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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page III-22 ' Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project 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 Fork 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. Existing Landfill Gas to Energy Project 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. Existing Resource Recovery Facilities and Activities Salvaging, volume reduction, recycling, and composting activities are conducted at the Forward Resource Recovery Facility (RRF)located in the portion of the existing Forward Landfill south of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek. The RRF includes an in-ground scale, office trailer, and processing and composting pads. The RRF is operated under a Solid Waste Facilities Permit(SWFP) that was issued in 2004.This permit is a separate permit from the Solid Waste Facility Permit for the remainder of the Forward Landfill operations. However,the tonnage and vehicles limits in the SWFP for the RRF are included within the total tonnage and vehicle limits in the most recent SWFP for the Forward Landfill that was issued in 2012. The Forward Landfill SWFP allows a maximum inflow rate of 46,080 tons per week,not to exceed 8,668 tons per day,including some beneficial reuse materials and materials delivered to the RRF. Therefore,these daily and weekly tonnage limits are the combined limit for the Forward Landfill and Forward Resource Recovery Facility. The composting operations are operated under waste discharge requirements issued by the RWQCB,in addition to the tonnage and vehicle limits set in the SWFP. The RRF accepts materials such as source separated construction and demolition debris, consumer recyclables(such as plastic, cardboard, metal,wood,fabric, paper, and sheetrock), and green waste, as specified in the SWFP and Report of Composting Site Information, and the Waste Discharge Requirements(WDRs) and Joint Technical Document(JTD) for the landfill. Feedstock is received from sources throughout San Joaquin,Sacramento and Stanislaus