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• Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page N.A-14 • Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • Therefore, this EPA regulation applied to the previously proposed expansion project, which • was located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway. (Hunt, 2010.) The 2018 Expansion Project is • not located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway, and is not subject to this EPA regulation. In any case, the Forward Landfill has prepared this demonstration (Davis, 2011), and had placed • this demonstration in the Landfill operating record and so notified U.S. EPA. (Basso, 2011.) • EPA regulation (40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10) also requires that the operator • of an existing landfill proposing a lateral expansion of that landfill within 5 miles of an airport • runway must provide notice of the proposed expansion to the director of the lead state agency • responsible for implementing the state permit program under 40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 • CFR part 258 for facilities regulations under these regulations--in California, it is the Director • of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery or "Cal Recycle'. This notification was provided to CalRecycle. (Basso 2018d, 2018e.) • Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,Part 77 contains the Federal Aviation Administration's regulations that establish standards for determining obstructions to navigable airspace and the effects of such obstructions on the safe use of airspace. 14 Code of Federal • Regulations,Section 77.7 prescribes the form of notice that must be given to the FAA regarding • proposed landfill expansions. • Forward, Inc. submitted preliminary plans to the Federal Aviation Administration and received a "Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation" on October 12,2017, consisting of seven • letters stating that the various portions of the proposed project "not exceed obstruction • standards and would not be a hazard to air navigation". (McDonald, 2017a;McDonald, 2017b, • McDonald, 2017c;McDonald, 2017d;McDonald,2017e;McDonald, 2017f, McDonald, 20178.) • Lighting Impacts • The Board of Supervisors approved Use Permit application UP-00-0007 in April 2003 for Forward to combine the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill and the Original Forward Landfill into a single Forward Landfill. The Final EIR for that project identified a mitigation • measure that stipulates that lighting for nighttime operations at the working face and other • landfill facilities shall consist of sodium lamps with sharp cutoff angles and downward • shielding, and to the extent feasible, shall be oriented in a direction that is not visible from off- site locations. This mitigation measure is included in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting • Program that has been updated annually since the consolidation project was approved. In • addition to the stipulations of the mitigation measure, the County has requested that all landfill • lights face to the west to avoid confusion for incoming aircraft. According to the most recent • monitoring report, completed on April 17,2018, Forward Landfill has complied with this mitigation measure since 2003, and has not received any non-compliance reports for lighting • hazards to aircraft navigation. • Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan State law (AB 939) requires counties to prepare a Countywide Integrated Waste Management • Plan (CIWMP), containing a Source Reduction and Recycling Element(SRRE), a Household • • • • •