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Caroll Mortensen January 13, 2012 Page 7 Apparently recognizing the failure of the SWFP ND to address these operational impacts, the LEA asserts that a 2003 EIR (SCH # 2001052081) "allows the site to operate on Sundays." See LEA November 21, 2011 Notice of Public Information Meeting, attached. Yet the LEA has provided no documentation that the 2003 DEIR did in fact explicitly analyze the environmental impacts that would result from Sunday operations. One would expect, the SWFP ND would have, at the very least, included a summary of the applicable analysis from the 2003 DEIR. Nor does the SWFP ND acknowledge that, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board ("CIWMB") (now Cairecycle), the terms and conditions of the landfill's 2003 Permit issued by the LEA restrict facility operations and receipt of waste and operation hours to ten Sundays per year. See CIWMB Resolution 2003-323 (Revised) (emphasis added), attached. This restriction exists in light of any analysis that may have been undertaken in the 2003 EIR. Moreover, as discussed below, this restriction was likely imposed to protect nearby residents' quality of life and, therefore, operating the facility an additional ten Sundays per year would necessarily adversely impact area residents. 1. The Increase in Sunday Operations Will Have Potentially Significant Impacts on Transportation -Related Public Safety. The Forward Landfill is located in a rural, agricultural community. Currently on those Sundays when the landfill does not operate, traffic volumes on area roadways are relatively low. If approved, the SWFP Revision would result in the addition of up to 1,240 daily landfill -related truck trips on area roadways on ten additional Sundays per year. This substantial increase in truck trips has the potential to adversely impact traffic operations and result in an elevated risk of accidents. Bicyclists, in particular, would be exposed to an elevated risk of accidents as landfill -related trucks routinely travel on two area roadways that are currently used by bicycles. The Unincorporated San Joaquin County Bikeway Plan identifies the portion of Mariposa Road extending east from Austin Road as a "Roads Currently Used by Bicyclists" and French Camp Road is a proposed Class 3 Bike Route. 2010 DEIR at IV.B-3. The use of these roadways by bicyclists is likely to be much higher on weekends then weekdays since the majority of recreational bicycle riding occurs on the weekend. The increase in truck and vehicular travel resulting from the SWFP Revision has the 'SHUTEJ MIHALY �.._WEINBERGERu-P