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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.B-19 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project To perform the analysis, a very conservative assumption was made that the highest five-minute flow rates would occur consecutively. The excess queue (the line of trucks that forms because the number of trucks arriving in that five-minute period exceeds the maximum throughput rate of the scales) for each of these time intervals would therefore be additive, and the excess queue — would continually build during the hour. Similar to the assumption that all peak vehicles are trucks, this is a conservative assumption that yields the maximum possible queue length. As shown in Table IV.B-7, under maximum project conditions, the queue would build up to a maximum of 300 feet, which can be accommodated with the storage available on site (two lanes each 1,000 feet in length). This impact would be less than significant and no mitigation would be required. Impact B.4. Potential Project Impacts on Bicycles. (Same As 2013 EIR Impact B.4): The 2014 update of the transportation study found that the previous analysis of bicycle impacts also would apply to the 2014 Expansion Project. Since no bicycle facilities currently exist in the study area,no impact on bicyclists or bicycle facilities are expected. It is possible that added Forward Landfill truck traffic outside the study area may overlap with bikeways or bicycle usage. However, the added trips would disperse to many roadways outside the study area, and it is not expected that the increase on any individual roadway would create to a significant negative impact. This impact would be less than significant and no mitigation would be required. Impact B.5. Potential Project Impacts on Public Transit. (Same As 2013 EIR Impact B.5): The 2014 update of the transportation study found that the previous analysis of bicycle impacts also would apply to the 2014 Expansion Project. There is no transit service in the study area;thus, the project would not create any impacts on existing transit service. The nature of the proposed project is such that it would not create any significant demand for new transit service. This impact would be less than significant and no mitigation would be required. Cumulative Impact Analysis _ Two cumulative scenarios are described in this section. The first cumulative condition is composed of existing traffic conditions plus traffic generated by previously approved projects likely to be constructed in the near term. This near-term condition is referred to as Existing Plus Approved Projects (EPAP) conditions. The second cumulative scenario is a long-term forecast of traffic conditions in the year 2035. Both conditions assume full operation of the existing Forward Landfill for the life of the existing permits(see Project Description for a full discussion of permitted development). Both cumulative scenarios are described below. Previously Approved Projects County staff identified three nearby projects to include in the Approved Projects inventory for the transportation analysis conducted by Republic ITS for the previous 2013 EIR. Trips generated by these three projects were added to existing traffic volumes to develop EPAP conditions traffic volume estimates. As mentioned above, after the Republic ITS study was prepared, one of the approved projects identified in the 2013 EIR,the California Health Care Facility, was completed. (The California Health Care Facility is described in Setting, —