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Staff Report Forward, Inc. (continued) -2- wastes containing new hazardous constituents or large shipments of wastes are being considered' for disposal . I'llionitoring is required for, all hazardous constituents disposed of at the Forward site. The intention of staff is to test the workability of the Interim Specifications and elicit comments from other state agencies and regions before including them or their modifications in revised waste discharge requirements for Forward. The Dept. of Health Services has made an initial review and found no major problems with the Specifications. Current Problems Regional and State Board staff conducted a site inspection on 25 February and found various operations problems and minor violations of requirements. The main items of concern were the trench and evaporation pond constructions and the design of the monitoring well system. A subsequent meeting was held with Forward's consultant, during which time he agreed to work with our staff to resolve these problems promptly. In report dated 30 April , representatives of the Farm Bureau listed several, concerns regarding the subject site. The report indicated that the trenches and evaporation ponds were leaky, according to calculations made by the Farm Bureau 's consultant. In an at-tempt to alleviate these concerns, our staff is currently evaluating similar calculations provided by Forward's consultant. Within the next two months, the clay liners of two ponds will be inspected, and several new monitoring wells will be added to the present system to check for any leakage from the ponds. Because of expressed concerns of the Farm Bureau, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors held public hearings recently about operations at the subject site. Both Regional Board and DOHS, Hazardous tJfaste Management Branch staff stated we saw no major viola-Lions of our respective requirements and permits for Forward, Inc. However, the Supervisors decided to contract with a consultant who can evaluate the Situation. Summary of RtgLjorlal Board Act-ions -Noted operational problems and violations are presently being corrected. -Interim Discharge Specifications are now in effect. -The monitoring network is being improved. -Solar evaporation pond #5 has been conditionally approved. -Staff is evaluating the mass balance calculations for the evaporation ponds to determine whether a pollution problem exists. .-Two ponds are being cleaned out and the dried muds will be disposed of in their trenches. In addition, the liner materials and the underlying soils will be inspected and sampled to determine whether leakage has occurred,