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PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS The Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill has been in operation since the mid -1950's and has operated under Solid Waste Facilities Permit No. 39 -AA -005 since 1983. The facility was jointly operated by the City of Tracy and San Joaquin county until July 1, 1990, when the Solid Waste Division of the San Joaquin County Department of Public Works assumed operational responsibility. The facility receives an average of 850 cubic yards of waste per day including: residential refuse, commercial wastes, industrial wastes, construction and demolition wastes, tires, and agricultural wastes. The facility operates Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No salvage or recycling operations are presently conducted at the site. As the new operator, San Joaquin County is required to obtain a new Solid Waste Facilities Permit from the Environmental Health Division of San Joaquin County Public Health Services. As part of that permit application, the County is proposing to increase the average daily volume at the landfill from 850 cubic yards (156 tons) per day to 1,200 cubic yards (221 tons) per day. The County is also requesting that a peak volume of 1,800 cubic yards (331 tons) per day be permitted. When the current Solid Waste Facilities Permit was issued in 1983, the projected site life of the landfill was estimated to be six years (capacity in 1989). However, capacity still remains at the facility. As part of the present application, the County has calculated the remaining site life estimate to be January 1995. Other than increased quantities of solid waste to be received by the facility under this project, no operational or refuse type changes are anticipated. Implementation of this project may result in some potential environmental effects which are discussed in the following Initial Study. 0