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�♦ <br /> SAN JOAQUIN FARM bUREAu fEdERATION <br /> MEETING TODAY'S PROBLEMS/PLANNING FOR TOMORROW <br /> August 18, 1988 <br /> Jogi Khanna, M.D. f` <br /> San Joaquin Local Health District ' <br /> Environmental Health Division <br /> P. 0. Box 2009ENVIR()ME TAL Hr"L(H <br /> Stockton, Ca 95201 FERMITA-F-R%'"�' <br /> Dear Ms. Khanna: <br /> Thank you for the opportunity to review the proposed Solid Waste <br /> Facility Permit for Forward Inc. Landfill. The San Joaquin Farm Bureau <br /> has several problems with this Operating Permit. <br /> Past performancesby Forward Inc. don't exactly indicate the <br /> operators willingness to follow the limitations of this permit. As <br /> recently as July 17, 1988, they were in violation of the existing permit <br /> by accepting cannery waste. This material was specifically prohibited <br /> in Permit 39-AA-015 issued October 3, 1978. While disposal of cannery <br /> wastes certainly is important to agriculture, there are alternatives <br /> to using landfill space. . Therefore, San Joaquin Farm Bureau continues <br /> to oppose the receipt of(f.f)ood processing wastes and urges the Health <br /> Districts deletion of this provision from the application. <br /> We also oppose the receiving o ' ontaminated soils without specific <br /> descriptions of the contaminants acceptable being included in the permit. <br /> Toxics or hazardous contaminants should be excluded. <br /> The same objection is offered to the receipt of shredder wastes. <br /> Not having seen a copy of the Report of Disposal Site Information and <br /> Engineers Report dated December, 1987, we are concerned that this <br /> category is too broad. It should be included as a part of the permit <br /> only if specific types of shredder waste are listed. <br /> A Item II - Conditions -- A. Requirements, number 4: San Joaquin <br /> �$arm Bureau strongly urges that there be a pre-determined periodic test- <br /> ing with landfill gas probes and if gas formation exists or migration of <br /> gas is detected, a land fill gas control system must be installed. <br /> Item C - Specifications, number 4: It should be a part of the <br /> requirement that a scale be installed and records be kept by weight if <br /> any conditions of the permit provide for maximum weights. 71j'I1,fa r: <br /> Item D - Provisions, number 4, statement c: The cost of postclosure <br /> maintenance is a permanent problem and a trust fund for perpetual post- <br /> closure expenses should be required. This facility will have to be <br /> T"jj i _'; .v s <br /> F_. <br /> POST OFFICE BOX 8444 • 3290 NORTH AD ART WAY • (209) 931-4931 9 STOCKTON, CA 95208 <br />