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No Mr. Harry Riddle August 25, 1981 San Joaquin County Planning Dept. Page 3 Population, page 8: The second sentence of the second paragraph of this section contains a wholly false statement, given the capacity of other available solid waste disposal facilities and sites. The last two sentences of the second paragraph require evidenciary support if they are to remain in the document. Public Services, page 9: There is a dearth of information in this report concerning the costs of development of the site, including the proposed mitigation measures. In order to be able to make an informed decision, the decision makers need to have before them the projected development costs of this site, as well as its reasonable alternatives. Noise, page 12: The last sentence of this section presents a typicaT—example of the "judgments" which appear throughout this document which, as noted at the outset, requires exposition of the qualifications of those making them. There are in fact residents adjacent to this property. There is a County road adjacent to it. There are frequent I workers in the vicinity involved in the operations of the adjacent properties. Is the noise level not significant only because of the relatively small number of people exposed? Topography, page 13: This area of the County is characterized by soils with slow permeab i 1 i ty which generate cons i der ab 1 e surface run-off. Yet there is virtually no way to assess the surface drainage from the site, the information presented being conclusionary in nature. Figure 4, to which the reader is directed for illustration of topography is but a soils map from which it is certainly difficult to grasp any of the topographical features of the site. Soils, pages 13-20: The first paragraph of this section indicates that the USDA Soil Conservation Service information has been revised since the Kleinfelder Report. It is not clear, however, whether the Kleinfelder Report h as been updated. At the very least, current information should be utilized in the EIR. Furthermore, the productivity of these soils should be addressed head on. The most casual inspection of the vineyards which have been developed on adjacent land reveals that these soils are capable of extremely high productivity under modern management practices. It is especially important that the subsoil permeabilitu, characteristics be carefully examined since the site overlays a grou water supply of great significance. There is reason to believe that t subsoil permeability in the area in question is better than the repo indicates since vineyards, which normally require well drained soil have been suitably established after ripping the hardpans near t!! surface. The establishment of a landfill operation will, of cours]