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.. ...... . . .... ... .. .. .................. .......... .... . - ...... ... .... .. .. ............. . ..... - .... ....... ... 2A . PROJECT DESCRIPTION:.. SITE LOCATION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The 39.2 -acre project site for the proposed Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility is located south of the City of Tracy in the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County (Figure 2-1). The site is located on the west side of MacArthur Drive, south of Linne Road. Access is off of MacArthur Drive. The majority of the site consists of a large pit, approximately 30 to 40 feet deep, that was previously mined by Lonestar Industries for gravel between 1971 and 1975. The site was reclaimed and reseeded by Lonestar Industries in 1986. The site has been undisturbed since then and contains no structures or ■I trees. The project site is identified as Assessor Parcel Number 253-130-19, and the address is 30703 South MacArthur Drive, Tracy. BACKGROUND In 1990, Assembly Bill 939, the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, became effective and required that, by the year 1995, 25 percent of the solid waste generated be diverted from landfill disposal or transformation facilities through programs such as source reduction, recycling, and composting. This act further mandates that this diversion rate increase to 50 percent by the year 2000. In compliance with AB 939, the City of Tracy and the Solid Waste Division of the San Joaquin County Department of Public Works have prepared Source Reduction and Recycling Elements (SPIRE). These SRRE's indicate that a regional materials recovery facility should be developed in the south County area with the following solid iwaste functions: material recovery, transfer of residual waste, composting, and wood processing. The project applicant, Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management, Inc., of Tracy, California, currently provides refuse collection for the City of Tracy and portions of the unincorporated south County area. Collected refuse is then disposed of at the County -owned Corral Hollow Landfill located approximately five miles southwest of the City of Tracy along Highway 580. This Class III landfill currently receives approximately 1,200 cubic yards of nonhazardous solid waste per day, six days per week, from the City of Tracy and the surrounding unincorporated area and is scheduled for closure by January 1995. Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management, Inc., is seeking to establish the Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility in order to provide materials recovery and transfer services, given the planned closure of the Corral Hollow Landfill. Until the County establishes a replacement site for the Corral Hollow Landfill, solid waste will be transferred via the proposed Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility to either the North County or Foothill Sanitary Landfills. Without the proposed transfer station, the waste would be hauled to these landfills (a distance of approximately 45 miles one way) by commercial collection vehicles and private residents. With the proposed transfer station, waste would be transported from the project site to one of the landfills in large trailers with up to 25 -ton capacity. To date, the County has not been successful in locating a replacement site for the closing landfill. However, the County intends to permit and develop a new sanitary landfill in the south County area if a site can be identified and secured. Regardless of whether a new landfill is established in this area, sufficient disposal capacity exists to serve the unincorporated County and incorporated cities within San Joaquin County for over 40 years. PROJECT OBJECTIVES There are two main objectives of the proposed project. First, the closure of the Corral Hollow Landfill in 1995 necessitates the establishment of a transfer facility somewhere in the Tracy area to effectuate the efficient transporting of solid waste collected from within the City of Tracy and unincorporated areas of IER -93-1 - 10 - (9-27-93) [1