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SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – PROPOSED RUNWAY 9 DISPLACED THRESHOLD<br />

There are seven existing landfills in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> County, five accept municipal solid waste and two accept only<br />

military waste. Of the five landfills that accept municipal solid waste, four are privately owned and operated<br />

by Allied Waste Industries, Inc. The fifth, Miramar Landfill, is operated by the City of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> on land owned<br />

by the U.S. Navy.<br />

Solid waste generated in the Study Area is generally collected by private contractors and transported to the<br />

Miramar Landfill. The Miramar Landfill is located at 5180 Convoy Street and is operated by the City’s<br />

Development Services Department, Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency (under a lease agreement with the<br />

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar). It has a current remaining capacity of approximately 16.5 million cubic<br />

yards. 43 The landfill is expected to operate and accept refuse through the year 2016.<br />

The City of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> has an agreement with Allied, Inc., the owner/operators of Sycamore <strong>San</strong>itary Landfill,<br />

to provide <strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> preferred customer status if the capacity exists to accept waste after Miramar closes.<br />

Sycamore <strong>San</strong>itary Landfill is located on a 520-acre site and is permitted to receive 3,965 tons of waste for<br />

disposal daily. Sycamore <strong>San</strong>itary Landfill is fully permitted as a Class III landfill and accepts only routine<br />

household and commercial waste. Based on a revised permit for the landfill issued on September 15, 2006,<br />

Sycamore Canyon Landfill is anticipated to be at capacity in the year 2031. 44<br />

3.9 Past, Present, and Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions<br />

Cumulative impacts to environmental resources result from incremental effects of future actions combined<br />

with other past, present, and planned projects in the area. Cumulative impacts can result from individually<br />

minor, but collectively substantial, actions undertaken over a period of time by various agencies (federal, state,<br />

and local) or individuals. In accordance with NEPA, a discussion of cumulative impacts resulting from projects<br />

that are proposed, under construction, recently completed, or planned for implementation in the near future,<br />

is required. For purposes of this analysis, projects implemented within the last 5 years or proposed to be<br />

implemented within the next 5 years located within 1-mile of the proposed improvements were identified (see<br />

Table 3-6).<br />

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CalRecycle, Facility/Site Summary Details, West Miramar <strong>San</strong>itary Landfill. Available: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/SWFacilities/<br />

Directory/37-AA-0020/Detail/ (accessed April 4, 2012).<br />

CalRecycle, Facility/Site Summary Details, Sycamore <strong>San</strong>itary Landfill. Available: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/SWFacilities/ Directory/37-<br />

AA-0023/Detail/ (accessed April 4, 2012).<br />

<strong>Draft</strong> <strong>EA</strong><br />

Affected Environment<br />

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