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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 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE This Initial Study of environmental impacts is being prepared to conform to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations 15000 et. seq.), and the regulations and policies of the San Joaquin County. This Initial Study evaluates the potential environmental impacts which might reasonably be anticipated to result from implementation of the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project (project). San Joaquin County (County) is the Lead Agency under CEQA and has prepared this Initial Study to address the impacts of implementing the proposed project. The purpose of the project is to revise the provisions of Solid Waste Facilities Permit (SWFP) SWIS 39-AA-0022 issued by the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. This permit allows a maximum tonnage of 1,200 tons of solid waste intake per day and a traffic volume of 850 vehicles per day. The projected closure year is 2048. However, to improve financial efficiency, the County plans to consolidate waste disposal services. Therefore, the County is proposing those limits be increased to 4,000 tons and 1,200 vehicles per day. As no site changes are proposed, the project will enable the County to consolidate solid waste disposal services. 2.0 PROJECT INFORMATION 2.1 Project Title North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project 2.2 Lead Agency Name and Address San Joaquin County 44 North San Joaquin Street Stockton, CA 95202 2.3 Contact Person and Phone Number Mark Houghton PO Box 1810 1810 E Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95201 (209) 468-3066 2.4 Project Location The project site is located within San Joaquin County on a relatively flat parcel (Assessor’s Parcel Number [APN] 065-12-004) (Figure 1); it is owned and operated by the County. The project site is bounded by undeveloped agricultural land to the north, south, east, and west. The landfill is approximately 320 acres, 185 of which is used for the disposal of various types of non-hazardous solid waste.