a municipal treatment facility. LAND APPLICATION CANNERY WASTES 80.Solid cannery waste will be discharged within the designated land application areas, spread evenly and allowed to dry. Liquid waste (rinsate water) will be delivered in tanker trucks and slowly discharged over the land application area. Small berms will be constructed to maintain dry pathways for tanker trucks. The dried wastes (liquid and solid) will be disked approximately 4 to 6-inches into the ground. Rapid evaporation prevents anaerobic odors and interrupts the life cycle of vectors (flies). Excess cannery rinsate water may be discharged to one of the Class II surface impoundments. 81.Excessive application of decomposable organic waste to land can create objectionable odors, soil conditions that are harmful to crops and degradation of underlying groundwater with nitrogen species and certain metals, as discussed below. Such groundwater degradation can be prevented or minimized through implementation of best management practices (BMPs) which include planting crops to take up plant nutrients and maximizing oxidation of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) to prevent nuisance conditions. 82.The Discharger is required to implement the following BMPs for cannery waste: a. The ground surface will be prepared prior to the application of waste.