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5 – Effects Found Not To Be Significant Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 5-20 Solid Waste and Related Regulations Solid waste generated in the Project area is collected and transported by the County’s contract waste hauler, Tracy Disposal Service. The City of Tracy’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.3 The Tracy Material Recovery Facility has a daily intake capacity of 1,800 tons of solid waste and on average takes in 354 tons per day (CalRecycle 2020a). The maximum permitted daily throughput of the Foothill Sa nitary 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 (CalRecycle 2020b). Given that both the Tracy 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. 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 Assembly Bill (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 set a goal of 75% recycling, composting, and source reduction of solid waste by 2020. To help reach this goal, the state 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 projects, would be required to comply with these solid waste provisions during construction and operational phases. Therefore, impacts associated with solid waste disposal regulations would be less than significant. 5.13 Wildfire Impairment of Emergency Response Plan or Emergency Evacuation Plan CAL FIRE has designated areas south and southwest of the Project site as being within a Moderate FHSZ within a Local Responsibility Area (CAL FIRE 2020). In addition, some undeveloped hillside areas in the Diablo Mountains south of I-580, approximately 3.7 miles southwest of the Project site, are designated as being within a High FHSZ within an SRA (CAL FIRE 2020). These ratings do not extend to the Project site, and the Delta Mendota Canal 3 This estimate does not account for diversion of recyclables from the solid waste stream and, thus, should be considered a conservative projection.