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CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD <br /> CENTRAL VALLEY REGION <br /> ORDER NO. 89-018 <br /> WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR <br /> WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA INCORPORATED <br /> FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL INCORPORATED <br /> FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL FACILITY <br /> CLASS III LANDFILL <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br /> The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region <br /> (hereafter Board) finds that: <br /> 1. San Joaquin County, Department of Public Works submitted a Report of Waste <br /> Discharge (RWD) , dated May 1988, which included sections on waste <br /> characteristics and waste management unit (WMU) characteristics. The <br /> Discharger also submitted a Design Report and Operational Plan dated April <br /> 1988, a Proposed Ground Water Monitoring Program dated August 1985, and a <br /> Geologic Investigation dated May 1985. <br /> 2. Foothill Sanitary Landfill is an existing Class II-2 landfill . The <br /> property is owned by Waste Management of North America Incorporated and is <br /> operated by Foothill Sanitary Landfill Incorporated (hereafter ,jointly <br /> referred to as Discharqer) under Solid Waste Facilities Permit No. <br /> 39-AA-004 issued by the San Joaquin Local Health District, and waste <br /> discharge requirements (WDRs) issued under Board Order No. 71-110. <br /> 3. The approximately 800-acre facility is on the east side of Waverly Road <br /> about one mile south of Shelton Road in Sections 12 and 13, T2N, R9E, MDB&M <br /> ( see Attachment "A" ) . The facility is broken up into four separate <br /> landfill units. Current activities are limited to about 85 acres of Waste <br /> Management Unit (WMU) 1 , which will reach its final capacity of approx- <br /> imately 9,000,000 cubic ,yards by the .year 2015. WMUs 2, 3, and 4 have <br /> capacities of 10,900,000 cubic yards, 11,900,000 cubic .yards , and <br /> 23,200,000 cubic yards, respectively. The total capacity of the facility <br /> is 55,000,000 cubic yards and will reach that capacity by the .year 2073. <br /> These WDRs regulate all four WMUs. <br /> 4. The Discharger has implemented a Hazardous Waste Exclusion Program at the <br /> Lovelace Road. Transfer Station. The program consists of checking loads <br /> going through the station, which makes up 93 percent of wastes disposed of <br /> at Foothill , and turning away any prohibited wastes. If such wastes do get <br /> through, there are provisions for removal of the wastes from the facility. <br /> Foothill site personnel are trained to check for prohibited wastes as they <br /> are unloaded. <br />