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San Joaquin County PW—Solid Waste Responses to Comments N-- CI�aeAie UenflierEin¢ :vcwnnber 3,?Orsi F ale'of C WN413 California Environmental Quality Act Review California Environmental Quality Nct(C F,Q:%)compliance is required for the establishment,expansion, or change in operation(s)of a Solid Waste facility(SWF)requiring the issuance or revision of a full Solid Waste Facility Permit Under C IiQA Guidelines,CCR Section 1.50196-the CBV IMM acting as a Responsible Agency.is required to use the environmental document(ED)prepared by the Lead Agency in the CINVW113 permit approval or concurrence process. Once the ED is completed by the Lead Agency.Clot'M13 staff,as a Responsible Agency.must determine whether or not the evaluation ofpotential environmental impacts assessed in the ED is adequate for CI GN'4i13 use in the permitting process. 'rite purpose of CINV7h4B staffs on iov of an EIS,during the preparation of the document,is to help decision-makers 1)identify potential impacts from proposed projects,Z)drdciauine whether any such impacts are significant,and 3)ascertain whether significant impacts cart be mitigated to a level of insignificance in comnpliance with the t I?QA statutes and guidelines. In order for C'I lt4'1 B staff to ascertain that the Eft is adequate for our use in the petinitting process,the proposed project must be described in sufficient detail and the potential environmental impacts that may result from time proposed project'must he identified and evaluated clearly in the enviramnent ml assessment and offer "mitigating measures,if any,included in the project to avoid potentially significant effects"(CEQA Guidelines,Article 6,Section 15071Cc)). If the Lead Agency-identifies a potential significant enviromnental impact but finds that the impact is less than significant or that no mitigation is available or necessary,supporting documentation and/or studio should he specifically referenced and be made available for review or included in the F'D to support sudi analysis. CEQA Analysis and SMT'Conditions CE.QA Guidelines(CCR)Section 1506_33(a)(1.)states that: "All phases of prciject planning, implementation and operation must be considered in the Initial Study of tan;project." This consideration, when evaluating for a MVIT revision,should consider the potential ondronmental impacts ofany changes in design anti operation of the facility that were not specifically considered in the existing SWFP. �V'hen dctemiinirig Ate adequacy of an M for purposes of SWITconcurrence.CI'NIB staff will compare the design and operation of the facility as described in the S\VPP with the project as described and evaluated in the ED. The first question is: does the CEQA evaluation for potential impacts resulting from the proect: thoroughly assess the potential primary and secondary impacts to the environment and"or public health and safct-O T'lie second question is:does the CEQA evaluation in the ED support.the conditions,of the proposed permit? For instance,does the ED also assess ilie potential traffic,noise,dust,vector and other impacts that can be associated with a significant increase in permitted waste throughput requested in a SWFP? when this type of information is included and addressed in Ate ED,the CEQA process is greatly facilitated. When this type of infonnation is not included in the project description or elsewhere in the ED,it becomes very difficult for Cl ik'MT1 staff to determine the adequacy of the ED for purposes of our environmental evaluation. Prr'rojoc eCwnty ot'Sin baqu4WI07.O6 No.County Luuif ll E1R41£3 Rq)onsFEIR�Ongiwi comment tettcnc commcnts by c'WMB SLF DEM-doc Final Environmental Impact Report November 22 2006 NCRC&SL Permit Revision 2-34 J&S 06307.06