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<br /> <br />North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project <br />Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 <br />31 <br /> <br />4.2.6 Energy <br />Would the project: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less-than- <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less- <br />than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />a) Result in potentially significant <br />environmental impact due to wasteful, <br />inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of <br />energy resources, during project construction <br />or operation? <br /> <br />b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local <br />plan for renewable energy or energy <br />efficiency? <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING <br />Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is the primary utilities provider for residents and businesses in <br />San Joaquin County. Currently, the County does not have a specific plan relating to energy <br />usage. However, the General Plan does include multiple energy resource policies that encourage <br />projects to incorporate sustainable energy technology when feasible. Efforts to promote <br />sustainability in County operations include using Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) in <br />procurement, reducing waste and increasing recycling, increasing energy efficiency, generating <br />renewable energy, conserving water, and the use of fuel-efficient vehicles into County facilities, <br />operations, and activities (General Plan 2016). <br />DISCUSSION OF IMPACTS <br />a, b) Result in a potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or <br />unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or operation? <br />Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? <br />Less-than-Significant Impact <br />The project consists of a modification of landfill operations, which consists of expanded <br />operating hours, increased truck trips, and the addition of approximately six new employees. <br />Within the General Plan, there are policies related to the project to ensure that energy usage <br />related to landfill operations incorporates energy efficient measures when possible. Specifically, <br />Policy IS-3.5, which mandates the County purchase lower-emission and/or electric efficient <br />equipment when purchasing new fleet vehicles and maintenance/construction equipment; Policy <br />IS-3.6, which requires the County to use available clean energy and fuel sources where feasible <br />to operate its buildings, vehicles, and maintenance/construction equipment; and Policy IS-3.7, <br />which encourages employees to reduce vehicle idling and trips, and encourages efficient routing <br />and the use of public transportation. Due to the incorporation of these policies into continued <br />operation of the landfill, impacts related to energy consumption would be minimized. The project <br />would not alter the operational characteristics of the landfill in such a manner as to result in <br />wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources. The project would not <br />conflict with or obstruct implementation of a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy <br />efficiency. Therefore, project impacts would be less than significant.