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DRAFT [TENTATIVE] WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2023-00XX 37 <br />FORWARD, INC. <br />FORWARD LANDFILL <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />environmental justice concerns within the Board’s authority and raised by <br />interested persons with regard to those impacts. <br />120.The Central Valley Water Board anticipates that the issuance of these WDRs will <br />result in water quality impacts within the scope of the Board’s authority. <br />Specifically, these WDRs authorize the continued discharge of wastewater with <br />salinity concentrations above applicable water quality objectives. The Central <br />Valley Water Board has identified the following measures available and within the <br />scope of its authority to address the impacts of the Facility to the nearby <br />disadvantaged communities in San Joaquin County: 1) follow BPTCs as listed in <br />Finding 115, 2) compliance with a performance-based salinity limitation, and 3) <br />eventual enrollment in the SCP. <br />121.Pursuant to Water Code section 106.3, subdivision (a), it is “the established <br />policy of the state that every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, <br />and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary <br />purposes.” Although this Order is not subject to Water Code section 106.3, as it <br />does not revise, adopt or establish a policy, regulation or grant criterion, (see § <br />106.3, subd. (b)), it nevertheless promotes the policy by requiring discharges to <br />meet maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for drinking water, which are <br />designed to protect human health and ensure that water is safe for domestic use. <br />122.Consistent with Title 27, this Order requires the Discharger to maintain the <br />Facility to contain all waste other than cannery waste (see Finding 84) within <br />WMUs, thereby preventing degradation of water quality. To the extent that there <br />are releases from Facility WMUs, the Discharger will be required to address such <br />releases through a Corrective Action Program. (See Title 27 secs. 20385, 20415, <br />20430). <br />Unit Closures <br />123.On July 2021, the Discharger submitted a Preliminary Closure and Post-Closure <br />Maintenance Plan (Preliminary CPMP). The closure sequence for the Facility is <br />intended to be implemented in 5 stages, Stages I through V. Stage I has been <br />divided into 3 phases. See closure dates specified in Table 14. <br />Table 14—Stage I Closure Schedule2 <br />Unit Module Closure Date Acreage <br />Stage IA 2006 30 <br />Stage IB 2012 20 <br />2 Closure dates are estimates, which may be affected by several factors (e.g., fluctuating waste receipts).