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• • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-13 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • • restrictions and conditions outlined in U.S. Code Title 49, Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart iii, Chapter 447, • Section 44718, 40 CFR Section 258.10;FAA Advisory Circular 150/5200-34A or subsequent advisory (Construction or Establishment of Landfills Near Public Airports);FAA Advisory Circular 15015200- 33B or subsequent advisory, (Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports)."2 • • The bird survey results, described under the Bird Strikes and Gull Survey Evaluations section, • above, have shown that, through monitoring, evaluations, and implementation of the gull program, the landfill has continued to not create a bird hazard to aircraft at the Stockton • Airport. With the adopted and existing land use measures in place to prevent potential bird • strikes, the gull control program continues to be successful, therefore ensuring compatibility of • existing landfill operations and the proposed expansion areas for land uses located within the • Conical Surface Zone for the Stockton Airport. • San Joaquin County General Plan The Public Facilities and Services Element of the San Joaquin County General Plan Policy Document (adopted in December 2016) contains the following goal and policies: • • GOAL TM-8. To ensure that the air transportation system accommodates the growth of air • commerce and general aviation needs within the parameters of compatible surrounding uses. • TM-8.5 Compatible Land Uses. The County shall require that only compatible land uses be • permitted near airports, in accordance with the Airport Land Use Plan. (RDR) TM-8.6 Airport Operations. The County shall ensure that airport operations are protected from: • • projections of structures into navigable airspace, • • light and glare, • 0 emissions affecting visibility; • • interference with communications, and • • bird hazards,such as from ponds and landfills. (RDR) • EPA and FAA Regulations • • A U.S. EPA regulation, found at 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10, requires that any • landfill operator proposing expansion of an existing landfill within 10,000 feet of any runway • used by turbojet aircraft or within 5,000 feet of any runway used only by piston-type aircraft must demonstrate that the landfill expansion will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft. The landfill • operator must place this demonstration in the operating record of the landfill and notify the • Federal Aviation Administration that this demonstration has been placed in the landfill • operating record. • The Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SMA) serves both turbo-jet and piston type aircraft. • • z Coffman Associates, Inc.,Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Update for Stockton Metropolitan Airport, May 2016,page 3-28. • • • •