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raft Environmental Impact ort Page IV.E-9 act Re D p p Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion Project • To avoid cross-contamination from contaminated to non-contaminated sites, the R applicant would install a pressurized water distribution system to service a decontamination facility for personnel and equipment. The decontamination facility may be fixed or mobile. • For asbestos, a strict Asbestos-Containing Materials(ACM) handling program would be developed, and would include the following: a. Bagged ACM would be dumped only onto the working face of the asbestos disposal area and not onto the flat compacted landfill surface. Bulldozers would then push soil cover onto the working face to cover the ACM bags and will not contact the bags. b. For Forward site employees engaged in handling asbestos materials, Forward will implement one of the following: 1. a three day approved asbestos workers training program 2. any asbestos training program specific to landfill employees that has been developed, described, or required by regulation by either the CIWMB 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 on-site 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. p Mitigation Measure EA: None required. Impact E.2: Hazardous waste might inadvertently be contained in the solid waste that is brought to the landfill for disposal. Hazardous materials that are not permitted to be disposed in Class II 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, petroleum products,etc. If these materials get into the landfill then the toxic chemical constituents such as the solvents and petroleum distillates that are their constituent parts may break down,leach through the soil and contribute to the formation of a toxic leachate. 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 consolidated 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. Mitigation Measure E.2: None required.