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Forward, Inc. - 3 - 14 February 2024 Forward Resource Recovery Facility San Joaquin County • The Annual Monitoring and Maintenance Report, technical reports, and all monitoring reports must be uploaded into the State Water Board’s GeoTracker database. • Submittal of final design report(s) i.e., plans, specifications, CQA manual, etc. for any improvement involving the containment of waste i.e., compost pads, conveyance structures, detention ponds at least 60 days prior to solicitation for construction bids. • Prior to any facility expansion, a technical report with design information will have been submitted for approval by the Central Valley Water Board at least 90 days prior to new construction of working surfaces, stormwater (detention) ponds, berms, ditches, or any other water quality protection containment. The design information must include water balance calculations for detention ponds and wastewater conveyance features. Post-construction reports must be submitted 60 days after the completion of each construction activity. • Any expansion of facility operation must meet the requirements of the General Order prior to commencement of composting operations in any new area. • A revised NOI is required at least 90 days prior to: o adding a new feedstock, additive, or amendment; o changing material or construction specifications; or o changing an operation or activity not described in the approved NOI and technical report which has not been approved in this NOA. • The Technical Report stated that, “surface water from the site flows west and ultimately discharges into Littlejohn’s Creek approximately 2.5 miles northwest of the facility.” Pursuant to Water Code section 13263, subdivision (g), the discharge of waste into waters of the state is a privilege, not a right, and adoption of this General Order does not create a vested right to discharge wastes into the waters of the state. Failure to prevent conditions that create or threaten to create pollution or nuisance or that may unreasonably degrade waters of the state will be sufficient reason to modify, revoke, or enforce this General Order. Attachment B of the General Order and the Discharger’s Technical Report includes specific monitoring and reporting requirements that the Discharger must comply, including routine monitoring and reporting to the Central Valley Regional Water Control Board. The first year Annual Monitoring and Maintenance Report as identified in the General Order must be submitted to the Central Valley Regional Water Board no later than 1 April 2024, and then annually by 1 April each year. All reports and other correspondence must be converted to searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) and submitted electronically to the State Water Board’s GeoTracker database (http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov) with a confirmation email to centralvalleysacramento@waterboards.ca.gov.