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MOUNTAIN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOODS K AND L INITIAL STUDY 5.ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 16.UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS manner similar to solid waste from Neighborhoods E, F, and G. Non-recyclable garbage would then be trucked to the Foothill Landfill in eastern San Joaquin County. The Foothill Landfill has a total remaining disposal volume of 76 million cubic yards. The San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division estimates that the Foothill Landfill will be able to provide solid waste disposal for all of San Joaquin County south of Stockton until the year 2044 (Johnson, 2006). As shown on Figure 13,3 of the Masker Plan, a 10-acre site in Old River Industrial Park of the Mountain House community will be reserved for a materials recovery facility and solid waste transfer station in case the Tracy facility is not expanded. If the Tracy facility is expanded,the Mountain House site could be made available for other public uses. Master Plan Implementation Measure 6.7.f requires that a 1-acre minimum area within the Mountain House Materials Recovery Facility site be set aside and made available for community recycling of green waste (yard and garden clippings). Part of this site could be used for on-site composting of green waste for re-use within the community. There are no plans for establishing a composting facility at the present time, and the MHCSD has not yet provided any equipment, such as a front-end loader and chipper,for composting. San Joaquin County provides three types of recycling services for the southwestern portion of the County: curbside pickup, buy-back centers, and drop-off centers. Hazardous waste generated in San Joaquin County is either disposed of at Forward Inc.,a Class II landfill within the county, or is transported outside the county for disposal. Disposal of household hazardous waste generated by the Mountain House community would be managed by the San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division,which has a regional program in-place. The currently proposed development within Neighborhoods K and L would not be substantially different from that evaluated in the 1994 MEIR or the SPII Initial Study. According to the SPII Initial Study, development in the SPII area,which includes Neighborhoods K and L,would generate 80.5 tons of solid waste per day,or 29,400 tons per year. This waste would occupy approximately 551,300 cubic yards of compacted landfill over 50 years and represent about 0.7 percent of the remaining disposal capacity of the Foothill Landfill. The SPII Initial Study concluded that the impact on available landfill capacity would be less than significant..The currently proposed plans would not substantially change the amount of development allowed in Neighborhoods K and L and therefore would not alter this conclusion. Also as described in the SPII initial Study, construction of the neighborhoods would generate considerable amounts of waste wood, metal, and other materials that could be recycled into useful products or help reduce the demand for new construction materials. Master Plan Implementation Measure 6.7d)states "recyclable construction waste shall be separated [from non-recyclable construction waste], and arrangement shall be made with the County,or on-site recycling services,for collection. Recycling of construction wastes shall be made r� (gull 1) 5-205