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<br />Forward Composting Facility SWT Engineering
<br /> Report of Composting Site Information - August 201 9January 2022
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<br />The land uses within one mile of the property boundary are shown in Figure 3. The
<br />California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Facility (CDCRF) (formerly, the
<br />Northern California Youth Correctional Center), a medical and mental health care facility for
<br />inmate-patients of the prison system, is located on Newcastle Road, approximately 1,900
<br />feet north of the Forward Landfill (Figures 1 and 3). East of the correctional center is the
<br />California Health Care Facility (CHCF). The Stockton Metropolitan Airport is to the west of
<br />the Forward Landfill, with the end of the nearest runway approximately 1.5 mile to the west .
<br />The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Intermodal Facilit y, a 470-acre train/truck cargo
<br />transfer and storage facility, is located approximately one mile northeast of the landfill site,
<br />along the railroad main lines.
<br />Composting operations are not conducted over any portion of the Forward Landfill existing
<br />waste fill. However, the composting f acility is located on an area permitted for future WMUs.
<br />1.3 Quantity of Materials to be Accepted
<br />The Compost Facility handle s decomposable organic material as allowed under WDR Order
<br />No. R5-2014-0006 and WDR Order No. 2020-0012-DWQ including, but not limited to, green
<br />material, green material mixed with food waste, food waste, food processing residue,
<br />manure, mixed paper, cannery rinse water, and agricultural wastes, as defined in 14 CCR
<br />(Chapter 3.1, Article 1, Section 17852). Compost may be marketed off -site as a product or
<br />utilized on-site as a soil amendment with prior approval by the LEA. Further definition of
<br />these wastes is described below:
<br />⧫ Green Material means “any plant material that is separated at the point of
<br />generation, contains no greater than 1.0 percent of physical contaminants by weight,
<br />and meets the requirements of S ection 17868.5. Green material includes, but is not
<br />limited to, yard trimmings, untreated wood wastes, natural fiber products, and
<br />construction and demolition wood waste. Green material does not include food
<br />material, biosolids, mixed solid waste, material processed from commingled
<br />collection, wood containing lead-based paint or wood preservative, mixed
<br />construction or mixed demolition debris.”
<br />⧫ Food Material means “any material that was acquired for animal or human
<br />consumption is separated from the municipal solid waste stream, and that does not
<br />meet the definition of "agricultural material." Food material may include material
<br />from food facilities as defined in Health and Safety Code, S ection 113785, grocery
<br />stores, institutional cafeterias (such as, prisons, schools and hospitals) or residential
<br />food scrap collection.” In addition, the composting facility also handle s food
<br />processing residue as feedstock .
<br />⧫ Manure is an agricultural material and means "accumulated herbivore or avian
<br />excrement. This definition shall include feces and urine, and any bedding material,
<br />spilled feed, or soil that is mixed with feces or urine. "
<br />⧫ Mixed paper is paper contaminated by organics suitable for composting that is not
<br />suitable for direct recycling or paper that is used as a bulking agent.
<br />⧫ “Cannery Rinse Water” is produced from the cleaning of produce in preparation for
<br />canning, from the cleaning of equipment, and from the actual canning process. The
<br />rinsate water contains approximately one to two percent solids. For additional
<br />information regarding cannery waste operations at the Forward Landfill, as well as
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