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E Board Meeting June 17-18, 2003 Resolution 2003-323 (Revised) Agenda Item 35 Attachment 4 Consideration Of A Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility) For The Forward Landfill Inc., San Joaquin County WHEREAS, the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department acting as the Local Enforcement agency, has submitted to the Board for its review and concurrence with, or objection to, a revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit for Forward Landfill Inc.; and WHEREAS, the proposed permit is to allow the combining of the Forward Landfill with the Austin Road/Forward Landfill into one 567 acre landfill named the Forward Landfill Inc.; the filling of the remaining capacity at the Austin Road/Forward Landfill and the 7.5 acre area between the two landfill cells with Class II and Class III waste; the combining of the permitted disposal footprint of 129 acres from the Forward Landfill and the 218 acres from the Austin Road/Forward Landfill; the expansion of the disposal footprint by adding the 7.5 ache area between the two permitted landfills for a total disposal footprint of 354.5 acres; an increase in design capacity using 13,894,000 cubic yards from the Forward Landfill, the 18,020,000 cubic yards from the Austin Road/Forward Landfill, and the 17,000,000 cubic yards generated from filling the 7.5 acre area, for a total design capacity of 51,040,000 cubic yards; an increase in daily permitted tonnage from 7,880 tons per day to 8,668 tons per day; an increase from current hours of operation of Monday through Saturday 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the Forward Landfill and Monday through Friday 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Austin Road/Forward Landfill, to Monday through Saturday 4:00 AM through 9:00 PM for receipt of waste and 4:00 AM through 9:30 PM for facility operations and receipt of waste and operation hours ten (10) Sundays per year 7:00 AM through 4:00 PM; the combining of the permitted traffic volume of 435 vehicles per day from the Forward Landfill and 185 vehicles per day from the Austin Road/Forward Landfill to equal a total of 620 vehicles per day; the use of the maximum elevation of 210 feet above mean sea level from the Forward Landfill for the entire site; a restating of the maximum depth of 7 feet above mean sea level for the entire site rather that 25 feet below ground surface for the Forward Landfill and five (5) feet above highest anticipated groundwater at the Austin Road/Forward Landfill; and the establishing of an estimated closure year for the combined sites of 2020; and WHEREAS, the San Joaquin County Community Development Department, acting as lead agency, prepared and circulated a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2001052081, for the proposed consolidation of the Austin Road/Forward Landfill (SWIS No. 39 -AA -0001) and the Forward Landfill, Inc., (SWIS No. 39 -AA -0015) into a single combined landfill and disposal facility; and WHEREAS, the final EIR was issued in December of 2002 and the San Joaquin County Planning Commission certified the EIR and a Notice of Determination was filed on February 6, 2003; and (over) Resolution (2003-323 (Revised))