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Mr. Harry Riddle August 25, 1981 San Joaquin County Planning Dept. Page 7 At least some passing recognition is given at this stage of the report to the new operations by the Lodi franchisee. Yet, the report ignores the resource recovery operations in Lodi (and potentially in North Stockton) which precede disposition of wastes at the proposed site. Significant Environmental Effects Which Cannot Be Avoided If The Project Is Implemented, page 50: Again, this analysis is inappropriate until -sufficient-i-nTo-rmation is made available. Even so, this section appears to be remarkably understated based upon the information which is contained in the Draft EIR. Mitigation Measure Proposed To Minimize Potential Significant I s -e-s-p-e- --- cia y important to arrive at some Effects, pages 5T-5 It reasonable estimate of the capital costs and ongoing operational costs of the proposed mitigation measures in order to get some sense of the pr act i cal i ty of the su gges ti ons For example, how big a run-off collection and conveyance structure will be needed, at what cost and how much of the site will be required? If extraction and water collection is required as a remedy to groundwater pollution, what is the available technology and what are the costs? The Draft at page 57 indicates that the proposed landfill cou I operate on a self-sustaining basis from the collection of user fee including amortizing the capital costs under the expected life of t facility. This seems reasonable. But what are those costs and what i I the expected life? How do these costs compare to other alternatives And finally, how on earth could anyone make an intelligent deoin the basis of the information presented? Al ternatives to the Proposed Action, pages 60- 63: This sectior rel ies so I el y 6n—tE-e--a-f-or-e-m-e-n-t"I-O-n-ea--�a—n Joaq u i n C oun ty So 1 i d Was t. - Management Plan which, as previously pointed out, is based upon outdateii information. Even so, the reader is forced to search out a copy of tha plan to find the information which the Draft EIR is based upon. decision makers are being asked to conclude that "costs analysis indicates these options to be less expensive th an the other alternatives," the basic information should be updated and made easily available in this report. We do not believe that this is the least costly, not to mention the most environmentally desireable of tht. available alternatives. Especially in the case where the project sponsor is providing for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Report, th(t. basic data upon which its conclusions are being reached must be made readily available to the reader.