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Survey. As of January 1, 2006, the Stockton-Lodi P-C Region had permitted only 27% of its 50- year aggregate demand. (Susan L. Kohler, California Department of Conservation, Updated Aggregate Availability in California, Map Sheet 52, (2006),p.4.) Furthermore, aggregate reserves within the P-C Region fell 25%between 2001 and 2006. (Id.) The decline in local reserves is a pressing problem, especially given San Joaquin County's proposal to construct an interchange at Bird Road and SR 132. F.3. Maintain And Create Jobs The project would allow CEMEX to continue employing the current workforce at CEMEX's Kerlinger plant in Tracy. In addition to directly employing those workers,the Project would also create, maintain and/or support hundreds of jobs associated with the County's construction industry. F.4. Addition Of A Local Concrete And Asphalt Recycling Facility The project will provide for a concrete and asphalt recycling facility which will significantly reduce the consumption of new construction materials and allow the county to conserve its resources. F.S. Contribute A Significant Portion Of The Funding For The Bird Road/ SR 132 Interchange San Joaquin County's planned interchange at Bird Road and SR 132 will improve traffic and safety conditions for both the County and the region as a whole. Through an initial contribution and subsequent per ton fees, CEMEX would be a major contributor to the interchange's funding. Furthermore, approval of the CEMEX Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reclamation Project would allow construction materials for the interchange to be drawn, in part, from the newly permitted mine,thereby decreasing construction costs of the interchange and reducing the environmental impacts associated with hauling construction materials from further away. F.6. Tax Revenue Approval of the CEMEX Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reclamation Project would contribute substantial increased property and sales tax revenue to San Joaquin County. G. STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS This section of the findings addresses the requirements in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091(a)(3) and 15093. It requires the lead agency to balance the benefits of a proposed project against its unavoidable significant impacts and to determine whether the impacts are acceptably overridden by the project benefits (outlined in Section F above). As described herein, both project-level and cumulative unavoidable significant impacts would occur in the Noise and Air Quality categories. The Commission finds that the previously stated benefits of the for the CEMEX Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reclamation Project as contained in the proposed action and described in section F, and described in the benefits letter from the applicant, outweigh the unavoidable significant adverse environmental impacts as discussed in Section D.3. The benefits of the Project, as cited 57