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2025 Annual Monitoring and Maintenance Report <br /> Forward Landfill <br /> 1 Introduction <br /> On behalf of Forward, Inc. (Forward), Arcadis U.S., Inc. (Arcadis) has prepared this 2025 Annual Monitoring and <br /> Maintenance Report for the Forward Landfill, located at 9999 South Austin Road in San Joaquin County, <br /> California (Site; Figure 1). Routine monitoring and maintenance activities were performed in 2025 in accordance <br /> with Attachment B—Monitoring and Reporting Program (MRP)of the General Waste Discharge Requirements <br /> (WDRs)for Commercial Composting Operations, State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) <br /> Order WQ 2020-0012-DWQ (General Order; State Water Board 2020), and the Forward Resource Recovery <br /> Facility—General Waste Discharge Requirement Technical Report—Tier 2 (Technical Report; HDR Engineering, <br /> Inc. [HDR] 2021). The Technical Report was prepared in accordance with the State Water Board Order WA 2015- <br /> 0121-DWQ General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations. The Order WQ 2020-0012- <br /> DWQ, dated April 7, 2020, amends Order WQ 2015-0121-DWQ. <br /> The General Order requires all composting operations areas (material receiving, active, curing and storage of <br /> finished compost; Figure 2)to be able to support the design specifications set forth by Lewis Engineering using <br /> 25-year, 24-hour and 25-year, 10-minute storm events to account for maximum peak flow (HDR 2021). The <br /> compost pad and detention pond were designed by Lewis Engineering and were prepared to comply with <br /> requirements of WDR No. R5-2024-0002 (Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board [RWQCB] 2024), <br /> which supersedes Order No. R5-2014-0006 [RWQCB 2014]). Compost run-off water is directed from the <br /> composting working areas to onsite drainage ditches and to the onsite detention pond. <br /> This facility does not conduct groundwater protection monitoring in lieu of the design specifications set forth in the <br /> Technical Report(HDR 2021). <br /> This report presents a summary of site inspections and maintenance, as well as detention pond monitoring results <br /> for the 2025 calendar year conducted at the Site's Forward Resource Recovery Facility (compost facility), owned <br /> and operated by Forward. <br /> 2 Site History <br /> The Forward Landfill occupies approximately 744 acres across several parcels. The design and operation of the <br /> compost facility, which began operation in 1994, is permitted under Solid Waste Facility Permit 39-AA-0020 to <br /> receive the following: <br /> • Windrow composting: 1,100 tons per day. Up to 200 tons per day will be re-allocated to an onsite aerated <br /> static pile composting system when installed. <br /> • Transfer/processing: 3,080 tons per day. <br /> • Combined Forward Landfill and compost facility: 46,080 tons per week. <br /> The compost area, which is located south of the south branch of South Littlejohn's Creek is located on Assessor's <br /> Parcel Number 201-060-030-000. The parcel is approximately 157 acres and includes both the composting area <br /> and portions of the Forward Landfill. The operational footprint of the compost facility, including material receiving <br /> and final product storage areas is approximately 39.1 acres. The operational footprint also includes the existing <br /> transfer station building, access roads, and a detention pond (HDR 2021). <br /> www.arcadis.com 1 <br /> Forward Landfill 2025 Annual Monitoring&Maintenance Rpt_04012026 <br />