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CHAPTER 3.0 <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 1 <br /> A. LOCATION <br /> The existing Lovelace Transfer Station is centrally located in San Joaquin County on a 5- <br /> acre parcel on the north side of Lovelace Road,between Airport Way and Union Road, <br /> five miles south of the City of Stockton and 2 miles north of the City of Manteca, as <br /> rshown on Figure 3-1: Vicinity Map. <br /> The Lovelace Road area is designated for Agriculture on the San Joaquin County <br /> General Plan Land Use Map, and is zoned General Agriculture (AG-40), with a <br /> minimum parcel size of 40 acres. However, non-conforming smaller agriculture parcels <br /> exist within these AG-40 areas. <br /> B. OBJECTIVE <br /> The objective is to renovate and expand the existing Lovelace Transfer Station at its <br /> ' present location to better serve the long term solid waste is <br /> needs of the Central <br /> San Joaquin County Area. This expanded facility will have a design capacity of 1,300 <br /> tons per day. Additional design capacity will increase should mechanized equipment <br /> be added in the future. <br /> In addition, the Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill located southwest of the City of Tracy, <br /> is scheduled to close in 1995. One option being considered by the County is to redirect <br /> this South County solid waste to Lovelace Transfer Station during 1995. This proposal <br /> is discussed in more detail in Chapter 17.0,Alternatives to the Proposed Project. <br /> he proposed project involves the acquisition of 9.9 acres of proerty adjacent to the <br /> existing Lovelace Transfer Station and the construction of new facilities designed to <br /> maximize recovery of recyclable materials from the waste stream in accordance with the <br /> diversion goals established by Assembly Bill 939. In addition, residual waste materials <br /> would be transferred to sanitary landfills for disposal. <br /> C. PROJECT HISTORY <br /> Theroject site began operating in the 1960's as a privately owned and operated <br /> transfer lfacility. During 1977, the County of San Joaquin acquired ownershiy) and <br /> became operator of the facility. (San Joaquin County;October 1 ' 1989) Soils testing on <br /> theproject site indicated the presence of a former dump site (circa 1950's) in the <br /> northeast portion of the site. This material consisted of glass, metal, ash, and tires ffs <br /> Idepth of 11-feet. (Kleinfelder,Inc.; 1993) <br /> San Joaquin County has operated the transfer station continuously since 1977, and has <br /> done limited recycling in conjunction with the transfer operation. In 1991, the facility <br /> handled an average of 350 tons of solid waste per day. (San Joaquin County;May 1992) <br /> 3-1 <br />