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BA 9-16-81 Purviance -2- He submitted information as to the positive socio-economic impacts of the project; that taxes generated from sales, purchases and unsecured property during the years of 1978, '79, and '80, were $37,136.22. This was paid to local government. During those three years the company hired an average of 22 employees on a regular basis; the wages and fringe benefits paid amounted to $1,790,508.02. He made the point that this was a benefit to the economy of San Joaquin County. Mr. Deimler pointed out that if the extracted materials are not made available in San Joaquin County and in this particular area, the consumer and haul trucks would have to bear the expense of the extended travel to other sites and further distances. Attorney Mark Adams, 445 E. Almond Drive, Lodi, was present for Stockton Sand & Gravel, and stated that the money placed into the economy through taxes and wages will have a spiraling effect of approximately 5 times. The effect would be five to one. James Kovak, P.O. Box 127 Linden, spoke on air pollution; he said that hauling material from a distance farther away will increase the pollution; alternate sources of material are farther away than this property. He said the material can be found in Tracy, Clements and Jenny Lind. He noted the price of diesel fuel. OPPONENTS TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE E.I.R. : Chris Papas, 1209 N. E1Dorado, attorney representing-.Mr. and Mrs. Roger Sitkin, was present. He corrected the figure in the E.I .R. to refer to 40 acres and not 4 acres. Under "objec- tives" it refers to 712,000 cubic yards of dredge tailings. He said that is incorrect; the excavated material will consist of something other than dredge tailings. On page 7, reference was made to the soil; it is classified as Redding Gravelly Loam with a SCS Rating of IV. He said that vineyards and olive orchards are being developed on this type of land. Concerning the box- cars, he said there was no truth to the statement that they were being used for shade. He said he thought they were supposed to be on the other property. He asked for clarification of the statement on page 17, under road maintenance, that there were no specific plans. Mr. Papas said that concerning noise, they have been advised by the Local Health District that L.H.D cannot take care of the noise monitoring. He went on to say that there is an agency in the State called Office of Noise Control; this agency is equipped to take care of that. They are located in Berkeley. Mr. Papas said that the E.I.R. is incomplete until there is input from that State agency. He said there will be a noise problem from this operation. On page 22, regarding soil, the E.I.R. discusses that there are Class II and Class IV soils. There is no consideration in the E.I.R. that there is to be no "soil" removed. He said that any idea of selling soil off of this land should be rejected until the County is sure that there is sufficient soil to cover the tailings. He said he did not feel there was sufficient soil to take care of that. Mr. Papas went on to discuss traffic. He said that there should be more consideration on the traffic problem in the Environmental Impact Report.