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Facility Capacity Study <br /> Tracy Material Recovery& Transfer Facility Expansion <br /> 30703 S. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 <br /> Facility Capacity Study <br /> Project Overview <br /> This proposed project is the expansion of the Tracy Material Recovery and Transfer <br /> Facility (Tracy MRF) which is owned and operated by Tracy Material Recovery & Solid <br /> Waste Transfer, Inc. of Tracy, California. The proposed expansion will enable the facility to <br /> meet the needs of AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and better <br /> serve the long-term needs of the local community to provide improved landfill diversion <br /> opportunities and greenhouse gas reduction strategies, as well as providing the <br /> establishment of a regional hub that will enable the processing and transfer of recyclable <br /> materials with enhanced economies of scale and reduced environmental impacts. The <br /> purpose of the Facility Capacity Study is to demonstrate that Facility's design capacity can <br /> accommodate the proposed permitted capacity. <br /> The Tracy MRF serves the City of Tracy and the Southern San Joaquin County area. <br /> Refuse and recyclables from the City of Tracy and the unincorporated County area are <br /> brought to the facility for sorting and processing. Recyclables are transported to vendors <br /> and residuals are transported to a disposal site. The facility has been instrumental in <br /> enabling Tracy and San Joaquin County to meet AB 939 goals, removing valuable <br /> recyclables from the waste stream and providing refuse transfer capability, thus reducing <br /> air quality impacts of diesel emissions. <br /> In addition to the transfer capability of the facility, a materials recovery and recycling <br /> program consisting of the removal from the waste stream of aluminum, glass, paper, <br /> metals, wood, inerts, cardboard, plastics and yard waste is conducted. Organic materials <br /> (consisting of yard waste, agricultural waste, and food waste) are managed at the onsite <br /> composting facility. Tracy Material Recovery & Solid Waste Transfer, Inc. vehicle <br /> maintenance and operations facilities are also housed at the facility. <br /> The expansion of the facility will include an increase in the overall incoming tonnage from <br /> the current 1,000 tons per day (TPD) to the proposed throughput capacity of 2,500 TPD. <br /> The majority of the increased design capacity is achieved through the addition of <br /> technologically-improved material recovery facility (MRF) equipment coupled with <br /> expanded MRF processing hours. Additionally, an expansion of the composting operations <br /> — while not increasing the throughput tonnage - will involve broadening the types of <br /> organics processed from yard waste to include pre- and post-consumer food waste. <br /> Increased tonnages of construction and demolition/inert debris (CDI) is also expected as a <br /> result of substantial projected area growth and the anticipated development of CDI <br /> ordinances — ordinances that mandate the recycling of CDI debris resulting from <br /> commercial and residential construction and demolition projects — that are prevalent on <br /> both a statewide and local basis. <br /> 1 <br />