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Environmental Consultants 4730 Enterprise Way 209 545-8490 <br />and Contractors Suite A FAX 209 545-8391 <br />Modesto, CA 95356 www.scsengineers.com <br />July 13, 2017 <br />File No. 07217034.00 <br />Mr. Joseph Lipka <br />Environmental Manager <br />Republic Services Inc. <br />9999 S. Austin Road, <br />Manteca, California 95336 <br />Subject: Second Quarter 2017, Perimeter Landfill Gas (LFG) Monitoring Probe and <br />On -Site Structure Testing at the Forward Landfill, Manteca, California <br />Dear Mr. Lipka: <br />This letter provides results of gas monitoring probes (GMP) and on-site structure testing for the <br />second quarter of 2017 (April through June) performed by SCS Field Services (SCS). All <br />testing, monitoring protocols and reporting were performed in general conformance with Title 27 <br />• California Code of Regulations (CCR) Article 6. Briefly, these regulations require that solid <br />waste disposal site owners/operators implement LFG control or monitoring provisions to ensure <br />that methane gas concentrations in soils at the property boundary do not exceed the lower <br />explosive limit (LEL, or 5 percent by volume) and that interiors of on-site structures do not <br />exceed 1.25 percent by volume in air. Below is a summary of our quarterly monitoring activities. <br />SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br />On April 5 and 6 and June 30, 2017, no methane gas (the combustible component of LFG) in <br />excess of the LEL was detected at any perimeter subsurface compliance GP probe location tested <br />or in excess of 1.25 percent by volume in air at any interior locations or on-site structures. These <br />results indicate that at the time of our testing the subject site perimeter subsurface GP probes and <br />interiors of on-site structures are in compliance with requirements of Title 27 CCR. <br />GAS TESTING INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS <br />Testing for methane gas, oxygen gas, carbon dioxide gas and pressure was performed using a <br />Landtec GEM -5000 or Gastech GT -302 Gas Analyzer calibrated to methane gas. These <br />instruments measure combustible gas concentrations in air directly on either of two scales, the <br />second as percent by volume of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of methane gas in air (0 to 5 <br />percent); the other as percent by volume (0 to 100 percent) in the gas sampled. The detection limit <br />for both instruments is approximately 0. 10 percent by volume. <br />is <br />