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Landfill under AB 939 will be accomplished by these two sources. In addition, to further aid the County in meeting AB 939 goals, a moderate recycling program is planned at the Foothill Sanitary Landfill. Materials targeted for recycling at the Foothill Sanitary Landfill include source separated materials (i.e. glass, cans, paper, and plastic) , metals, agricultural chemical containers, tires, wood, and white goods. Source separated materials as well as metals are loaded into recycling bins. These materials are taken to market when sufficient quantities are accumulated. Agricultural chemical containers are stored and recycled in accordance with the County's Agricultural Chemical Container Recycling Plan (Appendix C) . Tires are stored and recycled in accordance with the County's Waste Tire Handling, Storage, and Removal Plan (Appendix D) . Wood waste is stockpiled in a vacant area as approved by the LEA and local fire district. When sufficient quantities of wood have been stockpiled, a private contractor is hired to chip and reprocess the wood. White goods are stockpiled in a separate vacant area from the wood waste, and are taken to market in bins as necessary. All recyclables are transported to market as frequency permits. 2 .8 NOISE IMPACTS The remoteness of the site minimizes the noise impact on those in the general vicinity. Adequate mufflers are maintained on all equipment to provide proper noise control for protection of employees and those utilizing the site for waste disposal. No complaints of noise have been received to date. 2 .9 COMPATIBILITY WITH FIRE REQUIREMENTS, ADJACENT LAND USE, COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND COUNTY GENERAL PLAN Fire is controlled first by the procedures called out in Section 2 . 6. 6 above. At the request of the State Department of Forestry, 400 foot wide fire breaks are maintained around the east and south sides of the landfill area, and 150 foot wide fire breaks are maintained on the north and west sides of the landfill area. A 30, 000 gallon on-site pond (station 3400N/1800E) is maintained to provide backup water capacity for fire trucks used at the site in the event of a fire (Figure 4) . The Cat D8 and D7 dozers are used to maintain all fire breaks around the landfill area. Table 3 lists the land use of all adjacent and on-site parcels within San Joaquin County according to Assessor Parcel Number (APN) as found in San Joaquin County Assessor Rolls. The parcels are shown on Figure 7 of this report. Adjacent land to the east of the site within Stanislaus County is not listed; however, this land is also non-irrigated open land used primarily for grazing. 14