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PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT <br /> Solid waste generated in the City of Tracy and surrounding unincorporated area is <br /> currently disposed of at the Corral Hollow Landfill located on Corral Hollow Road at <br /> Interstate 580, approximately 5 miles southwest of downtown Tracy. The site is owned <br /> jointly by San Joaquin County and the City of Tracy. The City Public Works Department <br /> operates the site which receives approximately 250 tons per day of residential, <br /> commercial, and industrial solid waste. <br /> The Corral Hollow Landfill is anticipated to reach capacity in January 1993. When this <br /> occurs, waste would be transported to the Foothill Landfill in northern San Joaquin County <br /> approximately 45 miles one way from the City of Tracy. Without a transfer station the <br /> waste would be hauled this distance by commercial collection vehicles and private <br /> residents. The transfer station will allow the waste to be transported in trailers with 20 ton <br /> capacity thus decreasing the number of vehicle trips necessary. At maximum design <br /> capacity of 500 Tons Per Day (TPD), 25 transfer vehicles per day will travel to the landfill. <br /> Without the station, 353 private and commercial vehicles would travel to the landfill each <br /> day. <br /> In addition to the transfer capability of the station, a recycling program consisting of <br /> aluminum, glass, paper, metals, wood and cardboard will be conducted. <br /> The Governor of California recently signed the California Integrated Waste Management <br /> Act of 1989 (AB 939, Sher, et.al.), and the Solid Waste State Programs (SB 1322, <br /> Bergeson). These bills became effective on January 1, 1990. <br /> AB 939 serves to restructure the California waste management program with emphasis <br /> to maximize the use of all feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting options <br /> in order to reduce the amount of solid waste that must be disposed of by transformation <br /> and land disposal. <br /> AB 939 mandates the replacement of the current County Solid Waste Management Plans <br /> (CoSWMPs) with a County Integrated Waste Management Plan with both city and county <br /> elements. <br /> By July 1, 1991, each city must prepare, adopt and submit to the county, a source <br /> reduction and recycling element which shall include at a minimum: <br /> a. A waste characterization component. <br /> b. A source reduction component. <br /> C. A recycling component. <br /> d. A composting component <br /> 2 <br />