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{ ATTACHMENT B FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL EPACTS NVINTIFIED IN RONMENTAL TALE AUSTIN ROAD LANDFILL EXPANSION IMPACT REPORT (SCH.#90020718) I.INTRODUCTION The San Joaquin County Planning Commission,in approving the County Use Permit,General Plan Amendment,and zone reclassification for the Austin Road Landfill Expansion as required to i allow the City of Stockton to sell the Landfill to a private solid waste management firm,makes the findings described below and adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations presented as Attachment C. These Findings are based upon the entire record before the Planning Commission, j including the Supplemental EIR(SEIR)prepared by the San Joaquin County Community ency under the California Environmental Quality Development Department acting as the lead ag dated Act(CEQA). The SEIR consists of the Notice of Preparation,Draa ed b p San JoaSuplemental ui nCounty. November 12, 1999, and Final SEIR dated January 31,2000,prepared Y q The Initial Study for the SEIR evaluated,and updated as necessary,the Environmental Impact E sion project in 1994 by the City of Stockton,then Report prepared for the proposed landfill expan acting as lead agency. Appropriate sections of the 1994 EIR are incorporated into the SEIR by reference and via the Initial Study. II.PROTECT SUMMARY A.PROJECT DESCRIPTION The subject of the Supplemental EIR is the County Use Permit,General Plan Amendment,and zone reclassification to permit privatization and expansion of the existing Austin Road Landfill. Ori inall Pro osed Landfill Expansion Project In the early 1990x,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 a 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). Permits were acquired for the landfill expansion but the expansion project was not implemented. Currently Proposed Project 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 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 2