ARCHIVED REPORTS_[REV] MAY & JULY 2014 RCSI

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1-4 Fork of South Little john's Creek . in the southeast corner of the Compost Facility/RRF area . and has a capacity of 500 gpm. The third well is located along the northern bounda ry of the former Austin Road Landfill. This well was installed in 1972 and has a production of approximately 60 gpm. The fact that groundwater flow near the existing Forward Landfill is not modified by pumping from this well suggests that it is screened in a confined unit below the uppermost groundwater units that are monitored at the site. One domestic well is located along the eastern bounda ry of the site . j ust south of the entrance to the Composting Facility/RRF. The locations of the wells located in the Compost Facility/RRF area is shown on Figure 2. On -site water uses include site construction and waste disposal o perations. RRF and compost operations , dust control. compaction . irrigation, equipment maintenance o perations . sanita ry facilities . firefighting , and emergency situations . Bottled water is provided for drinking.!" 2 ,000 gpm well at the landfill entrance faci li ty, a 1 ,000 gpm well for fire and dust control at the rear of the RRF, and a 20 gpm for domestic use IOGated in the front of the facility. Offsite. s~tructures within 1,000 feet of the site boundaries are shown in Figure 3. +we residences are located approx i mately 1 ,800 and 2 ,200 feet from the northeastern corner of the site. A third residence is approx i mate ly 900 feet east of the s ite a long the southern banl~ of the South F or l ~. As shown in Figure 3 . there is one residence located near the site (within approximatel y a half mile or less ). The residence at 9690 Austin Road is approximately 500 feet from the landfill . on the east side of Austin Road across from the landfill's ma i n entrance. This dwelling is currently rented by Forward and kept vacant. In addition . three residences . with surrounding ancillary structures . are located on the east side of Austin Road . approximately one mile north of the main landfill entrance. Two additional residences . with surrounding ancilla ry structures . are located east of Austin Road . south of the landfill. 1.2.3 Surrounding Land Use An existing Site Plan is shown in Figure 1 . Pursuant to the San Joaquin County 2010 General Plan . the land use designation for the RRF and landfill site is A/G (General/Agriculture ) and the zoning is AG-40 (Genera l/Agricultural. 40-acre minimum lot size ) as shown on Figure 3~. The San Joaquin County Development Title specifies that Ma jor Impact Services are allowed in AG-40 zone classification areas sub ject to a Use Permit. Ma jor Impact Services . which include sanita ry landfills . are defined as land intensive activities that must be located awa y from residences or concentrations of people due to the nature of the operation's impacts. Since the RRF is situated on landfill property. it is considered a major impact facility and is operated conditionall y in the AG -40 zone . The existing Forward Landfill is operated under the San Joaquin County Land Use Permit (UP-OO- Y) granted in 2003. Property to the east, west and south of the landfill is ClOned A/G and property to the north is zoned Public /Institutional. Immediatel y north of the 33.23-acre RRF is the Forward Landfill and the approximate 184-acre buffer area of the landfill lies to the immediate west of the RRF. The land to the east and south is used for agriculture. In 1973, when the original Use Perm it for the site 'l4'as approved, the loning des ignation for the area was Exc l usive Agriou lture (e:J', 10). The fA 10 loning designation allowed landfill uses i nolude site construot ion and waste disposa l operations, RRF operat ions , composting operations, dust control, equ i pment maintenance operations, san itary faoilities , fire f ighting, Forward Composting Facility SWT Engineering Report of Composting Site Information -May 2014 z:\projects\aliied waste\forward\resource recovery facility \5 yr permit rvw 2013-14 \rcsi 2014\text\sec 1 -revtr .doc