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' ODUCTION <br /> San Joaquin County is reINTRsponsible for the administration and <br /> implementation of the County-Wide Integrated Solid Waste Management <br /> Plan required by the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. The <br /> County Board of Supervisors has appointed the Department of Public <br /> Works the lead agency responsible for preparing and implementing <br /> the Plan. The Department 's Solid Waste Division is assigned this <br /> responsibility. The Division is currently preparing the County's <br /> first County-Wide Integrated Waste Management Plan as required by <br /> the ACT. <br /> To aid in the planning for the disposal needs of the County, the <br /> Division compiles waste quantity data regarding the amounts of <br /> solid waste delivered to the various disposal facilities throughout <br /> the County. <br />{ ' The purpose of this report is to present available information <br /> about the waste quantities delivered during the 1989 calendar year <br /> to the disposal facilities throughout the County. Following is a <br /> list of disposal facilities which are included in this report. <br /> - HarneyLane e Sanitary Landfill <br /> - Austin Road Sanitary Landfill <br /> - French Camp Sanitary Landfill <br /> - Forward Incorporated Sanitary Landfill <br /> - Lovelace Transfer Station <br /> - Foothill Sanitary Landfill <br /> - Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill <br /> METHODS OF MEASURING WASTE QUANTITIES <br /> Basically, there are two methods <br /> for quantifying waste received at <br /> the above facilities. They are - measuring the volume of the waste <br /> in cubic yards and measuring the weight of the waste in pounds or <br /> tons. Waste is brought to facilities in different types of <br /> vehicles, some of which are designed to compact large amounts of <br /> waste into smaller areas. Other vehicles are loaded very loosely <br /> with waste. Therefore, two vehicles of the same size may not <br /> actually contain the same amount of waste. Weight is a better <br /> measure of waste quantity than volume. When two loads of the same <br /> volume have different amounts of waste due to compaction, the load <br /> which is compacted will weigh more than the non-compacted load. <br /> Not all facilities have scales capable of weighing incoming waste. <br /> The County's Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill and Lovelace Transfer <br /> Station have scales, and in 1989, scales were certified at <br /> Stockton ' s Austin Road Landfill. Scales at County sites are <br /> connected to computers which generate a significant amount of <br /> 1 <br />