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Above the water-bearing zone, the soil layers are moderately to well-cemented layers of sandstone and siltstone with claystone and conglomerates. This soil is mostly moderately slow in permeability with sporadic sandy layers that are well drained. Construction Module "I" is an unlined module covering approximately 80 acres. Module 1 was completed in December 2003. It covers approximately 34 acres with composite liner conforming to RCRA Subtitle D and CCR Title 27 as follows (from top to bottom): • 2-foot-thick soil operations layer • 8 oz/synthetic nonwoven geotextile separator/filter • Drainage layer: — Base: 0.75-foot-thick gravel drainage layer with leachate collection troughs with 4-inch-diameter piping — Side slopes: geocomposite drain layer with nonwoven geotextile separator/filter • 60-mil HDPE geomembrane • Geosynthetic clay liner(GCL) on prepared surface • 1-foot thick prepared subgrade (base only). COMPLIANCE HISTORY SUMMARY Prior to March 2000, the landfill was found not to impact groundwater. From March 2000 to October 2001, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were repeatedly detected at a single groundwater monitoring well, MW-3. These detections have been ascribed to ponding along a road on refuse immediately adjacent to that monitoring well during the winters of 1995/1996, 1996/1997, and 1997/1998. Impact to groundwater at other wells was not indicated. In the spring of 1998,covering with refuse and grading corrected ponding. However, penetration of water into the refuse below the ponding area apparently caused an increase in landfill gas (LFG) production in the years after ponding was corrected, sufficient to impact the groundwater. Correction of the ponding has since allowed the LFG production to dissipate, and groundwater contamination has not been confirmed in MW-3 since October 2002 (over six years). Contamination has not been confirmed at other groundwater monitoring wells at any time. In February 2002, water samples from MW-3 indicated that impact to groundwater had ceased. Except for"false positive" detections due to laboratory contamination, impact to groundwater has not been indicated at this well since that time. Groundwater impact at the other wells by VOCs has not been indicated since the wells were installed. On November 6, 2002, the County submitted an Evaluation Monitoring Plan proposing methods to delineate the nature and extent of groundwater impact seen at MW-3. The Plan included drilling and sampling from temporary borings, and a step-out step-down approach if groundwater contamination was detected at those borings. Foothill Sanitary Landfill 2 Department of Public Works/Solid Waste 2"d Semester and Annual 2008 Groundwater Monitoring County of San Joaquin—January 31,2009