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North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 45 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The project site is classified as a Class III Waste Management Unit and designated for "non- hazardous solid waste." The landfill accepts agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, construction and demolition debris, yard waste, tires, and wood waste. Recyclable material is also accepted. The County maintains a load check program at the facility’s entrance to ensure all materials brought to the landfill comply with State and local regulations. Furthermore, the County has a separate landfill that accepts hazardous waste which operates independently from North County Landfill. REGULATORY SETTING California Code of Regulations Title 27 § 20260 Class III landfills shall be located where site characteristics provide adequate separation between nonhazardous solid waste and waters of the state. Class III landfills are subject to State waste containment requirements and SWRCB requirements. New Class III and existing Class II-2 landfills shall be sited where soil characteristics, distance from waste to ground water, and other factors will ensure no impairment of beneficial uses of surface water or of ground water beneath or adjacent to the landfill. California Code of Regulations Title 27 § 20220 Non-hazardous solid waste are defined as “a ll putrescible and non-putrescible solid, semi-solid, and liquid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid wastes and other discarded waste (whether of solid or semi-solid consistency); provided that such wastes do not contain wastes which must be managed as hazardous wastes, or wastes which contain soluble pollutants in concentrations which exceed applicable water quality objectives, or could cause degradation of waters of the state (i.e., designated waste).” Nonhazardous solid waste may be discharged at any classified landfill which is authorized to accept such waste, provided that (1) the co-disposal of nonhazardous solid waste with other waste shall not create conditions which could impair the facility’s containment features and shall not render designated waste hazardous, and (2) the facility shall ensure to the maximum extent feasible, that only those wastes that are approved for being discharged at that facility. San Joaquin County General Plan – Hazardous Materials and Wastes Policy PHS-7.3 Control Hazardous Materials: The County shall require the use, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes to comply with local, State, and Federal safety standards. Policy PHS-7.5 Locate Hazardous Materials Away from Populated Areas: To the extent feasible, the County shall require proposed activities and land uses that use, store, or dispose of hazardous materials or wastes to be located away from existing and planned populated areas. Policy PHS-7.7 County Hazardous Materials Area Plan: The County shall maintain and implement the County Hazardous Materials Area Plan for emergency response to a release or threatened release of hazardous material within the unincorporated County.