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1 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page III-20 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project treated infectious waste;metals-contaminated wastes;organic compound contaminated materials; chemical toilet waste;boiler blowdown water(in dry form only);construction and demolition waste,processed tires;septic tank pumpings;agricultural waste including cleansed pesticide containers and garden and landscaping material;inert waste;designated wastes compatible with surface impoundment liner;other industrial/commercial nonhazardous waste;small dead animals;and nonhazardous leachate. Some of the materials accepted at Forward are used as alternative daily cover(ADC)and can be classified as beneficial reuse. Under the provisions of Chapter 978,Statutes of 1996(AB 1647, Bustamante),alternative daily cover and other beneficial reuse of waste materials in the operation of a solid waste landfill were defined as constituting diversion through recycling(PRC Section 41781.3). In LEA Advisory 50,the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery i (CalRecycle)states that municipal solid waste landfills represent a potential ideal location for waste diversion end uses. Disposal sites typically have ready access to waste materials amenable to diversion and the diversion facilities necessary to produce these materials. Based on a review of Forward's 20176 waste acceptance summary,the majority of materials accepted at the Forward Landfill are from San Joaquin,Stanislaus and Sacramento counties. More than eighty-five percent of the material accepted at the Forward Landfill is from San Joaquin County and the directly adjacent counties. Less than 0.02 percent of the waste was from San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. Of the materials accepted at the Forward Landfill from counties that are not directly adjacent to San Joaquin,the majority are beneficial reuse materials. The 2013 EIR described an approximately 7.5-acre pilot project for land application of cannery ' waste(see pages III-13 and III-14 of the 2013 EIR). As described under G. Recent Projects at the Forward Landfill,below,in February 2014 the Regional Water Quality Control Board issued new Waste Discharge Requirements for the Forward Landfill that included, among other modifications,the land application of cannery waste in the northern portion of the site(north of the North Fork of South 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-mandiated waste diversion goals.