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GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Governor <br /> STATE OF CALIFORNIA--HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ==_: <br /> TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL DIVISION s � <br /> NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SECTION " <br /> 4250 POWER INN ROAD �. rte#f,,d <br /> SACRAMENTO,CA 95826 <br /> (916)739-3145 <br /> FACT SHEET <br /> Forward, Inc. Landfill <br /> Austin Road ENVIROMENITAL HEAL? <br /> San Joaquin County RMIT/SERVICES <br /> Stockton, California <br /> EPA I.D. #990794133 <br /> Introduction <br /> The California Department of Health Services (DHS) , Toxic <br /> Substances Control Division, and the Region 9 Office of the <br /> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) request public comments <br /> regarding the State (DHS) and Federal (EPA) Draft Closure Plan <br /> and the proposed California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br /> Negative Declaration concerning the Class II-1 (hazardous waste <br /> landfill) unit at the Forward, Inc. facility. A Negative <br /> Declaration asserts that a given project will not have a harmful <br /> effect on human health or the environment. The draft DHS and EPA <br /> Closure Plan, in conjunction with the DHS proposed CEQA Negative <br /> Declaration, would grant conditional approval to allow Forward, <br /> Inc. to permanently close the Class II-1 landfill unit. <br /> Background <br /> Forward Landfill is located on 157 acres in eastern San Joaquin <br /> County, approximately three miles east of Stockton. The facility <br /> is on the west side of Austin Road, two miles south of Arch Road <br /> and three miles north of Lathrop Road (Figure 1) . Three maps of <br /> the facility are included: 1) location map, 2) site features <br /> map, and 3) a site plan map. <br /> Forward, Inc. began operating a Class II-1 waste disposal <br /> facility and recycling center under a San Joaquin County <br /> Conditional Use Permit (U-73- ) issued February 15, 1973. The <br /> Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) issued Waste <br /> Discharge Requirements (WDRs) , Order No 73-183, for the facility <br /> on March 23, 1973. DHS issued a State Hazardous Waste Facility <br /> Permit No. 39-0001-78 on August 31, 1979. New WDRs, Order <br /> 88-023, were issued in 1988. <br /> When Forward, Inc. received the Hazardous Facility Permit, waste <br /> was being disposed into three trenches within the present waste <br /> management unit (WMU) -A. Most of this waste was barium-strontium <br /> sludge (non-radioactive) from mining operations. During early <br /> 1980, Forward constructed five solar evaporation ponds, <br />