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7.B. - Page 106 Redwood City Chapter 4.Environmental Impact Analysis e. Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider, which serves or may serve the project, that it has adequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments? No New Impact.As discussed in Section 4.9.b,the proposed modifications do not include construction of any habitable structures or an increase in employment. No additional demand for wastewater services would be generated by the proposed modifications.No new impact would occur. f. Be served by a landfill with insufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste disposal needs? Less-than-Significant New Impact.The proposed modifications involve the addition of 8 fueling stations to an existing fueling center within Redwood City and a minimum increase in solid waste generation is expected to result due to a minor increase in the number of vehicles using the fueling center.CalRecycle's"Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates"estimates solid waste generation for Auto Dealer and Service Station land uses at 0.9 pounds of solid waste per 100 square foot per day (lb/sf/day) (CalRecycle 2011).The proposed modifications would result in an increase of approximately 181b/day based on an increase of 2,050 sf in canopy size,compared to the existing fueling center. BFI Peninsula in San Carlos provides solid waste collection,recycling,transportation,and disposal services to Redwood City and the site of the proposed modifications.The solid waste from Redwood City first goes to the South Bayside Transfer Station in San Carlos,then 90 percent of the Redwood City waste goes to Ox Mountain Landfill in Half Moon Bay,while the remaining 10 percent is diverted to several other landfills around the bay area.The City has a disposal agreement with Ox Mountain in which the landfill guaranteed capacity through December 2019.According to the California lntegrated Waste Management Board website,the Ox Mountain Sanitary Landfill is permitted to accept up to 3,598 tons per day,which is equivalent to 7,932,151 pounds per day (lb/day).As such,the proposed modifications would contribute to an increase of 0.0002 percent of the current allowed solid waste disposal.Due to the negligible increase in solid waste disposal compared to current conditions and the fact that the City has a disposal agreement with the landfill guaranteeing capacity through December 2019,the proposed modifications would result in a less than significant new impact. g. Noncompliance with federal,state,and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste? Less-than-Significant New Impact.The State of California requires that all jurisdictions achieve compliance with AB 939,a state mandate that required jurisdictions to achieve 50 percent diversion of solid waste from landfills by 2000.AB 939 further required each city to conduct a Solid Waste Generation Study and to prepare an annual Source Reduction and Recycling Element to describe how it will reach its goals.AB 939 was designed to focus on source reduction,recycling and composting,and environmentally safe landfilling and transformation activities.As of 2010, Redwood City has a current waste reduction rate of 61 percent.Although the proposed modifications would result in a minor increase to the amount of solid waste generated,the increased volume would not be substantial enough to affect the City's diversion rate of 61 percent.New impacts would be less than significant. AB 341 (2011) also requires commercial establishments that generate four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week to arrange for recycling services. Businesses can take one or any Addendum No.2 to the Environmental Impact Report for 4-61 September 2012 the Redwood City Costco Wholesale Project ICF 00154.12