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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.E-8 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project 2. any asbestos training program specific to landfill employees that has been developed, described, or required by regulation by either the CalRecycle or Cal-OSHA 3. any other asbestos training program approved by Cal-OSHA c. Provision of water at the working face to keep ACM damp until covered. • Continuation of the annual physical evaluations of all onsite Forward employees for asbestos exposure. • Workers would not be allowed to eat near the active landfill. Implementation of these procedures would reduce the impact to a less-than-significant level. Impact E.2: Hazardous waste might inadvertently be contained in the solid waste that is _ brought to the landfill for disposal. (Same as 2013 EIR Impact E.2) Hazardous materials that are not permitted to be disposed in Class 11 landfills often arrive within the refuse stream inadvertently. Commonly this is in the form of almost spent product related to the building trades or household waste materials such as paint, paint thinner, varnishes, constituents such as the solvents and petroleum distillates that are their constituent parts may break down, leach through the liner and underlying soil and contribute to the formation of a toxic leachate that could contaminate groundwater. As part of the project, the following procedures are proposed to reduce this impact: • The Forward Landfill "load-checking program," which is designed to mitigate against hazardous waste being placed in the landfill, will continue to be implemented for the expanded landfill. • Landfill operators will be trained to recognize and properly segregate and handle hazardous waste. This will include a 24-hour hazardous waste materials management _ training program that complies with 29 CFR, Section 1910. Implementation of these procedures would reduce the impact to a less-than-significant level because they would reduce the likelihood of disposal of hazardous materials into the landfill to _ minimal levels. Impact E.3: Spills, collisions,upsets, or other accidents at the landfill or during waste transport could cause injury to site workers, the general public, or the environment. (Same as 2013 EIR Impact E.3.) Leachate, some of which is toxic, could leak or spill due to containment failures, and special wastes such as asbestos containing materials (ACM), petroleum contaminated soils, ash, etc. could end up in inappropriate uncontrolled locations due to spills, collisions, upsets or other accidents that can occur during the landfilling operations. Mitigation of such accidents after the _ fact—such as windblown asbestos containing materials if the bags that contain ACM ripped and dispersed—could be difficult. Worker health and safety could be threatened in the event such upsets occur. The Forward Landfill operating procedures (part of the JTD) contains the Site Emergency Action Plan, Fire Prevention Plan, Health and Safety Plan and Hazardous Material Management Plan that are designed to have procedures in place to deal effectively with spills, y