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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 63 major collectors per the General Plan Figure TM-1. SR-88 is classified as a major arterial and both SR-88 and Jack Tone Road are designated CMP roadways. Therefore, the standard of LOS D was applied to East Harney Lane/SR-88 and East Harney Lane/Jack Tone Road, while a standard of LOS C was applied to the remaining study intersections. Additionally, LOS D is considered acceptable for the study segment of SR-88 between East Harney Lane and Eight Mile Road, while LOS C is considered acceptable for the two East Harney Lane study segments. DISCUSSION OF IMPACTS a) Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities? No Impact There are no pedestrian, bicycle, or transit facilities within the study area, and no pedestrian or bicycle movements were recorded during the Transportation Impact Analysis peak period traffic volume collection. East Harney Lane in the vicinity of the project site is not planned for future bicycle facilities per the San Joaquin County Bicycle Master Plan Update, 2010, or the Regional Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Safe Routes to School Master Plan, San Joaquin Council of Governments, 2012. The nearest transit route is Grape Line Route 5 in the City of Lodi, over nine miles away. Furthermore, the project does not include modifications to the site or frontage; it would only increase the permitted traffic at the site and thus have no impact on adopted policies regarding pedestrian bicycle, or transit facilities. b) Conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3, subdivision (b)? Less-than-Significant Impact Data provided by the County of San Joaquin Department of Public Works indicates that the current split in operations between the Foothill Landfill and North County Landfill results in an average vehicle miles traveled (VMT) of 5,690 vehicle-miles per weekday for the haul trucks. The consolidation of haul routes to the more centrally located North County Landfill would result in a decrease in VMT of 297 vehicle miles per day, for a daily average of 5,393 vehicle miles. Furthermore, the North County Landfill is more centrally located to its customers than the Foothill Landfill, and the consolidation of activity among the two landfills to just the North County location would reduce VMT. Therefore, the project would have a less-than-significant impact on VMT. c) Substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? Less-than-Significant Impact The potential for the project to impact safety was evaluated in terms of the adequacy of sight distance as well as the adequacy of stacking space at the study intersections to accommodate additional queuing due to adding project-generated trips. Speed data was collected on East Harney Lane in the vicinity of the North County Landfill during traffic counts during November 2024, and the 85th percentile speed was measured as 66 mph, which was rounded up to 70 mph for the purpose of this analysis. During a field visit conducted in January 2025, sight lines were established to be in excess of 1,000 feet in all directions. Furthermore, according to the Transportation Analysis, with or without project traffic under either