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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page II-28 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project H. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, H.1. Filling of waters of Mitigation Measure H.1. Prior to site grading the project sponsor shall obtain Less than the U.S. and waters of the permits under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 1602 of the Significant State. California Fish and Game Code. These permits, administered by the RWQCB, USACE, and CDFG, respectively, would identify specific mitigation measures to be imposed on the project as permit conditions. A Wetland Mitigation and Monitoring Plan shall be prepared and submitted for agency review to ensure a "no net loss" of wildlife value or acreage of wetlands or riparian habitat. At a minimum, the Plan shall include the creation of four (4) acres of new wetlands and nine (9) acres of riparian plantings associated with the realigned creek channel, as presented in the conceptual design (Questa Engineering Corporation 2007) or as required by regulatory agencies. The Project Sponsor shall ensure that all mitigation areas, along with an appropriate upland buffer,be placed in a permanent conservation easement, or similar deed restriction, and preserved in perpetuity. The Wetland Mitigation and Monitoring Plan shall include the following details: • The location(s) of mitigation areas, including the types and extent of each habitat type to be created. • Mitigation for loss of existing wetlands shall be provided by the creation of 4 acres (3:1 mitigation ratio) of wetlands meeting the current federal definition, and 9 acres of riparian plantings (2:1 mitigation ratio). • All graded or filled areas within the habitat restoration area shall be seeded with appropriate mixes of native grass and forb species, developed by a qualified restoration ecologist. • Restored wetlands and riparian habitat shall have an equal or higher habitat value; • A water budget shall be prepared analyzing water demand for each mitigation Notc In this SEIR's Biology Chapter,these impacts and mitigation measures are numbered"F._"for document organizational purposes. l 1 . t_ l l 1 [ L 1 _ , ( l t t _ t I