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City of Santa Ana
<br />Environmental Checklist
<br />under response XVII.b, wastewater from the project site would be treated at the wastewater
<br />treatment plant in Fountain Valley. The facility currently treats an average of 97 mgd of wastewater
<br />and is upgrading to a total design capacity of 180 mgd (OCSD 2012).
<br />As described above, the proposed project is expected to result in less flow than the previous uses on
<br />the project site. The project would generate a wastewater demand of 25,992 gallons daily or 0.0260
<br />mgd at full capacity of Phase 11. This wastewater treatment need is already accounted for by OCSD,
<br />as it has long been serving previous larger flows from the project site.
<br />Compared to the existing 97 mgd of wastewater treatment at the Fountain Valley wastewater
<br />treatment facility, the project's maximum demand of 0.0260 would represent about 0.00029% of
<br />capacity. In comparison to the upgraded plant design capacity of 180 mgd, the project increase
<br />would represent 0.00014% of capacity. Because the wastewater flow from the project site is
<br />anticipated through previous land uses and because flows would not be substantial in comparison to
<br />the treatment plant design capacity, the proposed project would result in less -than- significant
<br />impacts related to wastewater treatment plant capacity.
<br />f. Be served by a landfill with sufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the projects solid
<br />waste disposal needs?
<br />Less-than-Significant Impact. The proposed project would be served by three landfills operated by
<br />the Orange County Integrated Waste Management Department (OCIWMD), including the Frank R
<br />Bowerman Landfill in Irvine, the Olinda Alpha Landfill in Brea, and the Prima Deshecha Landfill in
<br />San Juan Capistrano. Table 3 -30 provides an overview of each landfill with its current permitted
<br />capacity and remaining capacity. As shown, all three landfills have about half of their remaining
<br />capacity.
<br />Table 3 -30. Existing Landfill Conditions
<br />The proposed project could contribute solid waste to any of the three available landfills in Orange
<br />County; however, the majority of waste from Santa Ana, about 75 %, is sent to the Bowerman
<br />Landfill. In 2009, a total of 297,402 tons of solid waste was delivered to these three landfills, which
<br />is an average of about 814.8 tons /day (CalRecycle 2012).
<br />As described in the project description, the project would operate a residential charter school that
<br />would contain three residential buildings. Each floor of the residential buildings would be
<br />considered one family unit and include five student bedrooms (accommodating 10 students), a
<br />guardian suite, a kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry, and a social worker resident office.
<br />Second and third story units would also include a front porch. The parent suites include two
<br />bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, and full bathroom. Because each floor functions as one large family
<br />unit, this analysis uses a single family solid waste generation factor of 7 pounds per day per unit.
<br />The Academy Charter High School 3 -108 June 2012
<br />initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICF 00914.11
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<br />Size
<br />Operating
<br />Permitted Daily Capacity
<br />Remaining
<br />Landfill
<br />(acres)
<br />Years
<br />(tons /day)
<br />Capacity
<br />Frank R. Bowerman
<br />725
<br />1990 -2053
<br />8,500
<br />59.4cy (46.8 %)
<br />Olinda Alpha
<br />420
<br />1960 -2021
<br />8,000
<br />38.6cy (51.5 %)
<br />Prima Deshecha
<br />699
<br />1976 -2067
<br />4,000
<br />87.4cy (50.5%)
<br />Source: http: / /www.cali-ecycle.ca.gov /profiles /Facility/Landfill /. January 31, 2012.
<br />The proposed project could contribute solid waste to any of the three available landfills in Orange
<br />County; however, the majority of waste from Santa Ana, about 75 %, is sent to the Bowerman
<br />Landfill. In 2009, a total of 297,402 tons of solid waste was delivered to these three landfills, which
<br />is an average of about 814.8 tons /day (CalRecycle 2012).
<br />As described in the project description, the project would operate a residential charter school that
<br />would contain three residential buildings. Each floor of the residential buildings would be
<br />considered one family unit and include five student bedrooms (accommodating 10 students), a
<br />guardian suite, a kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry, and a social worker resident office.
<br />Second and third story units would also include a front porch. The parent suites include two
<br />bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, and full bathroom. Because each floor functions as one large family
<br />unit, this analysis uses a single family solid waste generation factor of 7 pounds per day per unit.
<br />The Academy Charter High School 3 -108 June 2012
<br />initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICF 00914.11
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