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When the current Solid Waste Facilities Permit was issued in 1992, the projected site life of the landfill was estimated to be 65 years. The County has recalculated the projected site life of the landfill, based on the increased waste quantities, to be 55 years, or the year 2049. No vertical expansion is proposed for this project. Design grades in the Preliminary Closure Plan will be adhered to. Types of solid waste to beV received by the facility does not change under this project. AIR QUALITY DISCUSSION Storage of recyclable materials may result in objectionable odors. However, since the recyclables will be removed from the site on a regular basis, the proposed project will not have a significant impact on air quality. Sorting and transport of recyclables may create a small amount of dust which will be controlled by water trucks. Extra vehicle traffic (transfer trucks carrying waste trop Ithe Tracy Materials Recovery Facility) is expected due to the project as well as a few trucks per month to pick up recyclables. The impact of additional vehicular traffic on air quality is insignificant because if the waste was not transferred by transfer trucks, individual garbage trucks and self -haul vehicles would transport the waste which would result in much more vehicle emissions. NOISE DISCUSSION Noise levels to perform recycling activities will not be any higher than normal landfill activities. In addition, the site is located in a rural, sparsely populated area as long as operations are restricted to daytime hours, no off-site impacts are anticipated. NA,T_VRAL RES )UR ZSriLSCUSSION Increased vehicle trips would cause an increase in fuel usage. However, fuel usage will end earlier than previously scheduled due to accelerated site closure. The result is an equivalent amount of fuel usage over a shorter period of time. The recycling portion of the project is meant to recapture and reuse natural resources. The Foothill Sanifary Landfill currently averages approximately 70 trip ends per day. The Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill currently receives an average of 80 trip ends per day. All of the waste currently going to Corral Hollow will go to the new Tracy Materials Recovery Facility when the landfill closes. As a result, most of the waste will be coming to the Foothill Sanitary Landfall via transfer trucks. The addition of Corral Hollow Waste would result in approximately 20 trip ends per day in 1995 and 40 trip ends per day in 2010. This would result in an average of 90 trip ends per day in 1995 (approximately 29 percent increase). This is considered to be a small increase to Waverly and Shelton Roads. No significant impacts from increased traffic due to increased waste quantities are anticipated. Recycling operations will result in very few vehicle trips to pick up recyclables. Increased recycling will have a non-significant impact on traffic.