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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page V-3 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project C. OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND REJECTED IN THIS SEIR An additional alternative, an out-of-coup landfill, was requested to be considered in out-of-county q comments on the 2014 Draft SEIR. This alternative was rejected from further consideration in this SEIR as discussed below. Out-of-County Alternative The County does not have jurisdiction to approve any landfill outside of its jurisdiction, therefore such an alternative would be not be feasible for the lead agency to implement, ' which is one of CEQA's criteria for considering alternatives (per CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6(f)(1). In addition, even though much of the refuse accepted at Forward comes from outside of the County, given the distribution of Class II landfills in the 1 region, the Forward facility may be the nearest facility for much of the out-of-county waste that it accepts. As described in the Project Description, Forward's waste origin for the period 1995-2017 was as follows:' ' San Joaquin County 31% Sacramento County (adjacent) 33% Stanislaus County (adjacent) 12% Alameda County (adjacent) 57o Santa Clara County 4% ' E1 Dorado County 3510 All Other Counties Combined 12% With a relocated, out of county landfill, some wastes would be hauled for shorter ' distances while other wastes would be hauled farther. Therefore, depending on its location, an out-of-county alternative may not significantly reduce traffic, noise, or air quality impacts compared with the proposed project. In addition, establishing a new ' landfill, with all related construction and operational activities, typically requires more land and has greater environmental impacts than infilling an existing landfill. Other Off-Site Alternatives The 2013 EIR and this SEIR do not consider specific off-site landfill sites (other than the ' possible expansion of two County landfills) in detail because a new landfill would, by necessity, require a substantially larger land area and substantially greater ancillary facilities than would an expansion of an existing landfill. Specifically, a new landfill would require an operations center, weighing station, truck washing facilities, new access and internal circulation roads, a new composting facility, new materials sorting areas, new equipment storage areas, new cover excavation areas, new buffer areas, possible new utility extensions/expansions, possible traffic control infrastructure, and other new facilities essential to constructing and operating a landfill that already exist at existing landfills. ' ' Sangeeta Lewis,Prinicpal,Lewis Engineering,Letter report to Kevin Basso,General Manager, Forward,Inc.,Subject:Forward,Inc.Landfill,Infill Development Project;Summary of TonnagelSite Life/Waste OriginlWaste Type,August 22,2018.