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Independent Trucking C'qMny, Inc. Initial Study/Proposed Ne , e Declaration July 15, 1996 Page 3 of 4 The Applicant has projected that increases in the recycling industry over the next five years will increase the peak tonnage of material processed per day to 500 tons. This peak load capacity for the year 2000 is based on a 20% annual increase, beginning with the current permitted capacity of 250 tpd in 1995. Environmental Impacts Over the next five years the traffic is anticipated to increase as the tonnage of material increases. The increase in tonnage is predicted to come from predominantly commercial and transfer trucks. Currently an estimated 20 large deliveries occur during an average day, and 26 occur on a peak day These deliveries are expected to increase to 22 and 27, respectively, over the next five years. Small deliveries (non-commercial and pedestrian) currently average 60 per operating day and peak at 150 per operating day. Based on an estimated three percent increase in population, *hese numbers are expected to increase to 65 and 162, respectively, over the next five years. Neither large nor small deliveries during peak waiting periods have caused injuries or accidents, and there have not been any complaints registered with facility staff relative to waiting or traffic. Visible traffic problems are not evident during current operating hours. No known engineered traffic studies have been conducted for the Independent Trucking site. The Lead Agency has determined that the proposed project would have no adverse environmental effects with the addition of available space for staging, loads, receiving and shipping out product and processing materials on the Proposed Expansion for Processing Area and the addition of.a gate access on Church Street to improve traffic management over the next five years. These areas will need to be paved and fenced before they are used for these activities. The Lead Agency states the facility has not received complaints concerning noise or odors. GENERAL COEDITS The purpose of CIWMB staffs review of an environmental document is to assist the Lead Agency in: 1) identifying potential impacts from proposed projects, 2) determining whether any such impacts are significant, and 3) ascertaining whether significant impacts can be mitigated to a level of insignificance in compliance with the CEQA statutes and guidelines. CEQA Guidelines, Calif.)rnia Code of Regulations Section 15096 requires the CIWMB, when acting as a Responsible .kgency, to use the environmental document prepared by the Lead Agency in the CIWMB permit approval or concurrence process. CIWMB staff must determine whether or not the evaluation of potential environmental impacts assessed in the document is adequate for CIWMB use in the permitting process.