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