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III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES C. TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND SAFETY increase in traffic hazards associated with traffic flow on area roadways or at site access locations. IMPACT STATEMENTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Impact C.l: The proposed project would generate new of-site vehicle trips,Including truck trips,on roadways serving the project site. (Significant) Trip Generation Current operations are similar to those described in the 1989 EIR, although the facility currently handles approximately 1.5 tons per day (TPD)of waste, compared to approximately 12 TPD analyzed in the 1989 report. Only Stockton Scavengers Association vehicles discharge waste at the site,and no materials are recovered at the facility. The transfer station operates Monday through Saturday from 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to the approximate 1.5 TPD handled at the project site under existing conditions, Stockton Scavenger Association vehicles (front-end loaders)also currently collect loads of commercial waste(about 400 TPD) and residential waste (about 112 TPD)from throughout the City of Stockton and transport those wastes to drop destinations of the East Stockton Transfer Station and Forward Landfill,respectively. Under existing conditions,trips associated with these loads use the site on a daily basis.2 The proposed project would amend the current permit to allow the Stockton Scavengers Transfer Station to receive up to 1,000 TPD of non-hazardous commercial, industrial and residential municipal solid waste and recyclables, construction and demolition (C&D)debris, and public self-haul waste. In addition, the facility would accept and grind up to 150 TPD of green waste, for a total of 1,150 TPD handled at the site on a daily basis. Hours of operation would expand to include Sunday (limited to only receiving public self-haul waste)from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; current hours of operation Monday through Saturday would not change. The net increase in vehicle trips generated by proposed activity at the project site,on roadways in the project area, would be about 272 round trips per day (544 one-way trips). About 264 daily round trips(528 one-way trips) would be made by trucks, with the remaining trips made by the expected increase in employees. Trip generation(existing, future and net new)are shown in Table III.0-5. 2 Stockton Scavenger Association vehicles that collect wastes for transport to the East Stockton Transfer Station and Forward Landfill are kept on-site at other times,and generate trips on local streets when they exit(empty)from, and return(empty)to,the project site. Stockton Scavenger Transfer Station Expansion III.C.6 ESA 1990190