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6 0 y California Integrated Waste Management Board == Disposal Facility Inspection Report (52) SWIS Facility File Number(99-xx-9999) Inspectio',n Date Program Code 39-AA-0022 1/13/2010 CIWMB Periodic Time In; Time Out Inspection Time Facility" Name Received By North County Landfill Sent by e-mail to:jperez@sjgov.org Facility Location Owner Name 17900 East Harney Lane Inspector Also Present(Name) Tadese Gebrehawariat See Listing Below THE ABOVE FACILITY WAS INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE DIVISION 30 OF THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE(PRC)AND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 27 CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS(CCR) No Violations or Areas of concern V,` A Regulations X 20650-Grading of Fill Surfaces Comments:The region experienced heavy rain event the night before the inspection. At the time of the inspection,we observed ponding of rain water at numerous locations of the landfill fill surfaces. Rain water had collected and was ponding at the landfill deck area,below the daily work face. All fill surfaces shall be graded to promote lateral flow of rain water. X 20932-Monitored Parameters Comments:Review of the owner/operator's 4th Quarter 2009 Landfill Gas(LFG)Monitoring Program showed that not all monitoring probes installed at the facility were monitored for methane.The records showed that the owner/operator did not monitor the newly approved and installated probes during their quarterly monitoring program. Installation of additional twelve monitoring probes around the landfill was completed in July 2009. The quarterly monitoring program at the landfill shall include all approved and installed monitoring probes. Inspection Report Comments: Pursuant to the Public Resources Code(PRC),Section 43220,staff of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery(DRRR)conducted an 18 -month inspection at the North County Landfill with the LEA. Also present during the inspection were:Mr.Michael Kith—San Joaquin County LEA,Mr.Marcus Davenport-Site Operations Manager,and Mr. Felipe Maldonado—Site Operations Foreman. -The inspection was conducted early in the morning,before the start of the daily operation. All areas of the landfill were very wet and DRRR staff and the LEA were informed that disposal operations were moved to the wet weather deck late afternoon on 1/12/2010. The operations foreman stated that they had placed more sand on the work deck to provide traction for the commercial vehicles that unload the refuse. Before the arrival of the refuse vehicles,they re-worked the deck areas with the use of the dozer to further assist the drive in and out to the work face. -The operator had used tarps as Alternative Daily Cover(ADC)during the operation on 1/12/2010. The application of the ADC was good,in that all refuse was covered. The compaction of the refuse,after the tarps were removed,also appeared good. There was some windblown litter around the work deck area,cought in litter control fences and areas around there. The landfill workers completed the clean up of the litter early in the day. They completed the preparation for the daily work and the deck was made reasonablly ready for the daily operation. We observed refuse vehicles going in and out without much difficulty. -All fill decks and slopes in Module I were in good condition. All fill deck areas appear to be draining well. Fill decks and slopes were well vegetated. There were no eroded areas. The operator had repaired eroded areas on the west facing slopes of Module III. The LEA noted the progress that was made in the repair. -Operations at the materials recovery facility and the green materials processing area were good at the time of the inspection. The operator appeared to be following all LEA directives for the operations. At the time of the inspection,the LEA further directed that temperature monitoring and recording at the green materials processing area shall include all piles(processed and un-processed). The LEA directive shall be followed. -DRRR staff and the LEA reviewed all landfill and disposal site records,some at the site and others at the operator offices,in the City of Stockton. All records were in place as approved by the LEA. We also checked methane gas levels at two of the newly installed LFG Monitoring Probes and obtained readings of 0.00%methane at both probes. The operator's 4th quarter 2009 monitoring also showed that methane levels at the existing probes were at 0.00%.