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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN AND FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL, INC. FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL CLASS III LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY enjoyment; fresh water replenishment and habitat; spawning; wildlife habitat; and the preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife and other aquatic resources. FACILITIES OPERATION A Hazardous Waste Exclusion Program has been implemented at the Lovelace Road Transfer Station. The program consists of checking loads going through the station, which make up 93 percent of wastes disposed of at Foothill, and turning away any prohibited wastes. If prohibited wastes do get through, there are provisions for removal of the wastes from the landfill. Foothill Sanitary Landfill site personnel are trained to check for prohibited wastes as they are unloaded. i5. The Discharger's current plans indicate that the Class III landfill will reach capacity in about 56 years or by the year 2050. The total capacity of this landfill is 102 million cubic yards which consists of refuse and daily cover soil. Refuse capacity is about 77 million cubic yards. 16. The Discharger has installed three ground water monitoring wells (MW-1, MW-2, and LW-1). These wells are used to monitor ground water with respect to Module 1. More groundwater monitoring wells will be installed as operations proceed to other modules. WASTE MANAGE31ENT UNIT DESIGN Landfill 17. That part of LF-1 covered with waste prior to 9 October 1993 does not have a liner. The Discharger proposes to line any footprint expansion after 9 October 1993 with a composite clay and 60 mil high density polyethylene (IPE) liner, overlain by a leachate collection and removal system (LCRS). Certification A. Mr. Gabriel E. Karam, a registered civil engineer, certified that the portion or LF-1 constructed prior to 9 October 1993 meets the construction or prescriptive standards and performance goals of Chapter 15.