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Response to Written Comments Page 1 of 11 09 October 2023 Forward Landfill, Inc. Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region Board Meeting 14/15 December 2023 Response to 2nd Set of Written Comments for the Forward Landfill, Inc. Tentative Waste Discharge Requirements At a public hearing scheduled for 14/15 December 2023, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, (Central Valley Water Board) will consider adoption of revised Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for Forward Landfill in San Joaquin County. This document contains responses to written comments received from interested persons regarding the Tentative WDRs Order No. R5-2023-XXXX circulated on 07 June 2023. Written comments were required by public notice to be received by the Central Valley Water Board by 07 July 2023 to receive full consideration. Public comments were received from Lynch Road Ranch, LLC and Forward Landfill, Inc. (Discharger) on 07 July 2023. During the public comment period, Central Valley Water Board staff determined that the tentative WDRs should be delayed and therefore the updated WDRs must be re-noticed for an additional 30-day public comment period. Written comments received on 07 July 2023 are summarized below, followed by responses from Central Valley Water Board staff. LYNCH ROAD RANCH LLC COMMENTS COMMENT NO. 1: It is apparent that Forward Landfill continues to not take responsibility for maintaining, removing, and monitoring the toxic plume that is emanating from their site. I understand this all began before a lot of regulations were put into place, but that does not absolve them of responsibility for doing their best to clean this serious problem up. The allowance for them to increase their capacity, while they have shown disregard for the increasing size of the plume with little or at the very least inadequate amount of new extraction wells and monitoring is beyond criminal. They have been seriously delinquent in complying with the Cleanup and Abatement Order requirements, (see Attached) and the contaminated plume continues to expand. Greater enforcement actions should be implemented, rather than allowing them to increase capacity. This is a recipe for disaster. I have reviewed the responses to the comments of the RTC. I have several concerns and comments.