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Environmental Compliance Review Report H.M. Holloway Landfill December 2017 4, Section 25143.5 and Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Chapter 3. Minimum Standards for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal, Article 5.8. Nonhazardous Ash Regulatory Tier Requirements. According to the Health and Safety Code Section 25143.5, ash generated from a biomass combustion process can be beneficially used in a manner that results in lowering pH level to below 12.5, and Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 5.8 provides for use of nonhazardous ash as a waste stabilizing material. The full citation reference is included in Appendix B. The purpose of the environmental compliance evaluation of Holloway is to assess whether Holloway is operating in general conformance with applicable environmental regulations and requirements prior to accepting non-hazardous ash from DTE. Specifically, the evaluation identified: (1) Applicable permits for site activities; (2) Pending enforcement actions, if any; and (3) Whether facility operations are in accordance with operating permit conditions. 1.2 FACILITY OVERVIEW The Holloway Solid Waste Facility is approximately 301 acres and is located at 14045 Holloway Road, City of Lost Hills, Kern County, California. The facility began operations in 1932. The facility is comprised of Assessor's Parcel Numbers 057-240-17, 057-240-19, 057- 220-16, and 057-240-29. (See Vicinity and Site Maps in Appendix A). The Holloway facility is owned and operated by Holloway Environmental, LLC and is designated as a Class III non-hazardous Industrial Waste Landfill facility on a site that was formerly used for gypsum surface mining operations. The land owner is Lost Hills Environmental LLC. The landfill operates under the following: • Approved Conditional Use Permit(CUP), Map No. 28 • California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region(RWQCBCV) Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) Order No. 97-078 • Solid Waste Facility Permit—SWIS 15-AA-0308-01 0-A issued by the Lead Enforcement Agency (LEA)Kern County Environmental Health Services Division • San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, permit unit S-7754-1-1. The landfill is currently allowed to conduct disposal operations in four(4) contiguous pit areas described as Pits E, F, G, and the Pit F/G Connection Area. The pits are backfilled with alternating equal lifts of waste, or a blend of approved imported non-hazardous waste streams (as described above), and native clean cover soils. The landfill can dispose a maximum of 2,000 tons of waste daily. The landfill is currently operating as a non-classified deposition site for a limited number of non-hazardous industrial waste streams. The landfill is not a public facility. TRC was advised by Holloway that their operations fall under standard industrial classification (SIC) code: 4953 Refuse System 2