Final Supplemental EIR Response to Comments for Shafter Wasco Waste Diversion Project

Final Supplemental EIR Response to Comments for Shafter Wasco Waste Diversion Project

Response to Comments Received on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Shafter Wasco Waste Diversion Project. The major components of the Project include: • (a) Amend the Land Use, Open Space and Conservation Element of the Kern County General Plan (GPA No. 10, Map 78) from Map Code 3.4.1 (Solid Waste Facility Buffer) to Map Code 3.7 (Other Waste Facilities) or a more restrictive map code designation for 20 acres for composting facility and from Map Code 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture – Min. 20-Acre Parcel Size) to 3.4.1 (Solid Waste Disposal Facility Buffer) or a more restrictive map code designation for 50.21 acres of landfill buffer property; and Amend Kern County General Plan Appendix E Map, Shafter-Wasco Recycling and Sanitary Landfill (RSLF), to show the revised Shafter-Wasco RSLF facility with designated buffer and compost areas • (b) A Modification of Conditional Use Permit (CUP No. 1, Map 78) to increase the permitted facility boundary from 357.48 acres to 407.69 acres to include 50.21 acres of landfill buffer property (Section 19.12.030.H) in an A (Exclusive Agriculture) District; designate 20 acres for the compost facility with no change to the 135-acre permitted disposal area and increase hours of operation; and increase hours of operation in an A District. • (c)Revise the existing Solid Waste Facility Permit (SWFP #15-AA-0057)

sha, Shafter

Kern

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Waste Treatment:Recycling (Waste Diversion/Composting)(MGD 100,000 tons/yr)

General Plan Amendment, Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wildfire