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r: OP.QU(IN. C THOMAS R. FLjNN 01 P.O.BOX 1810-1810 E.HAZELTON AVENUE DIRECTOR �h STOCKTON,CALIFORNIA 95201 (209)468-3000 FAX(209)468-2999 www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us THOMAS M.GAU x DEPUTY DIRECTOR e ' MANUEL SOLORIO Wcrldmgfor YOU DEPUTY DIRECTOR U STEVEN WINKLER DEPUTY DIRECTOR BENTON ANGOVE APR R 0 -1 2003 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR March 28, 2003 ini V1Rt Mr. Robert McClellon Supervising REHS San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department 304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor Stockton, California 95202-2708 RE: CONSOLIDATED FORWARD INC. LANDFILL Dear Mr. McClellon: The following is in response to your letter of January 28, 2003 requesting a finding of conformance be made concerning with the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan (CIWMP) in accordance with Public Resource Code 50000-50002. The CIWMP contains a Siting Element which determines where future solid waste disposal sites may be located, the criteria to be followed in locating such future sites, a description of existing and proposed facilities, a calculation of the remaining disposal capacity of existing sites, and a requirement that fifteen years of disposal capacity exist for the entire County. The Siting Element was approved by all of the Cities and the County following public hearings held by each entity, and the California Integrated Waste Management Board. The Solid Waste Division, the agency responsible for maintaining the CIWMP, has reviewed the proposed consolidation of the Austin Road Landfill and the Forward, Inc. Landfill to determine if the consolidation is consistent with the CIWMP. The following determinations were made: • The existing Forward Landfill is consistent with the CIWMP. • The Austin Road Landfill and its expansion to a larger footprint is consistent with the CIWMP. • The combination of the two landfills will not result in total increased traffic flows, or in the weekly average of waste quantities currently permitted for the two separate sites. • The combination of the two sites will not decrease the amount of disposal capacity available in San Joaquin County below the fifteen year requirement. The following chart shows the total disposal capacity available at all sites within the County, compared with the disposal capacity available with County owned sites.