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Uphill fight for landfill I Recordnet.c* • Page 1 of 3 <br /> News <br /> UPHILL FIGHT FOR LANDFILL <br /> EXPANSION OPPONENTS INCLUDE NEIGHBORS, AG ADVOCATES AND PILOTS <br /> Print this Article Email this Article Text Size:A It A <br /> Photo 1 of 2 1 Zoom Photo+ <br /> The number of trucks allowed to visit Forward Landfill could increase from 620 to 960 per day if the landfill is allowed to increase its available <br /> space.CLIFFORD OTO/The Record <br /> By Alex Breitler <br /> February 10,2010 <br /> Record Staff Writer <br /> February 10,2010 12:00 AM <br /> STOCKTON -Privately owned Forward Landfill, one of the busiest dumps in California,wants to nearly triple its <br /> available space despite objections from neighbors,farm advocates and pilots at nearby Stockton Metropolitan <br /> Airport. <br /> Forward disposed of 1.2 million tons of trash in 2008, ranking eighth among nearly 200 California landfills, state <br /> records show. Forward takes local residential and commercial trash but also taps other counties as far away as <br /> Santa Clara. It is not open to the general public. <br /> Largely because of Forward's hefty collections, San Joaquin landfills buried 2.3 tons per county resident in 2008, <br /> more than any other California county with the exception of Solano and Kings, records show. <br /> to comment <br /> To read the draft environmental impact report on Forward Landfill's proposed expansion,visit sjgov.org/commdev. <br /> Scroll down under"Quick Links" and click the Forward Landfill report. Comments, which will be incorporated in a <br /> final report that could be certified by the San Joaquin County Planning Commission, are due by March 1. <br /> Ultimately, the Board of Supervisors will have the final say over whether Williamson Act contracts can be canceled <br /> to allow the project to move forward, said John Funderburg of San Joaquin County Community Development <br /> Department. <br /> Forward also is the only local landfill to accept so-called Class II waste,which goes beyond ordinary household <br /> trash to include things such as bagged asbestos and contaminated soil. <br /> Landfill use across the state is in decline, but Kevin Basso, general manager of Allied Waste Services -which <br /> operates Forward -said an expansion is needed. <br /> http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100210/A_NEWS/2100332&template=printart 2/10/2010 <br />