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3-2 <br />Forward Landfill SWT Engineering <br /> Load Checking Program <br />z:\projects\allied waste\forward\five year permit rvw 2013\jtd-5 yr pr 2013\appendices\app s - load check program (swt, <br />2013)\hold\sec3_final.doc <br />The landfill shall maintain trained, full-time personnel engaged in the inspection of incoming <br />refuse loads for hazardous waste and universal waste. These employees also attend the Cal <br />OSHA Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Course taught by the University of <br />California at Berkeley Labor and Occupational Health Program through the School of Public <br />Health. The course emphasizes familiarity with the types of containers and labels typically <br />used for hazardous wastes and other hazardous materials. The course is repeated annually. <br />All new employees are enrolled in the course at the earliest available class after their hire. <br />In addition, landfill personnel are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first-aid, and <br />respirator use. <br />These personnel shall be stationed at the active disposal area whenever the landfill is open <br />to accept waste and shall inspect loads as they are tipped. Personnel training records shall <br />be maintained on site. <br />3.3 LOAD CHECKING PROGRAM <br />Forward is not currently permitted to accept hazardous wastes for disposal. In addition, the <br />existing SWFP does not currently allow the acceptance of hazardous, radioactive, medical, <br />liquid, or other wastes requiring special treatment or handling, except as approved by the <br />LEA and/or other federal, state, and local agencies. However, the SWFP does allow the <br />acceptance of asbestos, as long as it is more than 1 percent friable. <br />The load-checking program is designed to monitor that unacceptable waste is not <br />discharged to any treatment or disposal WMU at the FL. No hazardous wastes, designated <br />wastes, or wastes exceeding moisture limitations are allowed to be discharged to any Class <br />III WMU. No hazardous waste is to be discharged to any Class II WMU, with the exception of <br />wastes granted a variance, such as Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) and automobile <br />shredder wastes. The load-checking program describes how waste loads are inspected for <br />hazardous wastes, designated wastes, and other unacceptable wastes that cannot be <br />discharged to any treatment or disposal WMU at the landfill. <br />In general, the load checking program consists of four basic components: waste <br />characterization and certification forms, load inspection, training of on-site personnel, and <br />signage. <br />The completed waste characterization form provides information regarding the waste <br />generator and transporter, physical characteristics and chemical composition of the waste, <br />generation, transportation, and type of waste stream to be disposed. The form must be <br />completed by all waste generators and approved prior to waste disposal. At the scalehouse, <br />the attendant checks the load and the appropriate paperwork and logs all of the appropriate <br />information in the daily record. If all documentation is in order, the attendant or load <br />checker directs the driver to the designated disposal area and observes the load during <br />unloading for any irregularities or materials that are not consistent with the manifest. The