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Draft Environmental P Impact Report Page IV.E-3 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion Project waste-related regulations and proposed landfill programs include the RWQCB orders, RWQCB- required SWAT, NPDES permits,workers right-to-know, Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP),Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan(SWPPP), and California Department of Toxic Substances Control incident reports. The RWQCB is the lead regulatory agency with a history of overseeing environmental monitoring of the Forward and Austin Road landfills and is the agency in charge of overseeing the environmental reporting on the combined landfill when that project is approved. There are currently two Board Orders stipulating the monitoring and reporting requirements for the existing Forward Landfill: Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) Order No. R5-2003- 0049, R5-2003-0080 (Monitoring and Reporting Program and Groundwater Treatment System, NPDES No. CA0082911) and Order R5-2008-0714. Quarterly and annual reports of the monitoring results are submitted by Forward Inc. to the DTSC, RWQCB, and the San Joaquin County Public Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division,which is the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA). The Forward Inc. Landfill also is operating under Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting (RWQCB Resolution 96-031); WDR-City of Stockton, 2000; Hazardous Waste Generators Permit No. 008450, San Joaquin County Public Health Services (SJCPHS), 1998; Hazardous Waste Facility Postclosure Permit, Department of Health Services (DOHS), 1989;and the RCRA Hazardous Waste Facility Postclosure Permit No. CAL000190080, EPA, 1990. The RWQCB is currently in the process of reviewing the reports leading up to a revised Corrective Action Pan per the stipulations of RWQCB Order 2008-0712 for the combined Forward Landfill to modify its groundwater treatment system to better capture the subsurface contamination. Other elements of regulatory significance include the landfill gas collection system, surface water (Littlejohns Creek branches) modification, contaminant plume definition, and new monitoring wells (to replace existing wells proposed to be closed during the project implementation). The proposed landfill expansion requires a Joint Technical Document(JTD) describing operational and monitoring practices be submitted to the RWQCB and CIWMB for approval. A draft JTD is in preparation for submission to the RWQCB for their review and approval. The proposed programs for segregation, special handling, and screening procedures of hazardous materials are summarized in the Project Description also will be presented in detail in the JTD. As described in the Project Description,these programs are already in place for the current Forward Landfill, and would be continued in the proposed expanded landfill. The San Joaquin County General Plan incorporates public health and safety considerations into the community's long-term planning. The portions of the General Plan relevant to hazardous materials are C. Fire Safety and Law Enforcement and E. Hazardous Materials and Wastes, under V. Public Health and Safety of Volume I: Policies/Implementation. Baseline and Project-Generated Health Risk Assessment The applicant prepared a human Health Risk Assessment (HRA) (SCS,2008) that evaluates Criteria Air Pollutant(CAP) and Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) emission levels for the Forward.Landfill under three scenarios, including two pre-Project or Baseline scenarios as well as the post-Project scenario. The two Baseline scenarios are: Current Actual (CA) emissions, determined using 2006 and 2007 operational data; and Current Permitted(CP) emissions,based on emissions of landfill sources at maximum permitted levels. The Post-Project or Future Potential (FP) scenario was estimated assuming full implementation of the Project described in this document,namely the proposed lateral expansion of the Forward Landfill (Forward), creek