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V. Alternatives to the Project RELATIONSHIP OF THIS ALTERNATIVE TO PROJECT SPONSOR'S OBJECTIVES This alternative would partially meet the project sponsor's objectives. It would allow the project sponsor to provide the City of Stockton with a long-term disposal facility;however,the length of time that the service could be provided would be 27 years less than with the project since the landfill capacity would be smaller under this scenario. By not realigning Little Johns Creek, significant water quality problems could occur. The City would be allowed to comply with environmental objectives,including appropriate management of storm water and leachate. With the Current-Footprint-with-Increased-Elevation Alternative most of the impacts would be reduced. However,the impacts to water quality,particularly those related to Little Johns Creek, would be greater and traffic would be greater under this alternative. Hauling of waste to Foothill Landfill and the related impacts would occur sooner than if the project were implemented. D. CURRENT-FOOTPRINT-WITH-INCREASED-ELEVATION-AND-CREEK- REALIGNMENT-SOUTH ALTERNATIVE DESCRIPTION This alternative assumes the permitted landfill would increase its height from 90 feet MSL to 150 feet MSL and that part of Little Johns Creek would be realigned to the south of the 45 acre parcel. This alternative does not include filling operations to the southeast on the Brocchini parcel. The CYA parcel to the north and the Brocchini parcel to the southeast would be needed as a borrow source for cover material and either parcel could accommodate recycling,tire handling,and temporary hazardous materials storage, and administrative facilities. This alternative has a refuse capacity of 10 million cubic yards and would close in 2024. The realignment of the creek increases the waste disposal area of the existing footprint by about 2 million cubic yards. The current footprint with increased elevation would close sooner than the proposed expanded landfill. Waste would have to be hauled to another landfill sooner than with the project. Total truck miles traveled with this alternative would increase sooner than with the project because the waste would be hauled longer distances for disposal at Foothill Landfill. Some of the impacts would occur over a shorter period of time since the life of the landfill would be shortened,although most of these impacts would be transferred to the Foothill Landfill. Realigning the creek to the south would relocate the project's impacts on biology,geology,and hydrology,particularly increasing the creek length and therefore decreasing the creek gradient and flow. The creek would increase in length by 558 feet,a distance of 268 feet longer than with V.16