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i Project Description —Report of Composting Site Information 7-racy Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station 30703 S. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 ( Land and Wafer Use A discussion of local groundwater and land uses is presented in this section. 3.5.1 Well Surve A water well survey was completed for the Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility (San Joaquin County, 9993). Confidential Water Well Drillers Reports were reviewed at the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division, Office of Public Health Services, Stockton, and at the California Department of Water Resources, Central District, Sacramento. All available Water Well Drillers Reports were reviewed for the area within a one-mile radius of the project site. A total of 55 Water Well Drillers Reports were reviewed for the area within a one-mile radius of the site, and approximately 195 Water Well Drillers Reports were reviewed within a two-mile radius of the site. Data listed for each well numbered include well type, date drilled, depth, perforated interval, confined or unconfined aquifer, well log data on source aquifer and confining clay layers, water level monitoring data, representative water quality data, and any pump test results. Current Land Use The two predominant land uses in the project area are agriculture and gravel mining. Specifically, to the north, east and south of the site are fields of row crops and orchards. To the west are the continuing operations of the LoneStar Industries gravel mining operations. An existing irrigation canal also parallels the site's westem border. The closest development to the site are two residences (mobile homes) located approximately 600 feet north of the site on the east side of MacArthur Drive. The closest residential subdivision is approximately one mile north of the site along MacArthur Drive. The site is currently zoned as open space/resource conservation (A G:40, Agricultural• 40 Acres) by San Joaquin County. The City of Tracy has designated the parcel as being within its Sphere of Influence, with a prezoning of AIG or Agriculture/General. Current And Future Groundwater Use Predominant land uses in the site area are agriculture and sand and gravel extraction and processing. Land use near the project site is primarily agricultural, and irrigation is the largest use of water. Significant quantities of water are.also utilized in the processing of sand and gravel. To the north, east and south of the site are row crops and orchards. To the west and north of the site are the continuing operations of the RMC LoneStar Industries sand and gravel mining operations. Also in the area are the sand and gravel mining and processing operations of Granite Construction Company and Teichert Aggregates. There are a number of large wells in the site vicinity. The City of Tracy obtains municipal wafer from a series of wells located at the south end of Section 8 of Township 3 South, Range 5 East, approximately one mile west-northwest of the site, as well as from the Edgar&Associates,Inc. 12 Tracy Compost Fac ProiDesc042310