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Item No.2
<br /> PC: 12-16-93
<br /> ER-93-1 NP-93-4
<br /> Page 3
<br /> The facility has been.planned to accommodate projected growth in the south County area, both within
<br /> the City of Tracy and surrounding unincorporated areas,
<br /> Except for the wood storage and composting activities, nearly all of the on-site operations will be
<br /> conducted indoors. This includes maintenance of TMRF vehicles as well as the tipping of refuse from
<br /> refuse collection vehicles, sorting of recyclables, and the processing of solid waste that cannot be
<br /> recycled for transfer to the landfill. An administration and maintenance building is proposed, at the
<br /> extreme southem end of the site which will house officres as well'as vehicle maintenance facilities. Another
<br /> building,shown on the site plan as the transfer station, initially planned to contain approximately 40,000
<br /> square fees,is proposed to be constructed within the southern portion of the 30400t-deep pit on the site.
<br /> This structure will house the tipping floor,sorting area and lines, processing and load-out areas, and a
<br /> refuse transfer area. The applicants anticipate that this building may ultimately be expanded to the north
<br /> and west to accommodate additional volume in the future. This building will be approximately 35 feet tall
<br /> and constructed with a concrete slab floor with metal siding and roof.
<br /> Parking for employees and visitors will be located adjacent to the proposed administration 'and
<br /> maintenance building,located at the southern end of the site,and out of the.recidimed gravel pit, where
<br /> the actual refuse operations will be conducted. Parking areas, a truck wash, and a fueling station for
<br /> company trucks and equipment will be constructed in the center portion ofthe reclaimed gravel pit.
<br /> Driveways*and parking and maneuvering areas will be surfaced with asphalt or coijQrete. Access to the
<br /> site is via a driveway off of MacArthur Drive located at the northern end of the site:' bornmerclai vehicles
<br /> and self-haul vehicles will pass by a gatehouse;located midway along the driveway,prior to arrival at the
<br /> transfer station, At that point,commercial vehicles will be weighed,and private self-haul vehicles will have
<br /> their loads checked and be charged a vehicle fee. This gatehouse is located far enough off of MacArthur
<br /> Drive and the access driveway is long enough to accommodate any vehicles waiting to access the facility
<br /> without having traffic backed up onto MacArthur Drive.
<br /> CERTIFICATION OF THE FINAL EIR
<br /> Based upon a preliminary determination that the project had the potential to result in.potentially.significant,
<br /> adverse environmental impacts, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared for the project by
<br /> the San Joaquin County Community Development Department, under contract to the project applicants.
<br /> The EIR addressed the following issues: land use/planning policy, vegetation and wildlife resources,
<br /> traffic/circulation, geology/geotechnical, water resources, noise, air quality, public services, cultural
<br /> resources, visual/aesthetics,and public health and safety. No significant,unavoidable, adverse impacts
<br /> were identified in the Final EIR.
<br /> Hearings on the Draft EIR were held for the public and the Planning Commission on October 27, 1993,
<br /> and November 4;_ 1993, respectively. No comments on the Draft EIR were made at either of these
<br /> hearings. All oral and written comments received during the 45=day review period for the Draft EIR have
<br /> been responded to and included in the Final EIR. Where necessary, the text of the draft document has
<br /> been amended as a result of the public review process. Final EIR's were distributed to the Planning
<br /> Commission on December 6, 1993, with copies and/or notices of availability to interested persons,
<br /> 1 organizations, and local agencies also mailed on December 6, 1993. All agencies and persons
<br /> J commenting on the Draft EIR were also sent responses to their comments on December 2, 1993, prior
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