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1� 0 S H UTE1 HALY t--WEINBERGERLLP 396 HAYES STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102 T: 415 552-7272 F: 415 552-5816 www.smwiaw.com September 18, 2014 Via Via Email Robert McClellon San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department 1868 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 rmcclellonksicehd.com Re: Solid Waste Facility Permit No. 39 -AA -0020 Dear Mr. McClellon: LAUREL L. IMPETT, AICP Urban Planner impett@smwlaw.com On behalf of Clean San Joaquin, we submit this letter in connection with the County's proposed revision of the Solid Waste Facility Permit ("SWFP") for the Forward Resource Recovery Facility. We have reviewed the Notice of Public Information Meeting, Forward's application for a SWFP/ ante Discharge Requirements ("Application"), the draft Transfer Processing Report ("TPR") and the draft Report of Composting Site Information ("RCSI"). This documentation raises a few important issues that require clarification before Clean San Joaquin is able to arrive at a position regarding the permit revision. As an initial matter, Clean San Joaquin is dismayed by the Environmental Health Department's ("EHD") public notification process relating to this matter. It required numerous emails from Jeannie and Mike LaForge to understand the reasoning behind the proposed permit revision and to obtain copies of the relevant documentation, including the draft TPR and the draft RCSI. After learning that these were lengthy reports and that the draft permit could be subject to revision by the applicant, the LaForges requested a continuance of the public hearing. Apparently the decision to postpone the hearing was up to Forward rather than EHD since EHD was close to its 60 -day public hearing deadline. Had the County made the documentation available to the public much earlier in the 60 -day period, Clean San Joaquin would not have been put in the position of requesting this continuance.