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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. INTRODUCTION Stockton Scavengers Association has applied to the City of Stockton for a Conditional Use Permit(CUP)to expand the operation of its transfer station on Navy Drive to a capacity of 1,150 tons per day (TPD). In 1989 Stockton Scavengers Association applied to the City of Stockton for a Use Permit to expand its operations to 300 TPD. The City prepared an EIR(EIR 5-88), which was certified by the City Planning Commission in June, 1989, and issued Use Permit No. 56-88 for the project later that month. However,the project was not initiated, and a new CUP and corresponding CEQA documentation must be prepared to address changes in the project since the original EIR was certified. The purpose of this Supplemental EIR(SEIR) is to analyze the potentially significant environmental impacts that result from the changes to the project that were not analyzed in the original EIR and to update, as necessary, information on current operations and existing conditions presented in the EIR. B. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed transfer station expansion ("the project"analyzed in this SEIR) would increase the permitted solid waste throughput to 1,000 TPD and accept an additional 150 TPD of green waste, which would be ground and transferred offsite for composting or other uses. The project would also add material recovery facilities to enhance recovery of inerts and other recyclable materials; accept public self-haul wastes and potentially phase in collected residential waste(in addition to the commercial,construction and demolition, and industrial wastes currently accepted); and bring the facility into compliance with current City zoning. The transfer station currently handles approximately 1.5 TPD of solid waste. It operates Monday through Saturday from 4:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. and employs 66 people,as maintenance and facility staff,collection vehicle drivers(who currently utilize another transfer station and area landfills for refuse collected on commercial and residential routes), and managerial, sales, and clerical office staff. No materials are currently being recovered. Under the project,the transfer station would operate seven days a week—from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday—and would be open to self haul traffic during these times. Operations on Sunday would be limited to receiving only public self haul waste. Only non-hazardous waste would be accepted. A random load check for household hazardous waste, which is sometimes found in small quantities in municipal solid waste, would be conducted biweekly. The project would add eight new employees to the existing staff: one Stockton Scavenger Transfer Station Expansion S.1 ESA/990190