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Page II-1 Draft Environmental Impact Report Pa g Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion II. SUMMARY A. PURPOSE OF THIS EIR The proposal to expand the existing Forward Inc. Landfill is the CEQA Project analyzed in this Project-level EIR. This Draft EIR will be subject to a 45-day public review and comment period. All relevant comments on environmental issues received during the public review period will be responded to in the Final EIR(FEIR). That FEIR will need to be certified by the county as complete and adequate prior to approval of the County Use Permit. In order to approve the project, the County also is required to make necessary findings under CEQA section 15091, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and RP will incorporate all mitigation Reporting Program (MMRP). The MM measures p ultimately required by the County. The proposed project would require a new Use Permit from the County. Therefore,the County of San Joaquin, Department of Community Development,is the CEQA Lead Agency for this project. In addition the Forward Landfill is currently operating under existing County Public Health Services/Environmental Health Division, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and Integrated Waste Management Board permits. Those permits would require revisions, or new permits would need to be obtained by Forward, to permit the proposed expansion. This EIR may be used by those CEQA Responsible Agencies in their permit approval actions. B. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Forward, Inc.is requesting a new Conditional Use Permit from San Joaquin County for the proposed expansion and changes in operations of the Forward Landfill located near Stockton. This Environmental Impact Report (EIR)has been prepared for the County's use in considering approval of the new CUP, and may be used by other state and local i for the f subsequent approvals of other related permits agencies in their consideration o q pp P facility. The current project is referred to herein as the Forward Landfill Expansion Project. This proposal would involve the following substantial modifications to current landfill characteristics and procedures: Expansion of the facility by approximately 185 acres, from approximately 567 acres to approximately 751 acres • Expansion of the existing Class II refuse footprint from 355 acres to 552 acres • Establishment of separate tonnage limits for beneficial reuse materials and the Materials Recovery Facility • Relocation of about 3,200 feet of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek • Operational modifications including solidification of non-hazardous higher liquid content wastes • An increase in the permitted number of daily vehicles from 620 to 960 vehicles • Expansion of the landfill gas-fired electricity generation at the site • Allowing lower base grade in the existing permitted area. The existing Forward, Inc. Landfill is an approximately 567-acre facility comprised of the former Forward, Inc. 144-acre Class II landfill and the former 383-acre Class III San Joaquin County Austin Road Sanitary Landfill. These two landfills were combined into the current Forward Inc. facility in 2002;the combination of these landfills into a single Class II facility, filling in of a wedge of airspace between them, allowing lower base grades, and expanding the hours of operation were assessed in the 2002 Consolidated