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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-00XX 13 <br />FORWARD, INC. <br />FORWARD LANDFILL <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />Central Valley Water Board review and approval prior to discharging waste to <br />these WMUs. (See Section I,Table 17 Item 4.) <br />Compost Facility <br />33.A Compost Facility exists on site and was previously permitted under the <br />previous WDRs R5-2014-0006. The composting facility is now regulated under <br />State Water Board Order WQ 2020-0012-DWQ, General Waste Discharge <br />Requirements for Commercial Composting Operations. A Notice of Applicability <br />was issued on DD MM 2023. <br />Site Conditions <br />34.Forward Landfill is situated in the eastern San Joaquin Valley on relatively flat <br />terrain with pre-landfill surface elevations ranging from 30 to 40 feet above mean <br />sea level (MSL). The existing Solid Waste Facility Permit allows landfilling to a <br />maximum elevation of 210 feet MSL. The North Fork of South Littlejohns Creek <br />forms the north and west boundaries of the Austin Road unit and drains the north <br />half of the combined landfill area. The South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek <br />separates the old Forward units and the composting/materials recycling area and <br />drains the south half of the combined landfill area. <br />35.The site is underlain by lenticular deposits of clay, silt, and sand with minor <br />gravel of the Pleistocene Victor Formation. The closest fault, the Tracy-Stockton <br />Fault Zone is approximately 6.5 miles to the northwest. <br />36.Land uses within one mile of the Facility include agriculture, industrial, and <br />residential. The Stockton Metropolitan Airport is approximately one mile to the <br />west. California State facilities such as NA Chaderjian Youth Correctional <br />Facility, O.H. Close Youth Correctional Center, Youth Authority Department, <br />California Health Care Facility, and Delta Center California Conservation Corps <br />are approximately one mile to the north. The BNSF Intermodal Facility is <br />approximately one mile to the northeast. There are six residences within one half <br />mile of the landfill, one on Austin Road and five on Newcastle Road. See <br />Attachment I for a 1,000 feet radius and land use map. <br />37.Surface water from the Facility drains to North and South Fork Branches of South <br />Littlejohn Creek, a tributary to San Joaquin River. According to the Central Valley <br />Water Board’s Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento and San Joaquin <br />River Basins (Basin Plan), the beneficial uses of Duck-Littlejohns Hydrologic <br />Area (31.40) include: municipal and domestic use (MUN); agricultural supply <br />(AGR); industrial process supply (PRO); water contact recreation (REC-1); non- <br />water contact recreation (REC-2); warm freshwater habitat (WARM); cold