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Ll BACKGROUND: STAFF ANALYSIS L` Item No. 2 PC: 12-16-93 ER-93-1/UP-93-4 Page 5 In 1990, Assembly Bill 939, the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, became effective and required that by the year 1995, 25 percent of the solid waste generated be diverted from landfill disposal or transformation facilities through programs such as source reduction, recycling, and composting. This act further mandates that this diversion rate increase to 50 percent by the year 2000. In compliance with AB 939, the Solid Waste Division of the San Joaquin County Department of Public Works has prepared a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE). This SRRE indicates that a regional materials recovery facility should be developed in the south County area with the following solid waste functions: material recovery, transfer of residual waste, composting, and wood processing. The project applicant, Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management, Inc., of Tracy, California, currently provides refuse collection for the City of Tracy and portions of the unincorporated south County area. Collected refuse is then disposed of at the County -owned Corral Hollow Landfill located approximately five miles southwest of the City of Tracy along Highway 580. This Class III landfill currently receives approximately 1,200 cubic yards of nonhazardous solid waste per day, six days per week, from the City of Tracy and the surrounding unincorporated area and is scheduled for closure by January 1995. Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management, Inc., is seeking to establish the Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility in order to provide materials recovery and transfer services, given the planned closure of the Corral Hollow is Landfill. Until the County establishes a replacement site for the Corral Hollow Landfill, solid waste will be transferred via the proposed Tracy Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility to either the North County or Foothill Sanitary Landfills. Without the proposed transfer station, the waste would be hauled to these landfills (a distance of approximately 45 miles one way) by commercial collection vehicles and private residents. With the proposed transfer station, waste would be transported from the project site to one of the landfills in large trailers with up to 25 -ton capacity. To date, the County has not been successful in locating a replacement site for the closing landfill. However, the County intends to permit and develop a new sanitary landfill in the south County area if a site can be identified and secured. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS: The site is designated as A/G (General Agriculture) on the maps of the 2010 General Plan and zoned AG - 40 (General Agriculture; 40 -acre minimum parcel size), which is a consistent implementing zone for the A/G General Plan designation. The project is consistent with the General Plan Objectives and Policies regarding the operation and location of waste facilities, as described in the Solid Waste Disposal section of the Infrastructure Services chapter. The proposed use falls within the °Major Impact Services" use type and may be permitted in the AG -40 zone with an approved Use Permit application. AREA/NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY: Land Use: From 1971 to 1975, the project site was mined for gravel by Lone Star Industries, which resulted in a large excavated pit approximately 30 feet deep that makes up most of the 39.2 -acre site. Except for the office and maintenance building and related activities, the transfer station building,