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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page 11-8 <br /> Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project <br /> populations, the project sponsor will increase mitigation measures such as <br /> covering the fill areas as soon as possible and using noise-makers and other <br /> measures as necessary to discourage birds from the site,until bird population <br /> levels return to the level found in pre-project surveys. Use of noise-makers <br /> would be limited to daylight hours. <br /> • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(b), Airport <br /> Safety, the owner or operators proposing to site new solid waste facility units <br /> and lateral expansions within a five-mile radius of any airport runway end used <br /> by turbojet or piston-type aircraft must notify the affected airport and the FAA. <br /> Forward notified the Stockton Metropolitan Airport and FAA by letter on 7 <br /> November 2014. (Fanning, 2014a; Fanning, 2014b). <br /> • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(c), Airport <br /> Safety, the owner or operator must place the demonstration that the site will not <br /> pose a bird hazard to aircraft in the operating record and notify the Department <br /> of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) that it has been placed in the <br /> operating record. Forward notified CalRecycle that the demonstration was <br /> placed in the operating record by letter on 7 November 2014. <br /> • The project sponsor shall comply with the requirements applicable to existing <br /> landfills contained in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory <br /> Circulars 150/5200-33B,Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports, and <br /> 150/5200-34A, Construction or Establishment of Landfills Near Public Airports. <br /> Requirements in Advisory Circular 150/5200-33B applicable to the proposed <br /> project include notification of the FAA and airport, and a demonstration that the <br /> landfill is designed and operated so it does not pose a bird hazard to aircraft. <br /> Forward notified the Stockton Metropolitan Airport and FAA by letter on 7 <br /> November 2014. (Fanning, 2014a;Fanning, 2014b). The effectiveness of the gull <br /> control program at the existing landfill in avoiding bird hazards to aircraft is <br /> discussed under IV.A Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, and the <br /> demonstration that the site will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft was placed in <br />