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Rev.0,4/22/11 Project 110219 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Objective Ameresco San Joaquin LLC (Ameresco) is proposing to design, build, and operate a Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) Facility at the Foothill Sanitary Landfill (FSL), which is an existing Class III waste disposal and resource recovery facility located in San Joaquin County, California approximately 17 miles east of the City of Stockton. FSL is owned by San Joaquin County (County) and has been operated by Foothill Sanitary Landfill, Inc. since 1993 under an agreement with the County. Prior to that time, the site was owned and operated by Nomellini Construction. The County provides engineering, permitting, and construction of landfill infrastructure for the landfill operations. The landfill has been operational since 1965. The LFGTE Facility will be developed and operated in accordance with landfill gas (LFG) purchase and site lease agreements between Ameresco and the County. A copy of the LFG Purchase Agreement is included in Appendix A and a copy of the Site Lease Agreement is included in Appendix B. The objective of this project is to convert LFG, a waste byproduct of landfill operations, into a useful energy source. The power plant will be a co-generation and resource recovery facility producing electricity from the combustion of the LFG generated at the landfill (which was previously flared to the atmosphere without any beneficial reuse). Such beneficial reuse is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Landfall Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), and by the California Energy Commission (CEC), which has identified LFG as a renewable energy source. 1.2 Existing Use Permit and CEQA In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the San Joaquin County Planning Department (County Planning) is the CEQA lead agency for review of this proposed project because County Planning is the public agency that exercises general governmental powers and has primary responsibility for the FSL Conditional Use Permit. FSL is an existing, permitted landfall. It operates under numerous permits issued by various federal, state and local agencies including Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 3295 and 3541, which were adopted on June 24, 1965 (reviewed April 1995) and February 7, 1966, respectively, by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors and Planning Department. Ameresco is in the process of obtaining an Authority to Construct / Permit to Operate (PTO) from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Quality Management District (SJVUAQMD). The PTO also requires a finding of conformance with CEQA. In addition to the CUP and PTO, Ameresco will design, build, and operate the proposed LFGTE in compliance with the pertinent provisions of all FSL permits. Submission of this Project Description to County Planning is the first step in amending the facilities permits to incorporate the LFGTE Facility at FSL. To assist the permit reviewers in assessing the LFGTE Facility, this Project Description provides a general description of the X:IPROJECTS\AMERESCOU 10219-FOOTHILL LFGTE FACIUM INGNEERING\San Joaquin County Site Approval ApphcarionTooM LFGTE-ProjW Descripioo(foal 4-22-1 p.doc IsCORNERSTONE 1-1 LEWIS ENGINEERING E—i:onmevtal G—p,LLC