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Responses to Comments Public Health Services 1 As indicated in the transfer station's Hazardous Waste Screening Program, Appendix C of the DEIR, any hazardous wasted detected at the transfer station during the sorting operations will isolated immediately with traffic cones of similar devices. The waste shall remain isolated and undisturbed until the Local Enforcement Agency decides on a proper disposal method that is in accordance with State hazardous waste handling procedures. If it is determined that hazardous waste must be stored at the facility for a short period until it can be removed by a licensed hauler, the material will be transported to an isolated area of the transfer station by the use of heavy equipment, ie. front end loader, and contained in a LEA approved facility that provides security, secondary containment and segregation of incompatible waste types. 2) Although Figure 4 does not show that the office buildings are connected to a 4-inch sewer line, these building are, in fact, served with this type of sewer line and are not served by an on-site septic system. Figure 4 in the Attachment section of this report should replace Figure 4 in the DEIR. 3) The functioning well on the site is used for the sprinkler system for watering the landscaping plants and greenery. State Lands Commission The existing transfer station and proposed expansion project are both located above the Mean High Water level and the 100-year floodplain of the Mokelumne River. Attached is a reprint of the Figure 8 which clearly shows the project area and the location of the 100-year floodplain. The water quality of the Mokelumne River will be protected under extreme storm conditions by the use of berms surrounding the perimeter of the composting area. San Joaquin County Mosquito Abatement District Flies and other insects which inhabit the compost at the transfer station are mitigated by the use of a spray pesticide applied by a service extermination company. The pest extermination company, under contract with California Waste Removal Inc., comes to the transfer station on a periodic basis and sprays a non-toxic pesticide suggested by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental Health.