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MOUNTAIN HOUSE PROPOSED ALTAMONT HEIGHTS TENTATIVE MAP 4.ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 4.16 UTILITIES AND SERVICE Be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste disposal needs? Solid waste from Specific Plan III neighborhoods.(including theproposed'project) would be collected by Tracy-Delta Disposal Company and brought-to the Lovelace Transfer Station south of Tracy.Non-recyclable garbage would then be trucked to the Foothilliandfill located approximately 50 miles cast of the Mountain House'Community' in March 2005, the Foothill Landfill has a total remaining disposal volume of 135,520,000 tons. 'The.landfill is expected to remain in operation until the year 2054(EDAW,2005b, Appendix D). San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division estimates that each household resident,generates approximately eight pounds of solid waste per day, of which 6.6 pounds would be-disposed of in landfills(Johnson, 2004). The remainder would be recycled or composted. San Joaquin provides three types of recycling services for the southwestern portion of the county including curbside pickup,buy-back centers,and drop-off centers_ Approximately one percent of the volume would be household hazardous waste that would have to be disposed of in a Class II or I landfill. The proposed project would house approximately 170 residents at buildout. Assuming 6.6 pounds of non-hazardous solid waste(that would be disposed of at the Class III Foothill Landfill) are generated per resident per day, approximately 1,120 pounds or 0.56 tons of solid waste would be generated by the proposed project each day at buildout. This daily solid waste generation would amount to approximately 200 tons per year or 10,000 tons over 50 years. This tonnage represents approximately 0.007 percent of the remaining capacity of the Foothill Landfill in March 2005. The impact of the proposed project on available landfill capacity would be less than significant. Construction of the neighborhoods in Specific Plan III would generate considerable amounts of waste wood, metal and other materials that could be recycled into useful products or help reduce the demand for new construction materials. MHMP Implementation Measure 6.7d) states "recyclable construction waste shall be separated [from non-recyclable construction waste], and arrangement shall be made with the County, or on-site recycling services, for collection. Recycling of construction wastes shall be made part of the construction specifications for contractors." This measure is currently being implemented, so the volume of construction wastes will be reduced significantly, and the impacts of construction wastes would be less than significant. g) Comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste? Non-hazardous solid waste from the Mountain House Community will be collected and transported to the Foothill Landfill for disposal. Hazardous wastes would be transported to Class I or II landfills for disposal. These landfills are licensed and operated in compliance with applicable federal, state and local statutes and regulations. Therefore, there is no significant impact associated with the proposed project. 4-85