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INFORMATION SHEET ORDER NO. WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FORWARD INC. AND ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES FOR CLOSURE OF FRENCH CAMP MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN, COUNTY Allied Waste Industries parent company to Forward Inc. (discharger) owns French Camp Landfill, an inactive Class III landfill approximately one mile south of downtown Stockton. The discharger has submitted a complete closure plan that complies with California Code of Regulations Title 27. The landfill began operations in 1938, as a bum dump accepting Groups 2 and 3 (old classification) wastes. After 1957, the facility accepted only demolition and garden wastes and stopped accepting wastes in 1999. The facility was originally owned and operated by City of Stockton and was acquired by Forward Inc. in 1999 as part of a deal involving multiple properties. The facility will be closed by re-grading the surface to establish drainage; and installing a final cover consisting of a foundation layer, a low-conductivity layer and a vegetation layer. The landfill is located within the 100-year flood plain between the levees of French Camp and Walker Sloughs. The space between the levees was filled with waste and a minor amount of waste was deposited outside the landfill footprint on the levee's outer slope. The discharger will selectively remove this waste so far as possible without disturbing the integrity of the levees. Groundwater down-gradient of the landfill contains elevated Total Dissolved Solids, Chloride, Sulfate and Nitrate. Intermittent low levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are often detected in groundwater samples. The VOC releases are characteristic of releases due to landfill gas. Closure of the landfill should help prevent release of contaminants from the landfill, the discharger has submitted a contingency gas extraction plan if VOC concentrations in groundwater increase.