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0 0 Forward Landfill San Joaquin County -2- 16 May 2017 model failed to account for the fact that the landfill has an ongoing VOC release which indicates that the liner integrity may be compromised and therefore there is a potential for a release of hazardous waste as well. As of the date of this Order, hazardous waste remains in place in violation of WDRS Order R5-2014-0006 and the Discharger has yet to obtain a variance from DTSC for the hazardous material to remain in the Class 11 lined units. To determine the impacts, if any the Discharger shall provide results from enhanced monitoring for pH and dissolved inorganics/metals from specific sampling locations, Water Code Section 13267 Request for Technical Reports Section 13267 of the California Water Code states, in part: In conducting an investigation specified in subdivision (a), the regional board may require that any person who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging - or any citizen or domicifiary, or political agency or entity of this state who has discharged, discharges, or is suspected of having discharged or discharging... waste outside of its region that could affect the quality of waters within its region shall furnish, under penalty of peilury, technical or monitoring program reports which the regional board requires. The burden, including costs, of these reports shall bear a reasonable relationship to the need for the report and the benefits to be obtained from the reports. In requiring those reports, the regional board shall provide the person with a written explanation with regard to the need for the reports, and shall identify the evidence that supports requiring that person to provide the reports. Section 13268 of the California Water Code states, in part: (a)Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b)of Section 13267...or falsifying and information provided therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civilly in accordance with subdivision(b), (b)(1) Civil liability may be administratively imposed by a regional board in accordance with Article 2.5(commencing with section 13323) of Chapter 5 for a violation of subdivision (a)in an amount which shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day in which the violation occurs. Republic Services Inc., failure to comply with the WDRs has resulted in impacts, or threatened impacts, to water quality. In order to ensure that staff has sufficient information to determine the potential impact from the hazardous waste, whether corrective actions and/or further enforcement action is appropriate, and to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Forward Landfill is hereby directed to submit the following reports. This request is made pursuant to Section 13267 of the California Water Code. Republic Services Inc., owns and operates the landfill cited herein and is responsible for all waste generated at the facility. Republic Services Inc. is hereby required to submit the following technical reports by the listed dates: