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CHAPTER IV IMPACT OVERVIEW A. GROWTH INDUCING EFFECTSO F THE PROPOSED TRANSFER STATION CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.2(d)requires an EIR to discuss the growth-inducing impacts of a proposed project. Growth-inducing impacts include ones that could foster economic or population growth,or the construction of additional housing,either directly or indirectly, in the surrounding environment. Included in this are projects that would remove obstacles to population growth, such as an infrastructure project involving the creation of capacity to serve a new level of development. The expansion of the Stockton Scavengers Association Transfer Station would not have growth inducing impacts on the area surrounding the site or on the City of Stockton. This type of land use(i.e.,a transfer station)will not,per se, induce new development. The project would not generate a substantial number of new jobs: the number of employees at the project site would increase by eight—from the current level of 66 employees to 74. Therefore the project would not substantially increase demand for retail goods and services in the area or increase the demand for housing in Stockton. The transfer station would be processing materials that currently are taken directly to area landfills for disposal. While the increased materials recovery that would occur from the project may help to prolong the lifespan of area landfills,the existing solid waste disposal capacity in the Stockton area is not a constraint development in the area. B. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS A cumulative impact is created as a result of the combination of the project evaluated in an EIR together with other projects causing related impacts. CEQA Guidelines(Section 15130(a)) require an EIR to discuss the cumulative impacts of a project when the project's incremental effect is "cumulatively considerable," meaning that the project's incremental effects are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past,current, and probable future projects. CEQA Guidelines Section 15130(b)provides that the cumulative analysis can be based upon either a list of past, present, or probable future projects producing related impacts, or a summary of projections contained in an adopted general plan or related planning document which described or evaluated regional or area wide conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. Section 15130(4) states that a pertinent discussion of cumulative impacts contained in one or more previously certified EIRs may be incorporated by reference pursuant to [CEQA] provisions for tiering and program EIRs. No further cumulative impacts analysis is required when a project is consistent with a general, specific,master or comparable programmatic plan where the lead Stockton Scavenger Transfer Station Erpansion IV.I ESA/990190