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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br />CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> <br />ORDER NO. R5-2014-0006 <br /> <br />WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br />FOR <br />FORWARD INC. AND REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. <br />FORWARD LANDFILL <br />CLASS II <br />OPERATION, CLOSURE <br />AND CORRECTIVE ACTION <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> <br />The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (hereafter <br />Central Valley Water Board) finds that: <br /> <br />1. Forward Inc. a subsidiary of Republic Services Inc. (hereinafter referred to jointly as <br />“Discharger”) owns and operates the Forward Landfill (facility) about seven miles <br />southeast of Stockton in Sections 3 and 10, T1S, R7E and Section 34, T1N, R7E, <br />MDB&M, as shown in Attachment A, which is incorporated herein and made part of this <br />Order by reference. The facility is a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill regulated under <br />authority given in Water Code section 13000 et seq.; California Code of Regulations, title <br />27 (“Title 27”), section 20005 et seq.; and 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258 <br />(a.k.a., “Subtitle D”) in accordance with State Water Resources Control Board (State <br />Water Board) Resolution 93-62. <br />2. The facility is at 9999 South Austin Road, Manteca. The original Forward Landfill <br />operated on 157 acres since 1973 and in 2000 the Discharger purchased the adjacent <br />Austin Road Sanitary Landfill on 410 acres for a total of 567 acres. The current permitted <br />footprint is approximately 388 acres, of which the current constructed WMU area is 288 <br />acres. The remainder is used for other activities such as soil borrow or storage. Existing <br />landfill units consist of unlined landfills covering 15 acres and lined landfills covering 273 <br />acres. The existing permitted landfill area is shown in Attachment B, which is <br />incorporated herein and made part of this Order by reference. The facility is comprised of <br />Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 181-150-07, 181-150-08, 181-150-09, 181-150-10, <br />201-060-01, 201-060-02, 201-060-03, 201-060-04 and 201-070-01. <br />3. This Order does not allow any municipal solid waste (MSW), designated or nonhazardous <br />solid waste to be discharged to any area other than the Permitted Landfill Area <br />(approximately 388 acres). The exception to the above is cannery waste may be <br />discharged to the Cannery Waste Land Application Area shown on Attachment B. <br />4. On 1 July 2011, the Discharger submitted an amended Report of Waste Discharge <br />(ROWD) as part of the Joint Technical Document (JTD) for the landfill. Staff requested <br />additional information on 1 August 2011 and the final submittal revision to the <br />ROWD/JTD was submitted on 1 June 2012. The information in the ROWD/JTD has been <br />