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A rock and rubble crusher is proposed for use in the expanded transfer station <br /> operation. The equipment is expected to be a portable unit mounted on a trailer. <br /> The unit will only be utilized during daytime hours and will not be used without <br /> adequate sound barriers and noise mitigation structures. Dust emanating from the <br /> rock crushing equipment will be mitigated with watering to prevent air quality <br /> impacts. <br /> California Waste Removal Inc. currently sorts, cleans and stockpiles asphalt for <br /> subsequent removal and reprocessing by an asphalt recycler. Because the <br /> quantities of asphalt recovered are small, no significant recycling impacts exist <br /> for this material. <br /> Environmental Impacts and Mitigations <br /> Air Quality, Vehicle Emissions <br /> The proposed expansion will not result in substantial vehicle emissions or <br /> deterioration of ambient air quality in the future operation of the facility. <br /> A primary purpose of expanding the operation of the transfer station is to reduce <br /> the number of vehicle miles required for the disposal of solid waste. This is <br /> acheived by the fact that the station is located closer to the source of waste <br /> generation than the landfill. By reducing the number of loads going to the landfill <br /> by the use of larger transfer vehicles, vehicle emissions will be reduced in the <br /> year 2000 relative to the emissions produced if the transfer station is not <br /> expanded. Although the number of vehicles increases, the number of vehicle <br /> miles traveled for waste disposal decreases, thereby reducing emissions. <br /> Vectors <br /> Flies and other insects which inhabit the compost at the transfer station are <br /> mitigated by the use of a spray pesticide applied by a service extermination <br /> company. The pest extermination company, under contract with California Waste <br /> Removal Inc., comes to the transfer station on a periodic basis and sprays a non- <br /> toxic pesticide suggested by the Department of Agriculture and the Department <br /> of Environmental Health. <br /> Water QLuafity <br /> The site will be drained by the use of separate systems for storm and leachate <br /> wastewater drainage. There are no plans for collecting or recycling any waters <br /> from the site. All precipitation falling on the site will be routed to either the <br /> storm or sanitary sewer systems. <br />