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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-OOXX 21 FORWARD, INC. FORWARD LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 60. On 21 May 2015, the Discharger submitted a Nutrient Management Plan to demonstrate site-specific data that would justify an increase in nitrogen loading for the cannery waste operation in the land application area. In response to the 2015 Nitrogen Management Plan and violations of the WDR limits on 27 June 2016, the Assistant Executive Officer issued a Water Code section 13267 Order for Technical Reports, requiring the Discharger to submit a Cannery Waste Land Application Area Compliance Plan and a Nutrient Management Plan to address nitrogen loading exceedances. 61. On 10 April 2017, CAO R5-2008-0714 was rescinded except for enforcement purposes and the Executive Officer issued Cleanup and Abatement Order R5- 2017-0703 requiring the Discharger to conduct additional investigations to delineate the vertical and lateral extent of the release from the landfill, install corrective action systems to control and capture the migration of contaminates, enhance the groundwater treatment system, and address violations associated with over-loading of nitrogen in the cannery waste land application area. Compliance with CAO R5-2017-0703 is ongoing. In order comply with the CAO, the Discharger has proposed to install four extraction wells, six piezometers, and three groundwater monitoring wells on the adjacent CDCR property. The groundwater extraction system is expected to be operational by the Summer of 2023. Additionally, the Discharger is required to sample residential domestic supply wells for VOCs. See Table 3 and Attachment H for residential domestic wells included in the sampling program. 62. On 20 June 2016, a Notice of Violation for Acceptance of Hazardous Waste was issued. Forward Landfill accepted and buried hazardous waste on several dates between April 2014 and December 2015. 63. On 16 May 2017, Water Code section 13267 Order for Enhanced Monitoring was issued for failure to remove hazardous waste. 64. On 2 March 2018, a Notice of Violation for Acceptance of Hazardous Waste was issued for the illegal acceptance of hazardous waste. Acceptance of the hazardous waste was identified by the LEA as approximately 9 tons of lime mixed with debris and soil associated with a Union Pacific Railroad cleanup action. 65. On 9 May 2018, a Notification of Release to the Discharger was issued for the Forward Landfill WMU. 66. On 8 September 2018, the Discharger submitted an alternative source demonstration report to DTSC and addressed the statistically significant exceedance of organic and inorganic constituents of concern in groundwater wells downgradient from WMU A. The Discharger concluded that the