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Facility Capacity Study Tracy Materia/Recovery Facility and Transfer Station Expansion 30703 S. Mac 9rthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 Facility Capacity Study Project Overview This proposed project is the expansion of the Tracy Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station (Tracy MRF & TS) which is owned and operated by Tracy Material Recovery & Solid Waste Transfer, Inc. of Tracy, California. The proposed expansion will enable the facility to meet the needs of AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and better serve the long-term needs of the local community to provide improved landfill diversion opportunities and greenhouse gas reduction strategies, as well as providing the establishment of a regional hub that will enable the processing and transfer of recyclable materials with enhanced economies of scale and reduced environmental impacts. The purpose of the Facility Capacity Study is to demonstrate that Facility's design capacity can accommodate the proposed permitted capacity. The Tracy MRF & TS serves the City of Tracy and the Southern San Joaquin County area. Refuse and recyclables from the City of Tracy and the unincorporated County area are brought to the facility for sorting and processing. Recyclables are transported to vendors and residuals are transported to a disposal site. The facility has been instrumental in enabling Tracy and San Joaquin County to meet AB 939 goals, removing valuable recyclables from the waste stream and providing refuse transfer capability, thus reducing air quality impacts of diesel emissions. In addition to the transfer capability of the facility, a materials recovery and recycling program consisting of the removal from the waste stream of aluminum, glass, paper, metals, wood, inerts, cardboard, plastics and yard waste is conducted. Organic materials (consisting of yard waste, agricultural waste, and food waste) are managed at the onsite composting facility. Tracy Material Recovery & Solid Waste Transfer, Inc. vehicle maintenance and operations facilities are also housed at the facility. The expansion of the facility will include an increase in the overall incoming tonnage from the current 1,000 tons per day (TPD) to the proposed throughput capacity of 2,500 TPD. The majority of the increased design capacity is achieved through the addition of technologically-improved material recovery facility (MRF) equipment coupled with expanded MRF processing hours. Additionally, an expansion of the composting operations — while not increasing the throughput tonnage - will involve broadening the types of organics processed from yard waste to include pre- and post-consumer food waste. Increased tonnages of construction and demolition/inert debris (CDI) is also expected as a result of substantial projected area growth and the anticipated development of CDI ordinances — ordinances that mandate the recycling of CDI debris resulting from commercial and residential construction and demolition projects — that are prevalent on both a statewide and local basis. 1