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ENERGY CONSERVATION <br /> Environmental Setting <br /> Currently, about 70 percent of agricultural biomass in San Joaquin <br /> County is burned in the field and its potential energy value is thus <br /> squandered (San Joaquin County 1984) . While definitive figures on the <br /> amount of orchard and vineyard clippings, straw, and construction wood <br /> waste that are either burned or put in a landfill are not available, it <br /> is estimated from recent field surveys (and extrapolations of the 1987 <br /> San Joaquin County Agricultural Report) that over one million tons of <br /> agricultural biomass are burned or buried each year in San Joaquin <br /> County. If properly recycled and processed, most of this tonnage could <br /> become a significant fuel source for making electricity at cogeneration <br /> plants. <br /> Waste oil is also an under-realized source of energy. The <br /> California Solid Waste Management Board estimates that two gallons of <br /> waste oil per person per year are generated around California. In 1986, <br /> 1,327,000 gallons were generated throughout San Joaquin County. By the <br /> year 2000, the county wide production of waste oil is projected to be <br /> 1,678,000 gallons (Emcon Associates 1988) . <br /> Due to the lack of development currently on the site, no energy use <br /> occurs other than that associated with agricultural equipment for field <br /> operations. <br /> Impacts and Mitigation Measures <br /> Impact 1 - Energy Input and Output <br /> The proposed project would conserve and consume energy resources, <br /> while simultaneously producing a fuel source in the form of briquettes. <br /> Energy would be consumed in the construction and operation of the facil- <br /> ity and in the hauling of recyclable materials to the plant site. <br /> Specifically, energy would be expended in facility operation in the <br /> following ways: <br /> 3-82 <br /> 101-35.R2 4/11/89 <br />