Project Description
The Project site is used as a solid waste facility and a recycling and resource recovery operation which is currently permitted for a 1,700 tons per day (TPD) transfer station/materials recycling facility (MRF) and which for recycling receives approximately 1,200 TPD of construction materials, 1,200 TPD of source-separated green waste, 350 TPD of source-separated supermarket trim and cull, and 150 TPD of source-separated wood waste.
Following the March 8, 2013 public hearing, Alternative 3 (the “Enclosure Alternative”) was developed in response to public comments and incorporated into this Revised Final EIR. The Enclosure Alternative is the Preferred Project.
Under the Enclosure Alternative, the same operations would occur on the Project site. However, the Enclosure Alternative Proposed Project includes construction of an approximate 196,075107,000-square-foot enclosure building to enclose existing back yard operations, and construction of an approximate 64,120-square-foot structure to enclose the existing front yard tipping floor and transfer station. with air filtration system to be located over the existing source-separated green waste, supermarket trim and cull, and wood waste areas, with 40 parking spaces (already existing), and The applicant also seeks a revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit for the entire facility. Under the new permit, the applicant is seeking approval to receive up to 2,000 TPD of construction material, up to 1,500 TPD of source-separated green waste, up to 500 TPD of source-separated supermarket trim and cull, and up to 200 TPD of source-separated wood waste. The applicant is also seeking to increase the permit for the transfer station/MRF to 2,500 TPD, for a total proposed tonnage of material received of 6,700 TPD.
