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C V REGIONAL WATER QUALI ONTROL BOARD INSPECTION REPORT A February 1988 DISCHARGER: Forward Landfill LOCATION 8t COUNTY: Austin Road, San Joaquin County CONTACT( S ) : Greg Basso, President INSPECTION DATE : 22 January 1988 INSPECTED BY : Timothy Crandall ACCOMPANIED BY : Bob Lawson, Regional Board Industrial Hygienist OBSERVATIONS AND C ENTS I traveled to Forward Landfill on 22 January 1988 to conduct a type B Inspection. Bob Lawson, our industrial hygienist, accompanied me. We arrived at the site and spoke with Rick Vidas, landfill manager. Rick told us that he had recently provided special training for employees at the landfill and truck drivers regarding the hazards of asbestos and techniques for safe disposal . Bob told Rick that both he and I would be wearing asbestos fiber monitors during the inspection to gather information on asbestos exposure during landfill Inspections. After meeting with Rick, Bob fitted us both with asbestos monitors which are essentially portable air pumps which draw air through millipore-type filters. We drove up to the top of WMU A and saw a large standing water problem. Large pools of water were present at the south end of WMU A. There was also a long pool of water at the western edge of WMU B where it joins with WMU C. Looking over to the north end of WMU D, the active full area, I saw two more pools of water standing on the intermediate cover. This standing water is in violation of Waste Discharge Requirements, Discharge Specification B.16, which states that "Class III landfill units and related containment structures shall be constructed and maintained to prevent ponding. . . ". We next drove to the fill operation at WMIJ D. The refuse was being handled expertly. Walking over the fill , I found several instances of infectious waste; syringes, respirator hoses, trachea. tubes and IV Iines. done of this waste was properly packaged . in red bags, asrequired by law. At the request of the landfill owner, waste discharge requirements for Forward do not permit the disposal of infectious waste. This sort of illegal disposal on the part of medical offices or veterinary hospitals is going to be ha.rd for the landfill employees to detect but I think some attempt should be made to find and educate the generators of this waste. The San Joaquin Local Health District may be able to provide help with this. Bob and I then walked over to WMU G where soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons is aerated. During the winter, all piles of soil are. to be covered with plastic. I noticed several piles that were uncovered. This is in aw owEraav'