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PROJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT LOCATION The Foothill Sanitary Landfill is located approximately 18 miles east of the City of Stockton, in the extreme eastern portion of San Joaquin County. The facility is located on the east side of Waverly Road (refer to Figure l: Vicinity Map). PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS The Foothill Sanitary Landfill is a Class III solid waste facility which has been in operation since the mid -1960's. It has operated under Solid Waste Facilities Permit No. 39 -AA -0004 since 1992. The site is owned by San Joaquin County and operated by Foothill Sanitary Landfill Incorporated . The facility is currently permitted to receive a peak of 720 tons of waste per day including: residential refuse, commercial wastes., industrial wastes, construction and demolition wastes, tires, and agricultural wastes. In addition, the Foothill Sanitary Landfill currently performs limited recycling of tires and white goods. The facility operates seven days per week between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill is located approximately five miles southwest of Tracy, California, on Corral Hollow Road (Figure 2). The site is permitted to receive a peak of 330 tons per day. Most of the waste taken to Corral Hollow originates from Central San Joaquin County. The landfill site is scheduled to be closed in the spring of 1995. The County proposes to divert the waste received at the Corral Hollow site, after its closure, to the Foothill Sanitary Landfill. Most of the waste would be processed at the new Tracy Materials Recovery Facility, where recyclable materials will be removed, and the residue will be transported to the Foothill Sanitary Landfill. Since the Foothill Sanitary Landfill receives some non -sorted waste, it is proposed that the Foothill Sanitary Landfill be allowed to perform more extensive recycling to help meet requirements of Assembly Bill 939. Under the revised permit, the following materials may be recycled: white goods, metals, tires, paper, plastics, glass, wood/yard waste, and other recyclable materials. The recyclable materials would be pulled from the waste stream by landfill personnel. The additional recycling will not require any additional facilities. The only additional equipment needed would be recycling bins for certain materials. As the owner, San Joaquin County is required to obtain a revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit for any significant change in operations from the Environmental Health Division of San Joaquin County Public Health Services. The California Integrated Waste Management Board must concur with issuing the permit.