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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page III-14 <br /> Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project <br /> Existing Waste Management Units and Facilities <br /> The existing Forward Landfill consists of a number of Waste Management Units (WMUs), as <br /> shown on Figure III.0-3. The labeling of the WMUs has occurred in conjunction with site <br /> development. The existing Forward Landfill includes the approximately 123-acre original <br /> disposal areas of the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill, which,unlike more recently <br /> constructed areas of the landfill, does not contain a base liner or leachate collection and removal <br /> system (LCRS). Figure III.0-7 shows typical cross-sections of the liner, the leachate collection <br /> trenches and pipes, and final cover. <br /> The first WMU established at the original Forward Landfill was an approximately 8-acre Class <br /> I6 disposal area labeled WMU A, located on the eastern side of the site, near the main entrance <br /> facility. Hazardous and designated wastes, consisting primarily of industrial plant process <br /> waste, were disposed of in WMU A from 1979 through 1984, and the unit was closed in 1989. <br /> J <br /> WMUs B and B-North are Class III units encompassing a combined area of approximately <br /> 15 acres. The waste in WMU B consists primarily of nonhazardous solid wastes, while <br /> WMU B-North contains inert wastes. WMUs B and B-North began operations in the late 1970s. <br /> WMU B-North is temporarily inactive and WMU B is near capacity. <br /> WMU C, an approximately 4-acre Class III unit, overlies the south end of WMU A. Because <br /> WMU A is a Class I unit, a compacted clay dike was constructed in the north end to separate the <br /> hazardous WMU A wastes from the nonhazardous WMU C wastes. In 1994, the western <br /> portion of the waste in WMU C was overlain by a liner and LCRS, and municipal solid waste <br /> and designated wastes were placed over the liner. Only municipal solid waste and not <br /> designated wastes were placed over the portions not underlain by an interface liner and LCRS. <br /> WMU D comprises a significant portion of the area north of the South Fork of South Littlejohns <br /> Creek. Operating WMUs in this area are permitted to receive designated wastes, and were <br /> constructed to meet Class II regulatory requirements for base liners and LCRSs. <br /> WMU E is an ash fill, also known as the Eastern Ash Disposal Pit, was constructed in 1987 at — <br /> 4 acres and was expanded to 6 acres in 1992. A liner was placed over the northern,eastern, and <br /> western sides of WMU E in 1999 and 2000 to separate the ash from designated waste that would <br /> be placed above it. A final cover was placed on the south side in 1999. _ <br /> WMU F North, constructed in 1999, is an approximately 1-acre leachate?impoundment located <br /> just north of the South Branch on the western side of the site. The leachate impoundment was <br /> s The former City of Stockton's Austin Road Sanitary Landfill(now the northern portion of the current <br /> Forward Landfill)consisted of a total of 410 acres,as mentioned above. The 410 total acres included <br /> various non-disposal uses,as well as the original disposal area of 123 acres. <br /> 6 Hazardous(Class I)wastes are defined by California law,and include wastes specifically listed because s <br /> of their known hazardous natures,and wastes that show any of the characteristics of a hazardous waste <br /> (ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity,and toxicity). Designated(Class II)wastes are defined as <br /> nonhazardous wastes that contain pollutants that could be released in excess of water quality objectives - <br /> or could cause degradation of waters,or hazardous wastes that have been granted a variance by the <br /> California Department of Toxic Substances Control(DTSC)to be disposed in a Class II unit. Class III <br /> waste is nonhazardous Municipal Solid Waste. <br /> 7 Leachate is the liquid that drains or'leaches'from a landfill. It varies in composition depending on the <br /> age of the landfill and the type of waste that it contains,but usually contains both dissolved and <br /> suspended material and may contain various contaminants. <br />