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construction of private septic systems. Prior to issuance of a Sanitation Permit, the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division will review the proposed septic system to ensure the project's septic system is sufficiently sized and meets applicable development standards. As such, no determination of adequate capacity by a wastewater treatment provider is necessary to accommodate the project. Impacts with regard to wastewater treatment would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. d) Less-than-Significant Impact. Solid waste generated in the project area is collected and transported by the County's contract waste hauler, Tracy Disposal Service. The City's solid waste is taken to the Tracy Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station on South MacArthur Drive before being sent to the Foothill Sanitary Landfill. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery publishes solid waste generation rates based on land use types. According the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, manufacturing/warehouse uses generate 1.42 pounds of solid waste per 100 square feet per day(CalRecycle n.d.). Based on these generation rates, operation of the proposed 678,913 total square feet of warehouse uses could generate solid waste at a rate of approximately 9,640 pounds of solid waste (approximately 4.8 tons) per day.' e) The Material Recovery Facility has a daily intake capacity of 1,000 tons of solid waste and on average takes in 354 tons per day. The maximum permitted daily throughput of the Foothill Sanitary Landfill is 1,500 tons per day. This facility has a permitted capacity of 138 million cubic yards and has a remaining capacity to accommodate 125 million cubic yards of solid waste. Current permits indicate a closure in 2082. Given that both the Material Recovery Facility and the Foothill Sanitary Landfill have ample remaining capacity to accept additional solid waste, the project's solid waste generation would represent only a nominal percentage of these facilities' permitted daily throughput and permitted capacities. Therefore, impacts associated with permitted landfill capacity would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. f) Less-Than-Significant Impact. All collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste generated by the project would comply with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. Under AB 939, the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, local jurisdictions are required to develop source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting programs to reduce the amount of solid waste entering landfills. Local jurisdictions are mandated to divert at least 50% of their solid waste generation into recycling. The project would be required to submit plans to the County's Public Works Department for review and approval to ensure the plan would comply with AB 939. In addition, the state has set an ambitious goal of 75% recycling, composting, and source reduction of solid waste by 2020. To help reach this goal, the state has adopted AB 341 and AB 1826. AB 341 is a mandatory commercial recycling bill, and AB 1826 is mandatory organic recycling. Waste generated by the project would enter the County's waste stream but would not adversely affect the County's ability to meet AB 939, AB 341, or AB 1826, since the project's waste generation would represent a nominal percentage of the waste created within the County. The project, much like other project and agencies, would be required to comply with these solid waste provisions during both construction and operational phases. Therefore, impacts associated with solid waste disposal regulations would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. 3 This estimate does not account for diversion of recyclables from the solid waste stream and,thus, should be considered a conservative projection. Enter project#s. —Initial Study 36