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Response to Written Comments Page 7 of 11 09 October 2023 Forward Landfill, Inc. further. The enforcement mechanisms of the RWQWB as well as the State EPA should take a much more proactive approach to force Forward to take meaningful actions and get them back on schedule for cleanup and remediation of the plume. They should not be allowed to increase production on a site that they have already proven they cannot adequately maintain. I observed over the Memorial day weekend that Forward left garbage uncovered over the extended weekend, additionally, wind swept garbage continues to blow onto neighboring agricultural fields threatening the produce and the egress roads from the dump continue to soil Austin Rd. to the point the lines are not visible. Don't put the lives and health of those, in which you are entrusted to protect, in harm's way any longer. Thank you for your time and consideration. RESPONSE: The Central Valley Regional Water Control Board will investigate these claims and continue our efforts to regulate and monitor this facility. FORWARD LANDFILL, INC. COMMENTS COMMENT NO. 15: (WDR Glossary, Pg vii). LFG refers to landfill gas condensate but this acronym typically refers to landfill gas. RESPONSE: The glossary term has been updated to reflect landfill gas instead of landfill gas condensate. COMMENT NO. 16: (WDR Finding 34, Pg13). Allow excess cannery rinse water to be discharged to future surface impoundments. RESPONSE: The finding regarding excess cannery rinsate has been updated from Finding 34 to Finding 87. Finding 87 has been rewritten to include future surface impoundment for cannery rinse water discharge. COMMENT NO. 17: (WDR Finding 37, Pg 14). An updated figure was prepared that shows half-mile radius, see Figure 1 . Also, it appears there is 1 residence on Austin Rd and 3 residences on