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CALIFO* INTEGRATED WAS I TE MAI;EEMENT• 1' <br />INSPECTIONSTATE •, <br />DISPOSAL , <br />FACILITY: Forward Landfill <br />SWIS NUMBER: 39 -AA -0015 <br />INSPECTION DATE: August 11, 2004 <br />LAST INSPECTION DATE: February 26, 2003 <br />INSPECTION TYPE: 18 -Month Inspection <br />FACILITY LOCATION: 9999 South Austin Road, <br />Manteca, CA 95336 <br />FACILITY OPERATOR/OWNER: Forward, Inc. <br />CONTRACT OPERATOR: None. <br />LOCAL ENFORCMENT AGENCY: San Joaquin <br />County Environmental Health Division <br />INSPECTOR: Keith Kennedy, California Integrated Waste <br />Management Board (CIWMB) <br />ACCOMPANIED BY: Robert McClellan, Ted <br />Tasiopoulos and Frank Girardi, Local Enforcement Agency; <br />Rubin Ramirez, Forward, Inc. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />PERMITTED TONNAGE: <br />Peak: 8,668 Tons Per Day (tpd) of general non -hazardous <br />solid waste, sludge, asbestos, automobile shredder waste, <br />designated waste, and contaminated soil (list not inclusive). <br />ACTUAL TONNAGE: <br />Peak Daily Tonnage: Could not determine <br />Average Daily Tonnage: Could not determine <br />SITE TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br />Gatehouse — (209) 982-4298 <br />Main Office (Stockton) — (209) 4664482 <br />PERMIT ISSUE DATE: June 17, 2003 <br />NEXT PERMIT REVIEW DUE: June 17, 2008 <br />LIQUID WASTES ACCEPTED: No <br />GAS/LEACHATE CONTOLS: Yes/Yes <br />ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER: Processed green <br />material, contaminated soil, and geosynthetic tarps <br />ACREAGE: <br />Permitted — 567 acres <br />Disposal Area — 354.5 acres <br />The Forward Landfill and adjacent transfer station/resource recovery facility were first permitted in 1973. Forward Landfill <br />operates as a Class II/VI disposal facility. The landfill operations include the following: (1) an 8 -acre Class I disposal area <br />that was closed in 1989; (2) approximately 129 acres of Class II/III disposal area; (3) a leachate impoundment area; (4) a <br />sedimentation basin; (5) office trailer and maintenance building; and (6) a scale house and scales. The transfer <br />station/resource recovery facility (a.k.a., Forward Resource Recovery Facility) operates under a separate solid waste facility <br />permit (SWIS #39 -AA -0020). The transfer station/resource recovery facility operations include: (1) a transfer <br />station/material recovery building; (2) office trailer; and (3) a former composting area. Both operations are not open to the <br />general public. <br />VIOLATIONS: <br />A. The inspection identified no violations of Public Resources Code, Division 30, Part 4, Chapter 3. <br />B. The inspection identified one violation of Title 27, Division 2, Subdivision 1, California Code of Regulations, <br />Consolidated Regulations for Treatment, Storage, Processing, or Disposal of Solid Waste. <br />1. Section 20919.5 — Explosive Gases Control. This standard requires, in part, that the concentration of methane gas <br />generated by the facility does not exceed the lower explosive limit at the facility property boundary. <br />During the inspection methane gas readings were taken at Gas Probe 8 and Gas Probe 9 on the western boundary of the <br />landfill. The gas readings in Gas Probe 8 were within compliance levels. However, the gas readings in Gas Probe 9 <br />were above the lower explosive limit for methane. The readings in Gas Probe 9 were, 18.5 % methane by volume at the <br />Supervisor Page 1 of 3 Inspector <br />