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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project Impact 4.19-3: Implementation of the proposed Project would result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the Project that it does not have adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments. Impact Determination: No Impact Threshold: Would result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the Project that it does not have adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments. During construction the only wastewater demand would be for onsite construction workers. This demand would be served by onsite portable toilets. Operational impacts related to wastewater treatment are discussed in draft EIR Chapter 3.0 Project Description and Section 4.12 Hydrology and Water Quality. As discussed in these sections, Project generated wastewater would be treated onsite by a private sewage treatment package plant system. Therefore, the Project would not impact the capacity of any existing wastewater treatment plant or any treatment plant's ability to continue meeting existing service commitments.There would be no impact. Mitigation Measures None required. Impact 4.19-4: Implementation of the proposed Project would generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals. Impact Determination: less than significant. Threshold: Would generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals. Physical landfill capacity is defined as the remaining volumetric capacity of existing landfills. Physical capacity represents the volume available to be filled and is different from the rate at which materials would enter the landfill. On an annual basis, the County generates around 700,000 tons of Class III waste, or municipal solid waste, of which 390,000 tons are sent to County-owned facilities, including the Foothill and North County landfills, and 310,000 tons are sent to the Forward Landfill which is owned and operated by Allied Waste (San Joaquin County. 2016b). Nearly all of the solid waste that is sent to both the North County and Foothill landfills each year originates in the County, with a very small percentage of waste attributed to residents of neighboring counties using the drop off areas located at each landfill. Forward Landfill accepts additional tons of Class III waste from neighboring counties and it accepts Class II waste (contaminated soils, etc.) that are not allowed by permit at the County Landfills. Using standard generation rates from CalRecycle (10.53 lbs per employee per day), it is estimated that the proposed Project would generate an additional 2,422 lbs per day(230 employees x 10.53 = 2,422), for a total of 442 tons annually (2,422 x 365 days/2000 lbs in a ton = 442 tons/year).This represents a conservative estimate; according to the San Joaquin County General Plan the actual waste generated by Utilities and Service Systems 4.21-13 October 2021