City of Paso Robles Landfill Annexation

City of Paso Robles Landfill Annexation

The City of Paso Robles (City) owns and operates a municipal landfill at an 80-acre site located at 9000 California State Route 46 East (SR 46E), approximately nine miles east of U.S. Highway 101 (US 101). The Paso Robles Landfill is a relatively small operation, receiving an average of approximately 200 tons of waste per day. The City owns 133 acres of unincorporated vacant land immediately south of the active landfill, fronting SR 46E, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 (annexation area). The City purchased this land in 2005 to create a buffer between the active landfill and any future development in the vicinity. This land and all of the adjacent parcels currently have a County of San Luis Obispo (County) land use designation of Agriculture, with a Renewable Energy combining designation (overlay). The City now proposes to annex the 133 acres of vacant land and build an organics processing facility (OPF) on an approximate 20-acre site within the annexed area (OPF project site). Based on the potential environmental impacts associated with annexation of the annexation area and construction and operation of the OPF, preparation of an IS/MND is considered to be the appropriate level of review for this project pursuant to Section 15162 of the State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. This IS/MND evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed annexation of the 133-acre area, construction and operation of an OPF, and the addition of landfill improvements, hereafter referred to as the proposed project.

Paso Robles

San Luis Obispo

Citywide, Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (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 Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

Waste Treatment:Other (Organics processing facility)(MGD 10.76)

General Plan Amendment, Prezone, Annexation

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, 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, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire