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V. IMPACT OVERVIEW the CIWMB,permitting it to process up to 300 TPD. However, it does not have a Conditional Use Permit from the City of Stockton, and is operating as an existing,grandfathered industrial use (Ruiz, 1999). Expansion much beyond existing or former levels of operation would require the facility to obtain a CUP from the City (Ruiz, 1999). The environmental conditions of the site would remain similar to existing conditions. Although activity could increase above its current level (that is,to the level at which it was operating in 1989, 12 TPD), the impacts in the project vicinity identified in Chapter III, including increased truck traffic,air emissions, and noise, would not occur. This alternative would avoid on-site diesel emissions, the only unavoidable impact of the proposed project. There would,however, continue to be an industrial container storage yard adjacent to a residential neighborhood,as would be the case under the project. Under the No-Project alternative, little or no recycling or materials recovery activity would take place. Because less material would be recovered for recycling than under the proposed project,local landfill capacity would be depleted at a faster rate than under the proposed project,and the indirect benefits of recycling—decreased consumption of energy and natural resources—would not be realized. The No-Project Alternative would fail to meet any of the basic objectives of the project sponsor (described in the Project Description). Alternative use of the site. Although the No-Project Alternative assumes continuation of the existing operation at approximately the same level of use,it is noted that utilization of a 9.4-acre site for a 1.5 to 12 TPD transfer station and container storage yard may at some future point be considered under-utilization of the site. In that case, Stockton Scavengers may seek to develop an alternative transfer station project at the site,or determine to develop an expanded transfer station in another location within or outside the City. Considering the site's existing development as an industrial site, its general plan and zoning designations,and its proximity to mostly industrial neighbors (with the notable exception of the Trinity Community Church and the residential neighborhood to the south), it is probable that any future use considered for the site would be industrial in nature. Since the zoning designations would not have been changed under the No- Project alternative,however,future development would require consistency with the M1 zoning east of Pershing Avenue and the CM zoning west of Pershing(or would also require a zoning change). Beyond these general considerations,discussion of the potential future use of the site would be speculative. However, it is noted that failure to proceed with the project would not necessarily result in preservation of existing environmental conditions. B. REDUCED-SCALE PROJECT ALTERNATIVE Under the Reduced-Scale project alternative,transfer station operations would increase to 575 TPD,including 500 TPD of solid waste and 75 TPD of green waste,or half the quantity of the proposed project. The reduced scale alternative would include construction of the materials recovery sort line and transfer station building, and the green waste pad. Street abandonment and zoning changes would proceed as with the proposed project. To estimate the effects of this StorktonSravengerTransfer Station Evpansion V.2 ESA/990/90