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0 <br />u <br />11 <br />11 <br />[1 <br />AB 939, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of <br />1989 (ACT), stipulates that the Disposal Facility Capacity <br />component shall include a projection of the amount of disposal <br />capacity which will be needed to accommodate the solid waste <br />generated within the unincorporated area of the County, reduced <br />by any diversion programs, for a 15 -year period. <br />San Joaquin County is not faced with a disposal capacity <br />crisis. The Board of Supervisors, through foresight, the <br />ability to make difficult waste management decisions, and sound <br />fiscal management, has provided for landfill disposal capacity <br />that could serve the unincorporated areas of the County for over <br />100 years. Sufficient disposal capacity exists to serve the <br />unincorporated County and the seven incorporated cities for over <br />40 years. <br />The County currently provides disposal services for the <br />unincorporated area and has contracted with the Cities of Lodi, <br />Manteca, Ripon and Tracy to provide disposal services for these <br />cities as well. The City of Lathrop uses County disposal sites <br />but has not contracted with the County to provide such services. <br />The City of Escalon transports its waste to Stanislaus County <br />for disposal, and the City of Stockton provides disposal <br />facilities for its own solid waste. However, neither City <br />provides disposal p facilities ilities for its citizens who wish to haul <br />their own waste. Therefore, self -hauled waste from these two <br />cities are taken to County disposal sites. <br />In the future, if either or both of the Cities of Escalon <br />and Stockton are unable to use their current disposal <br />11 <br />[1 <br />