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ILL: cumber of trucks allowed to visit could increase to 960 per dayLANDF p CONT�INEiD FROM PAGE AI The number of trucks allowed citydump,which eventually was capacity from 25 million cubic nificant long-term impacts" on of Linden,for example,is permit-Jee La Forge wants to to visit the landfill,for example, purchased by Forward.The com- yards to 68.5 million cubic yards. county solid-waste facilities andted to fill 102 million cubic yards; mre her orchards a mile could increase from 620 to 960 pany agreed to improve ground- The difference is enough to fill could lead to fee increases to off- it still has 89.7 million cubic yards or *uth of Forward remain per day,with a potential peak of water quality near the unlined the Louisiana Superdome nine set Forward's increase in capac- of space, according to the draft vialr her children.' 'he land 85 trash haulers per hour.When city landfill, where some resi- times. ity. report. w ' "' ed by her grandfather, La Forge stands on Austin Road dents are reportedly still using In,a, 2008 lett,*-when For- There appears to be room for Contact reporter Alex Breitler Patric 'Lynch, long before the near her grandfather's property, bottled water. ward's e�tpansion plans werst San Joaquin County's trash in at (209) 546-8295 or first landfill was established here she pauses every two minutes or The expansion would increase aMotinted,officials waA&that existing landfills, at least right abreitler@recordnet.com. Visit in 1954. so as the roar of a passing truck Forward Landfill's remaining .the expansion would have "sig- now. The Foothill Sanitary east his blog at recordnet.com/blogs. "I don't want to be looking drowns out her words. at the Mount Diablo of garbage While landowners have their across the street,"said La Forge, own eveerns, pilots say more who does not live on the property traslj means more birds circling, but wants it to stay in the family. the.landfill,over which airplanes The landfill's pe, elevation of pass pn their way into Stockton 210 feet will not iik ,accord- Municipal Airport one mile west. ing do Basso and a 64t environ- Seventeen confirmed bird mepW impact report up for pub- strikes have been reported at the HcAliment.Rather,the plan is to airport since 1990,the draft re- eiW and horizontally onto aboutport says,adding that figure is not 1> . es of farmland,which For- considered to be substantial. has alreadypurchased. assengers on board U.S. .: rward says it will acquire an Flight 164446w many easement to conserve farmland bird fr.;� i consti 'substan- elsewhere and make up for the tial,".say,sack 1 uti" R.J. Tutt loss, but critics!°;say potentially Aviation at the airport. valuable ag lan ntly under "I suspect that was also quite Williamson Act act should negligible until they ended up in not be turned dfill.Also, the Hudson River,"Tutt said.' more than a half-mile of Little Forward Landfill is actually John's Creek w ave to be re two dumps that were combined routed toallow o ansion. in 2002.One,known as the Aus- Other worries by fieighbors in- tin Road landfill,was opened in clude air pollution, odors,wind- 1954 by the city of Stockton. borne trash,groundwater quality The second, private landfill and traffic. lured away customers from the TO COMMENT To read the draft environmental impact report on Forward Land- fill's proposed expansion,visit sjgov.org/commdev.Scroll down under "Quick Links"and click the Forward Landfill report.Comments, which will be incorporated in a final report that could be certified by the San Joaquin County Planning Commission,are due by March I.