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1.5 SITE PLAN DESCRIPTION The LMRF&TS is a large volume Transfer Station facility located on approximately 15 acres (Figure 2). The Transfer Station activities, including the MRF, take place on approximately 10.64 acres. The Transfer Building consists of 120,000 square foot pre-engineered metal building with 24 stalls for residential or non-automatic disposal, nine stalls for automated disposal and one transfer pit. The non-automatic disposal vehicles are those that can not automatically mechanically dump or unload waste on the tipping floor. Typically these vehicles must be unloaded by manually moving the waste, and therefore the person delivering the load manually handles the waste (pick-up trucks or autos, for example). Conversely, automated disposal vehicles are equipped with a mechanism that can be actuated by the vehicle driver to tip or unload the waste (packer trucks or dump trucks). Station traffic will be processed according to the above distinctions. The operation of the LMRF&TS is currently permitted by SWFP number 39-AA-008 issued by San Joaquin County Public Health Services, Environmental Health Department issued April 1, 1994, revised April 1, 1999 and Use Permit UP-93-2. The Transfer Station is designed to accept municipal solid waste and serve the Central County Area. This area includes the Cities of Tracy, Manteca, Lathrop, Ripon, Escalon, Stockton, and the surrounding communities. The MRF is a regional facility designed to assist the jurisdictions and the surrounding areas in complying with the waste reduction and recycling mandates of AB 939. The MRF accepts commingled recyclables, source - separated recyclables, refuse and materials brought in for buy-back. Materials designated for recovery are manually and loaded using equipment to separate recyclables. The recyclables are then sold to secondary materials markets. The residual waste is then loaded into transfer vehicles through the on-site transfer pit located at the northern end of the tipping floor within the transfer building. All waste unloaded directly onto the tipping floor is also inspected for salvageable and/or banned material. The facility has designated areas for unloading and transfer of solid waste from the refuse collectors and the general public, unloading of source separated recyclables, storage of recyclable materials, for wood waste, yard waste and electronics storage and processing, for vehicle parking, office administrative activities, hazardous waste storage from on-site refuse load checking activities, and for miscellaneous activities related to the items listed above. Access to the facility is from Lovelace Road (Figure 2). Waste is brought to the LMRF&TS from Tracy, Ripon, Escalon, Manteca, Stockton, Lathrop, and the surrounding areas by a mix of licensed haulers, commercial businesses, and residential self haul customers. Waste materials are transferred into large transfer vehicles and transported to one of two landfills, the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, or the Foothill Sanitary Landfill, both located within a 35 mile radius of the site. 1.6 ADJACENT LAND USE Land use within 1,000 feet of the LMRF&TS included the following: agricultural uses including vineyards and nut groves to the north, west and east. The nearest residence is located on a large agricultural parcel within 300 feet from the facility. Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division Transfer Processing Report 3 County of San Joaquin-Revised 7/26/05