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Draft Environmental Impact Report P p p age III-11 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion >t . not limited to sewage sludge;water treatment sludge;grit/grease;holding tank pumpings;storm drain cleanings; dredge and fill materials;fiberglass;soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons,metals, nonpetroleum-based organics,and/or soluble solids;ash;infectious waste; metals-contaminated wastes;organic compound contaminated materials;chernical toilet waste; boiler blowdown water(in dry form only); construction and demolition waste;processed tires; septic tank pumpings;cleansed pesticide containers;and nonhazardous leachate. The existing Forward Landfill has a separate permit for land discharge of cannery wastes,but cannery wastes are not accepted for disposal. Existing Landfill Storage and Su ort Facilities I Existing support facilities at the two landfills consist of an entrance facilities area, two scale houses and three scales, two water production wells, maintenance and storage areas, a transfer station/materials recovery building,a landfill gas-fired electrical generation plant, a groundwater extraction and treatment system, a landfill gas flare station, leachate evaporation basins, and sedimentation/detention ponds. IiI I The main scale house is located at center of the eastern boundary of the existing Forward Landfill site.rA ces and scale house and scale is-Ioc teatea d_in the southeastern portion of the landfill (to serve the-materials recovery facility). A water production well that supplies a standpipe near the main entrance facility for the existing Forward Landfill produces approximately 1,500 gallons per minute (gpm). A second well at the existing Forward Landfill is located south of the South Branch and has a capacity of i 500 gpm.' There are additional wells used primarily for irrigation located in the northwest corner and the northeastern portion of the existing landfill. A third party landfill gas developer, Covanta, currently operates a landfill gas-to-energy plant ? at the Forward Landfill, along with a field of extraction wells in the former Austin Road E Sanitary Landfill in the northern portion of the site. The developer collects gas sufficient to f produce up to 760 kilowatts per hour of electrical power at an electricalgeneration plant located in the northwest portion of the landfill. The power is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Company i (PG&E) under a long-term agreement. Additional gas extracted from the landfill is destroyed at the flare station in the northeast portion of the landfill. Existing Materials Recovery Facilities and Activities j Salvaging, volume reduction, and recycling activities are conducted at the materials recovery facility (MRF)located in the portion of the existing Forward Landfill south of the South Branch of the South Fork of"Littlejohns Creek. This materials recovery facility is operated under a Solid Waste Facilities Permit separate from that of the remainder of the Forward Landfill operations. The materials recovery area is currently being used to transfer source-separated recyclables F from Manteca, and for composting and other green-waste-related operations. The MRF/composting facilities includelan in-groundscale;office#railer, and processing and composting pads. — The operation is permitted to process up to 500 tons of source separated construction and demolition debris, consumer recyclables, and green waste per day. Feedstock is received from sources throughout San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties, including collection and transfer trucks, self-haulers,independent recycling haulers, and tree trimming/landscaping firms. I