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The Bowery Mixed-Use Project CEQA Findings of Fact City of Santa Ana 40 May 2020 activities, which would generate the most solid waste would generate approximately 161 tons of solid waste. Demolition activities would occur over a 30 workday (6 week) period. This equates to approximately 5.4 tons of debris per day. The Frank Bowerman Sanitary Landfill is permitted to accept 11,500 tons per day of solid waste. In September 2019, the maximum tonnage received was 9,967 tons. Thus, the facility had additional capacity of 1,533 tons per day (Calrecycle 2019). Therefore, the Frank Bowerman Sanitary Landfill would be able to accommodate the addition of 5.4 tons of waste per week during construction of the proposed Project. Operation Operation of the Project at buildout would generate approximately 1,137 tons of solid waste per year, at least 75 percent of which is required by California law to be recycled, which would reduce the volume of landfilled solid waste to approximately 284.25 tons per year, or 5.47 tons per week, as shown on Draft EIR Table 5.16-6. As the Frank Bowerman Sanitary Landfill is permitted to accept 11,500 tons per day of solid waste, and in September 2019, the maximum tonnage received was 9,967 tons, the facility had additional capacity of 1,533 tons (Calrecycle 2019). Therefore, the Frank Bowerman Sanitary Landfill would be able to accommodate the addition of 5.47 tons of waste per week. Thus, the proposed Project would be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the Project’s solid waste disposal needs and the Project would not impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals. Impacts related to landfill capacity would be less than significant. Impact Finding: The Project would comply with federal, State, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste (Draft EIR at p. 5.16-16). Facts in Support of Findings: All solid waste-generating activities within the City is subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.408.1 of the 2016 California Green Building Standards Code that requires demolition and construction activities to recycle or reuse a minimum of 65 percent of the nonhazardous construction and demolition waste, and AB 341 that requires diversion of a minimum of 75 percent of operational solid waste. Implementation of the proposed Project would be consistent with all state regulations, as ensured through the City’s development project permitting process. Therefore, the proposed Project would comply with all solid waste statute and regulations; and impacts would not occur. 3-62