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OU ON California Waste Removal Systems, Inc. (CWRS) is proposing to expand its existing 12.16-acre solid waste transfer station/resource recovery and recycling facility (transfer station) at 1333 East Turner Road, Lodi, California. The transfer station is the hub of CRWS's collection operation. Refuse is deposited at the facility, recyclables are removed, and the remaining waste is shipped to county landfills. The facility also accepts plant waste and recyclables from the general public. Plant wastes are sold as animal feed or fuel, or are composted on site and sold as a soil additive. The facility serves northern San Joaquin County and southern Sacramento County and is used by both commercial and public vehicles. Current plans call for expansion into an adjacent 5.5-acre parcel west of the transfer station. The project site is located in San Joaquin County and is depicted on the Lodi North Quadrangle in Township 4 North, Range 7 East, Section 31 (Figures 1 and 2). In consideration of the above project, EBA Wastechnologies contracted with PAR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (PAR) on January 27, 1991 to inventory any special status plant and wildlife species that might occur on the project site and to assess potential impacts to habitat that would occur as a consequence of the proposed project. The studies were completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of 1970. ODS Background information on the biological resources of the Lodi area was available in the form of the Background Report, General Plan Update, Cary of Lodi (City of Lodi Community Development Department [CLCDD] 1988). This information was supplemented with a California Natural Diversity Data Base (CNDDB 1991) report on past locations of "special status" plants and animals in the vicinity of the proposed project. Field surveys were conducted in the study area on January 23, 1991 by Dr. Steven Towers (PAR wildlife ecologist). An on-site orientation and description of the project was provided by Mr. Larry Crump prior to field investigations. Surveys focused on identifying and mapping vegetation communities, creating lists of species observed in the study area (Appendices A and B), and looking for signs and habitat requirements of special status wildlife and plant species on the project site. Aerial photographs and scaled maps of the project site were not available during the surveys. An unscaled map of vegetation communities delineated according to the taxonomy of Mayer and Laudenslayer (1988) is provided in Figure 3. These communities are described in detail in the following section. 1