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5.10 SOCIOECONOMICS • Result in substantial adverse impacts to the local economy and employment • Create adverse fiscal impacts to the community • Result in substantial adverse impacts to educational facilities • Result in substantial adverse impacts to the provision of utility services • Result in substantial adverse impacts associated with the provision of public services Other impacts may be significant if they cause substantial change in community interaction patterns,social organization,social structures, or social institutions; substantial conflict with community attitudes,values, or perceptions; or substantial inequities in the distribution of project cost and benefit. 5.10.3.3 Construction Impacts The economic impacts from construction activities are considered in this section. Actual construction will take place over 24 months,from first quarter 2010 to first quarter 2012. Personnel requirements will be minimal during the mobilization and site grading period (the first 3 months of the construction period) and during the startup and testing period (the last 3 months of the construction period). There will be an average and peak workforce of approximately 168 and 305 respectively, of construction craft people,supervisory, support, and construction management personnel on site during construction. 5.10.3.3.1 Construction Workforce The primary trades in demand will include boilermakers,carpenters,electricians, ironworkers,laborers,millwrights,operators,and pipefitters. Table 5.10-9 estimates construction personnel requirements for the plant. Total personnel requirements during construction will be approximately 4,029 person-months, or 336 person-years. Construction personnel requirements will peak at approximately 305 workers in month 16 of the construction period. Available skilled labor in the San Joaquin County was evaluated by surveying local labor unions (Table 5.10-10) and contacting CEDD (Table 5.10-11). Both sources show that the workforce in the Stockton MSA will be adequate to fulfill LEC's construction labor requirements. Therefore,LEC construction will not place an undue burden on the local workforce. In addition,as shown in Table 5.10-4,the construction workforce within the County has been growing at an average annual rate of 0.2 percent per year. In 2007,the construction workforce was estimated at 13,700 workers. The LEC peak construction needs are about 2.2 percent of the total workforce. Therefore,project will have a less than significant impact on construction labor supply. SAC/371322/082330013(LEC_5.10_SOCIOECONOMICS.DOC) 5.10-13