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 72 4.2.21 Mandatory Findings of Significance a) Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? Potentially Significant Impact Less-than- Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated Less- than- Significant Impact No Impact b) Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects)? c) Does the project have environmental effects that will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly? DISCUSSION OF IMPACTS a) Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? Less-than-Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated As discussed in Section 4.2.4, Biological Resources, the project does not have the potential to impact special-status species and sensitive natural communities. The project is limited to operational changes at an existing landfill and no construction activities or site expansion have been proposed. Furthermore, the project site is required to comply with the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan and SWPP. As no construction activities are proposed, neither the sedimentation basin nor mitigation area north of the project site will be impacted compared to current conditions. In summation, none of the project’s operational changes would have an impact on wildlife, habitats, or stormwater runoff into the creeks surrounding the project site. The impacts would be less than significant. Furthermore, project activities would not impact known cultural or tribal cultural resources. As discussed in Section 4.2.5, Cultural Resources, and Section 4.2.18, Tribal Cultural Resources, there