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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. PROJECT BACKGROUND Stockton Scavengers Association, a subsidiary of Waste Management, Incorporated, operates a solid waste transfer station at 1240 Navy Drive in Stockton. In 1989 Stockton Scavengers Association applied to the City of Stockton for a Use Permit to expand operations from approximately 12 tons per day (TPD)to approximately 300 TPD. The City prepared an EIR (EIR 5-88) which was certified by the City Planning Commission on June 8, 1989. The City issued Use Permit No. 56-88 for the project on June 20, 1989. However, the project was not initiated, and a new CUP and corresponding CEQA documentation must be prepared to address changes in the project since the original EIR was certified. 1989 EIR The 1989 EIR analysis focussed on potential environmental impacts to Land Use,Public Health and Safety, and Traffic and Circulation,and identified measures to mitigate all the identified impacts to less than significant levels. The focus of the EIR analysis was determined prior to its preparation by a scoping process involving a Notice of Preparation(NOP)and preparation of an Expanded Initial Study. The NOP and Expanded Initial Study were sent to responsible and trustee agencies and other interested parties to solicit guidance regarding the scope and content of the EIR. During the scoping process,the following environmental effects were found not to be significant, or to be mitigable to a level of insignificance by measures proposed as part of the project, and therefore were not discussed in detail in the EIR: Visual Quality, Noise, Air Quality, Public Services and Utilities, and Hydrology and Water Quality. All the environmental impacts of the project evaluated in the 1989 EIR were mitigable to less than significant levels. B. PURPOSE OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EIR Stockton Scavengers Association currently proposes to expand its operations to approximately 1,150 TPD, including up to 150 TPD of green waste; to accept other categories of nonhazardous waste in addition to the commercial and industrial waste currently processed at the transfer station; and to add material recovery and green waste transfer operations at the project site. Presently approximately 1.5 TPD are processed at the site. In addition, the project would involve rezoning the portion of the site east of Pershing Avenue from Light Industry (M-1)to Heavy Industry (M-2) and the portion of the site west of Pershing from Commercial Manufacturing (CM)to M-2. The potential impacts of these zoning changes are analyzed in the SEIR, as well. Storkton Scavenger Transfer Station Erpansion I.1 ESA/990190