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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page III-34 <br /> Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project <br /> Odor <br /> Odor is controlled at the landfill by(1)timely placement of daily, intermediate and final soil <br /> cover over the refuse fill; and(2)planting and maintenance of a vegetated cover on completed <br /> fill slopes. <br /> Air Quality Monitoring <br /> Landfill Gas Monitoring <br /> Landfill gas monitoring is performed on a quarterly basis at the existing Forward Landfill. <br /> Twenty-five landfill-gas probes incorporating 74 sampling points13 are in the compliance <br /> monitoring system and are located around the perimeter of the existing landfill and the <br /> "Brocchini"parcel to the southwest of the existing landfill site.In 2017,nine additional perimeter ' <br /> monitoring probes were installed generating an additional 26 sampling points.These monitoring <br /> probes were installed per the Cleanup and Abatement Order from the Central Valley Regional <br /> Water Quality Control Board and are not sampled and reported as part of the Title 27 monitoring <br /> program. The main office trailer and maintenance yard are also monitored to assess potential gas <br /> accumulations at the foundations. <br /> EPA Consent Decree <br /> On May 2,2012,Forward,the U.S.EPA and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District <br /> (District)entered into a stipulated consent decree which was approved by the U.S.District Court <br /> for the Eastern District of California,under which Forward will modify the operation of its gas <br /> collection and control system with respect to extraction well oxygen levels and temperature, <br /> complete Phase II of the planned and ongoing improvement of Forward's landfill gas extraction <br /> system,apply for a new Title V air permit from the District that would limit oxygen levels in the <br /> landfill gas extraction wells,relocate Forward's perimeter gas probes to the boundary line of the <br /> expansion area,and provide for other air quality protection measures.On September 2,2014,U.S. ' <br /> District Court Magistrate Judge Edmund Brennan issued an order terminating the Consent Decree <br /> on the basis that Forward,USEPA and the District all confirmed that Forward had fully complied <br /> with all requirements of the Consent Decree. <br /> F.PROPOSED PROJECT MODIFICATIONS <br /> The proposed physical and operational changes are described below. w <br /> Development of Additional Landfill Disposal Cells Within Permitted Landfill Boundary <br /> Development of additional landfill cells would increase the disposal footprint from approximately <br /> 355 acres to 372 acres. The proposed additional development area includes two areas within the <br /> currently permitted landfill boundary as shown on Figure III.0-4;approximately 8.72 acres in the <br /> northeast comer of the site and approximately 8.61 acres in the south area. (The western boundary <br /> of the footprint of the added cells would in all cases be consistent with applicable law and <br /> 13 Each landfill gas probe can contain multiple sampling points. <br />