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Locations consistent with both the above criteria must then be judged against conditional criteria. These criteria do not necessarily rule out any locations. They identify performance standards which must be evaluated for the specific facility at the proposed site. Two sets of criteria have been developed. One set is for siting off-site hazardous waste transfer, treatment, and incineration facilities. These facilities temporarily hold and transport, recycle or reduce hazardous materials prior to reuse or storage in a residual repository. The second set of criteria specifically deals with the siting of hazardous waste residual repositories. These facilities are designed for the long-term (permanent) storage of treated hazardous waste materials. The Planning staff has reviewed the siting criteria and finds both sets to be adequate. They were developed from a series of planning input meetings in early 1988, and, when utilized, they served well in developing the maps provided in the Plan. Using existing zoning maps and general plan maps supplied by the affected cities, the siting criteria were overlaid along with environmental information to illustrate areas where hazardous waste management facilities could potentially be located. The CHWMP maps are illustrative and are not meant to be used as a substitute for site-specific analysis. Instead, they were developed to test the criteria and determine if the County was able to provide sites for the handling of its own waste. As illustrated, the City of Pleasanton would likely have no facilities located here. This is due to application of one or more of the exclusionary criteria. However, the initial mapping analysis suggests that a sizable number of sites within the county remain worthy of further analysis. As noted on the CHWMP maps, most of these are near 1-880 and the greater number of generators. This is in line with the policies of the plan. The mapping analysis alone, however, does not rule out the possibility that, through more careful scrutiny and application of the siting criteria, a developer (private or public) could propose a carefully designed transfer, storage, treatment or incineration facility within one of the City's existing industrial zones. It is highly unlikely that a residual depository will be proposed within Pleasanton. SR:88:299