COMPLIANCE INFO_FINAL INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION 5/25

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North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 5 2.5 Existing General Plan Designation and Zoning District General Plan Designation: General Agriculture (A/G) Zoning District: General Agriculture (AG-40) 2.6 Surrounding Land Uses and Setting The project site is immediately adjacent to East Harney Lane to the north, connected to the facility’s access road. Surrounding land uses also include undeveloped agricultural parcels to the south, east, north, and west of the project. Scattered structures, including residences, are also within a mile of the project site. 3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Existing Setting The project site is located at 17720 East Harney Lane, east of the City of Lodi. The site is located less than a half mile south of East Harney Lane, connected via an access road that is the only direct route to the facility. State Route 88 is approximately four miles to the west , and the center of Lodi is approximately eight miles to the west. The project site has operated as a solid waste disposal and transfer/processing facility since 1991. It currently operates from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, seven days per week. The overall topography of the project site is flat with elevations ranging from approximately 110 to 120 feet above sea level. Adjacent land uses within 1,000 feet of the facility consist primarily of agricultural land, including vineyards, pastures, field crops, and fruit and nut orchards. There are also several structures, including residences, built on properties which are within a half mile or more from the landfill. According to the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPP), the facility operates under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 4953 for “landfills, land application sites, and open dumps”. It is a permitted Class III non-hazardous municipal solid waste landfill. The surface drainage system consists of ditches, culverts, and drains designed to convey surface water runoff and control erosion by reducing water velocities. The North County Landfill facility has two storm water discharge points. An on-site sedimentation basin receives the majority of surface water runoff from the landfill areas. Generally, water in the basin is retained for use on site, but when filled, the basin will discharge water into a grassy swale that drains to the mitigation area in the northern portion of the property. The sedimentation basin allows sediment and other pollutants to settle before water is discharged to the mitigation area. The mitigation area was contoured when the landfill was first constructed in 1992 to preserve wetlands in the landfill’s footprint. Outside of the landfill, South Paddy Creek was an intermittent stream that crosses the mitigation area north of the recycling center. The mitigation area holds most of the spill over from the sedimentation basin and other on-site drainage and only discharges to Paddy Creek in extreme events. Paddy Creek discharges into Bear Creek (approximately 2.8 miles southwest of the facility) and is part of the Bear Creek watershed. Bear Creek ultimately discharges into Disappointment Slough, which is tributary to the San Joaquin River and the California Delta. Due to a culvert pipe which connects the eastern adjacent parcel and North County Landfill, there is potential for run-on to enter the property from the east. However, grading of the east property has reduced or eliminated the historic channel to the point that there is minimal potential for run on from the east.