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Quarterly Progress Report — Third Quarter 2014 Austin Unit. Forward Landfill Page 3 According to SCS Field Services, Inc., the landfill gas collection and destruction system experienced the following periods of downtime during the third quarter 2014: • July 8,1:00 p.m. —1:42 p.m.: Flare A-2 automatically shut down due to low temperature. Based on information provided by SCS Field Services, Inc., the landfill gas extraction and destruction system operated at approximately 1,900 to 2,500 cubic feet per minute during the third quarter 2014. This is equivalent to about 2,736,000 to 3,600,000 cubic feet per day. Based on the data presented in the June 30, 2014 Annual Compliance Emissions Test Report prepared by Blue Sky Environmental, Inc., Flare A-2 destroys an average of 37.2 lbs/hour of non -methane organics, and back-up Flare A-1 destroys an average of 15.2 lbs/hour of non -methane organics. Non -methane organics are considered equivalent to VOCs. During the period. of July 1 through September 30, 2014, Flare A-2 operated approximately 2,207 hours out of a possible 2,208 hours (99.91/o operational rate). At the average VOC destruction rate provided in the Source Test Report, Flare A-2 destroyed approximately 37,960 pounds of VOCs during the third quarter 2014. Attached is a copy of monitoring results for individual landfill gas extraction points during the third quarter 2014 as provided by SCS Field Services, Inc. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Don Litchfield at (209) 982-4298. Sincerely, HERST & ASSOCIATES, INC. Ward Herst, PG, HG Andrew Wyatt Managing Partner Senior Environmental Scientist cc: Erin Fanning — Forward, Inc. Don Litchfield — Forward, Inc. Victoria Warren — Republic Services Attachments: Del -Tech Third Quarter 2014 Groundwater Treatment System Monitoring Logs SCS Field Services Third Quarter 2014 Landfill Gas Extraction Point Monitoring Results n 11