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• It is essential that the public be provided a satisfactory range of services, and that these services are accessible. By increasing the limit for daily refuse disposal and incoming refuse vehicles, the County can continue providing disposal services for the "self -haul" customers, primarily small contractors and private individuals. • Increasing the landfill height limit increases disposal capability needed for anticipated increases in population over the next several years, in accordance with the General Plan of the County. • Increasing capacity at the current project site provides for the most additional capacity with the least amount of environmental impacts, while still accomplishing the project objectives. By expanding the existing landfill vertically rather than horizontally, the environmental impacts related to horizontal expansion of existing facilities and those associated with the construction and operation of new waste disposal facility at a previously undisturbed site elsewhere in the County would be avoided. CalRecycle staff recommends that the Department adopt as its own the findings, those made by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. Staff recommends that the Final EIR prepared by the lead agency for the Department's use has no grounds under CEQA for the Department to prepare a subsequent or supplemental environmental document or assume the role of lead agency for its consideration of the issuance of revised SWFP No. 39 - AA -0022. Department staff further recommends the Final EIR is adequate for the Director's environmental evaluation of the proposed project for those project activities which are within the Department's expertise and/or powers, or which are required to be carried out or approved by the Department. CalRecycle must adopt a Statement of Overriding Conditions that indicates its reasons for overriding the adverse environmental effects to Aesthetics as a result of project approval. It is the CalRecycle staff's recommendation that the Statement of Overriding Considerations adopted by the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors be adopted by CalRecycle. Local Issues: The Local Enforcement Agency conducted an informational meeting on April 7, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. at the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, pursuant to Section 21600.2(a)(1) of Title 27 California Code of Regulations. Ten members of the public attended the meeting. A Notice of Public Informational Meeting was posted onsite at the facility and in the Lodi News -Sentinel newspaper at least 10 days prior to the meeting. According to the 2000 census, the population of Census Tract 47.02 (Block 3046) indicates that the population of Lodi is approximately 78.6% white, American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%, 0.4% black or African American, 1.8% Asian and 18.5% some other race. 23.1 % of the total population in Census Tract 47.02 identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino. 4% of the families in the Census Tract were below the poverty level. Staff has not identified any current environmental justice issues related to this item. Staff finds the project and permit process to be consistent with Government Code Section 65040.12, as there has been fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the proposed action being recommended above. Public Comments: Page 10 of 11