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INTRODUCTION The City of Stockton in its effort to comply with mandatory waste reduction objectives, is requesting approval to begin a demonstration project which proposes to grind green materials received at French Camp Landfill, use some of the shredded green materials for daily cover at French Camp Landfill, and transport the remainder of shredded green materials to Austin Road Landfill for use as alternative daily cover.- French over.French Camp Landfill is a Class III solid waste facility that receives green materials, inerts solids, and street sweepings.No residential or commercial garbage is accepted, and the site is not open to the public. Austin Road Landfill is a Class III facility that receives all of the City's residential solid waste and some commercial and industrial waste. It is anticipated that the ground green materials will be beneficial for both French Camp and Austin Road Landfills for the following reasons: A. Reduce the amount of soil required for daily cover. B. Reduce the amount of green materials land filled at French Camp Landfill, extending its useful life. C. Receive disposal reduction credit toward AB 939. The City has recently concluded a demonstration project at Austin Road Landfill with the Covertech C-4400, a geotextile blanket that received conditional approval. The geotextile r=blm- ket will serve as a back up alternative cover at Austin Road Landfill in the event that ground ;green material is not available or wet weather precludes the movement of green material and soil. However, prior to use of the Covertech C-440,verbal approval must be obtained from LEA staff. The Covertech C-4408 is not being proposed for use at the French Camp Landfill. SECTION 1 EVALUATION OF GREEN MATERIALS AS A DAILY COVER 1.0 Selection of Alternative Cover The City of Stockton is proposing the use of an alternative cover material at Austin Road and French Camp Landfills in an effort to divert over 30,000 tons of green materials that are currently land filled each year at the French Camp facility. Green materials, which include: leaves, grass clippings, branches and brush; comprise 14.5 percent of the City's waste stream. This diversion strategy is consistent with reducing a solid waste material that the California Integrated Waste Management Board has targeted for reduction. The use of the green materials as an alternative daily cover will conserve soil, and will reduce dust pollution resulting from transporting on-site soils for daily cover. In addition,the City of Stockton anticipates composting all green materials received at its landfills. This pilot program is the initial step of an eventual composting program. With the diversion of green materials from French Camp Landfill, the City anticipates land filling less than 50 tons of materials per day at French Camp Landfill. The material to be land 3