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HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS <br /> May 5, 1982 <br /> Page Two <br /> Further, it is abusiness which is vital to the health <br /> and safety of County and State residents and to farming. Some <br /> of the types of wastes which are disposed of at the site are <br /> generated either by or for farming operations, or by industries <br /> producing materials or items used in farming operations. <br /> The proper and regulated disposal of Class II-1 wastes <br /> avoids the very considerable problem of illegal and dangerous <br /> disposal of such wastes. This in turn avoids problems of <br /> endangering the health of County residents and of polluting <br /> the streams, groundwater and land of the County and State. <br /> To be blunt, and plain-spoken, there is nothing wrong. <br /> We respectfully request that, since Forward, Inc. is in <br /> compliance with all laws and permit conditions, this matter <br /> be closed. <br /> We would like to take this opportunity to give some back- <br /> ground history and to respond to some of the concerns of the <br /> San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation. <br /> The procedural history of the various permits is ably <br /> given in the report of March 4, 1982, and we will not repeat <br /> it here. We note, however, that the use permit has been opposed <br /> at every step of the process by the Farm Bureau Federation, as <br /> well as by individual farmers. As an example, at the hearing <br /> at which the use permit was granted, Attorney Walter Proper, <br /> representing several farmers, and particularly Mr. Brocchini; <br /> Gerald A. Sherwin; Dante Nomellini; Mike Gekas, representing <br /> the Farm Bureau; and others appeared and testified against the <br /> granting of the permit. Nevertheless, . the permit was granted. <br /> Forward, Inc. has a vested right in the permits and the <br /> right to operate its lawful and vital business, so long as it <br /> does so legally. <br /> We would also clear up, by some examples, some of the <br /> confusion about the degree of hazard associated with the <br /> wastes received. For example, the term "pH" is used commonly <br /> in testing soils and aquarium water, in processing foods, and <br /> chemical analysis. What does it mean? It is simply a scale, <br /> numbered from 0-14, that rates water solutions according to <br /> their acidity or alkalinity. Pure water is pH 7 -- right in <br /> the middle of the scale -- because it contains an equal amount <br /> of acidic and basic ions and is, therefore, neutral. As the <br />