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area from various existing and proposed projects on nearby sensitive receptors can not be determined to be less than significant. 6. Despite implementation of all feasible mitigation, growth inducing impacts are considered significant and unavoidable. The Project would increase the availability of disposal facilities for biosolids, a regulated waste stream in California. Although the Project does not include any applications for sewer plant expansions, it could remove or reduce an obstacle to growth because the availability of facilities for disposal of biosolids could allow expansion of sewer plants which in turn. could provide sewer services for additional growth as a result of this Project. Findings This Board of Supervisors finds and determines, in approving the H.M. Holloway Landfill, that it has considered the identified means of lessening or avoiding the Project's significant effects and that to the extent any significant direct or indirect environmental effects, including cumulative Project impacts, remain significant and unavoidable or not mitigated to below a level of significance after mitigation, such impacts are at an acceptable level in light of the social, legal, economic, environmental, technological and other Project benefits discussed below, and such benefits override, outweigh, and make "acceptable" any such remaining environmental impacts of the Project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15093(a))- The following benefits and considerations outweigh such significant and unavoidable adverse environmental impacts. All of these benefits and considerations are based on the facts set forth in the CEQA Findings, the Final EIR, and the record of proceedings for the Project. Each of these benefits and considerations is a separate and independent basis that justifies approval of the Project, so that if a court were to set aside the determination that any particular benefit or consideration will occur and will justify Project approval, this Board of, Supervisors determines that it would stand by its determination that the remaining benefit(s) or considerations is, or are, sufficient to warrant Project approval Facts Each benefit set forth below constitutes an overriding consideration warranting approval of the Project, independent of the other benefits, and the Board of Supervisors determines that the adverse environmental impacts of the Project are "acceptable" if any one of these benefits will be realized. The Project will provide benefits to the County of Kern as follows: 9. Provide for the Environmentally Safe Disposal of Waste Streams that Currently Are Not Targeted for Recycling and/or Beneficial Reuse The proposed Project would serve local industries that produce waste streams such as lime cake, treated auto shredder wastes and spent sandblast media_ These waste streams are produced locally and not readily recyclable, or have limited potential to be diverted to beneficial reuse. These wastes are also not currently recycled or normally disposed of at County operated Solid Waste Facilities. In the case of fly ash, the Project has only taken in the residual wastes which have not been able to be diverted in the past to other uses. The facility location is in proximity to heavy industry which produces these wastes, such as the western Kern County oil producers and co-generation facilities. The Project would serve the disposal needs of these industries for waste streams that will continue to be produced close by and avoid the environmental impacts of longer transport to other disposal or diversion facilities. The Project 2 Statement of Overriding Considerations—Section 15093 March 15,2016 H-M.Holloway Landfill Modification Project Final Board of Supervisors