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�. Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page 1-3 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project • As with the 2013 Landfill Expansion Project, the currently proposed Project would relo- cate 3,000 feet of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek (which currently traverses the landfill) to the southeastern boundaries of the site to provide additional separation of the creek from the landfill. The relocated creek would be 3,200 feet in length. The additional development of the disposal area would increase total landfill capacity by ap- proximately 8.0 million cubic yards beyond currently permitted levels,which would allow dis- posal at the landfill to continue until approximately 2031,rather than the 2013 Project's 2039 estimated closure date. Other site operations would remain as described in the 2013 FEIR. As noted above, the previous 2012 project included cannery waste processing in areas of site that L„ are not being used for disposal at the time. After the 2013 EIR was prepared,in February 2014, the Regional Water Quality Control Board issued new Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) R5-2014-0006 for the Forward Landfill that included, among other modifications,land applica- tion of cannery waste in the northern portion of the site (north of the North Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek),within the existing boundaries of the Forward Landfill. The 2014 Expansion Project does not change this. i These changes are described in detail in Chapter 2, Project Description. The complete 2014 Ex- pansion Project, including the components that are unchanged, is also summarized in that chap- ter. C. CEQA REQUIREMENTS FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR This Supplemental EIR has been prepared in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, as amended. A Supplemental EIR, as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15163,is intended to evaluate changes to a project analyzed in a certified EIR,when those project changes could result in new or more substantial impacts—or require new or altered mitigation measures or project alternatives—beyond those already identified in the certified EIR. CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, referenced in Section 15163,lists the conditions requiring preparation of a Subsequent or Supplemental EIR: • Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environ- mental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; L • Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;or • New information of substantial importance,which was not known and could not have UM been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following: (A) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the pre- vious EIR or negative declarations; L