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WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS ORDER R5-2015-0058-01 -36- SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOOTHILL SANITARY LANDFILL, INC. FOOTHILL LANDFILL SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 152. Title 27, section 22221 requires a cost estimate for corrective action of all known or reasonably foreseeable releases. In a 20 October 2008 letter, Central Valley Water Board staff approved a 30 September 2008 cost estimate of $1,677,090 in 2008 dollars submitted by the Discharger for corrective action of all known or reasonably foreseeable releases at the landfill. The approved cost estimate included the costs of installing four deep landfill gas extraction wells extending to the base of LF-1 to address a hypothetical gas release at unlined Module I (i.e., LF-1). On 30 January 2009, CalRecycle approved a Pledge of Revenue Agreement (Resolution R-08-686) per Title 27, section 22245 as the mechanism for corrective action financial assurances the site. This Order requires that the Discharger maintain financial assurance with the CalRecycle in at least the amount of this cost estimate, as adjusted annually for inflation. As of 2014, the balance of the corrective action fund was $61,607. 153. On 31 July 2020, the Discharger submitted a Joint Technical Document (JTD) to CalRecycle for the Facility. The JTD included the Preliminary Closure and Post- Closure Maintenance Plans (Preliminary CPMP). On 30 April 2021, the Discharger submitted an update to the Post-Closure Operations and Maintenance Cost Estimates. CalRecycle approved the Preliminary CPMP on 12 April 2022. However, the Preliminary CPMP does not include post-closure cost estimates for Class II Calaveras SI unit. This Order requires submittal of a Preliminary CPMP for Calaveras SI, including post-closure cost estimates and financial assurance mechanism update, as specified in Financial Requirements section F and Provision H.9.i. CEQA AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 154. The action to revise waste discharge requirements for this existing facility is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resource Code section 21000, et seq., and the CEQA guidelines, in accordance with Title 14, section 15301. 155. This Order implements: a. The Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins, Fourth Edition; b. The prescriptive standards and performance goals of California Code of Regulations, title 27, section 20005 et seq., effective 18 July 1997, and subsequent revisions; c. State Water Board Resolution 93-62, Policy for Regulation of Discharges of Municipal Solid Waste, adopted 17 June 1993, and revised on 21 July 2005. d. The applicable provisions of Title 40 C.F.R. section 258 “Subtitle D” federal regulations as required by State Water Board Resolution 93-62.