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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page 111-18 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project modifications, the land application of cannery waste in the northern portion of the site (north of the North Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek). The cannery wastes season is from June through October. The residuals handled are primarily from the processing of peaches and tomatoes. The waste consists of whole fruits and vines,pomace(the solid remains of fruit after pressing for juice), culls,leaves,and cannery rinsate water and mud. The cannery wastes are _ trucked to the site and dumped and spread evenly over native ground. The waste is allowed to dry and is then incorporated into the soil. Proper evaporation prevents anaerobic odors and interrupts the life cycle of flies. The solar drying of wet material within five days prevents fly development. Daily records are kept for the cannery waste disposal describing the loads received, location of disposal area, a log of unusual occurrences,and the removal of extraneous material. Potential unusual occurrences include precipitation in the late summer to early fall. The cannery waste area is surrounded by a berm;in the case of an unlikely precipitation event,the water would be disced into the soil and allowed to dry. _ Land discharge of cannery wastes as a soil amendment is considered a reuse of materials,which aids the County in achieving State-mandated waste diversion goals. Existing Landfill Storage and Support Facilities 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, a tire wash, and sedimentation/detention ponds. The main scale house is located at the center of the eastern boundary of the existing Forward Landfill site. A second scale house and scale is located in the southeastern portion of the landfill(to serve the resource 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 500 gpm. There are additional wells used primarily for irrigation located in the northwest corner and the northeastern portion of the existing landfill. The 2013 EIR described a landfill gas-to-energy plant operated by Forward, along with a field of extraction wells in the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill in the northern portion of the site. Landfill gas was collected to produce up to 760 kilowatts (kW)of electrical power at an electrical generation plant(known as the Covanta plant) located in the northwest portion of the landfill. The power was sold to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under a long-term agreement. The amount of electrical power produced by the plant described in the 2013 EIR was sufficient to power approximately 350 to 400 homes. Additional gas extracted from the -- landfill was destroyed at the flare station in the northeast portion of the landfill. Since the 2013 EIR was prepared, the former landfill gas-to-energy plant described above (the Covanta plant) was replaced by a new,larger Ameresco Landfill Gas to Energy plant, as discussed in more _ detail under Air Quality Control, and G. Recent Projects at the Forward Landfill,below. This larger plant can produce approximately 4,000 kW,enough to power approximately 1,800 to 2,100 homes. v