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ENVIRO)1» TAL HEALTH DIVISION r r M-= HUGGINS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ATTN; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ' • cR. '�;p• 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON,CA 95205-6232 C1FOW PHONE:209/488.3121 FAX:2091468-3163 November 15, 1999 P MEMORANDUM TO: Reviewing Agencies and Interested Persons FROM: Thomas M. Gau Senior Civil Engineer Development Services/ Engineering Division SUBJECT: REVIEW OF DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. ER-99-2 FOR THE PROPOSED CITY OF STOCKTON AUSTIN ROAD LANDFILL EXPANSION PROJECT(SCH NO. 90020718) I Attached for your review and comment is the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) prepared for the proposed City of Stockton Austin Road Landfill Expansion project which is located on the west side of Austin Road, approximately two(2) miles south of Mariposa Road and is both within the Stockton City limits and the unincorporated area of San Joaquin County. The City of Stockton's 182.5-acre Austin Road Landfill has been operated by the City since 1960 to dispose of a major portion of the City's municipal solid waste, In the early 1990s, the City of Stockton initiated a project to expand the landfill's capacity. The City developed a plan for expansion onto 219 acres adjacent to the existing landfill, including diversion of the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek. The City obtained the necessary permits,and completed and certified an Environmental Impact Report on the proposed expansion on September 6, 1994(State Clearinghouse No. 90020718),but the landfill expansion was never implemented. The City of Stockton proposes to sell the permitted Austin Road Landfill (including the expansion option and the permits already obtained) to a private firm. The proposed expansion project is the same as that analyzed in the certified 1994 EIR. It includes vertical landfill expansion(additional waste disposed on top of the existing permitted landfill area), horizontal i expansion of the landfill onto the existing borrow pit and an additional 73 acres south of the existing landfill, a new borrow pit and space for future composting and materials recovery facility north of the existing landfill, 17 acres of wildlife habitat and floodplain, and diversion of the ' North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek, which currently flows between the proposed landfill expansion area and the existing landfill. When transferred to private ownership,the landfill will revert to the jurisdiction of San Joaquin County, and will require a County Use Permit, General Plan Amendment, and Zone Reclassification. It also will require changes in the City of Stockton's General Plan and zoning. The other required permits for the Iandfill expansion would remain in effect. The Draft Supplemental EIR identified the loss of prime farmland as a significant unavoidable impact. 5 F