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• Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-21 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • The 2016 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Update for Stockton Metropolitan Airport, • "Hazards to flight" includes prohibited land uses in Traffic Pattern (Zone 7b) applicable to the two proposed expansion areas, which include "physical (e.g., tall objects), visual,and electronic forms of interference with the safety of aircraft operations. Land use development that may cause the • attraction of birds or other wildlife hazards to increase is also prohibited. Such uses (e.g. stormwater • management facilities, other waterways,golf courses)are further detailed in FAA Advisory Circular • 15015200-33B or subsequent advisory(Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports)". FAA • Advisory Circular 150/5200-33B recommends a separation distance of 10,000 feet between wildlife attractants and the airport operations area (AOA). The AOA is defined as any area of the airport used or intended to be used for landing, take-off, or maneuvering of aircraft. Both proposed landfill expansion areas are more than 10,000 feet from the end of the nearest runway (11L/29R) and airport operations area. In addition, creek restoration has been limited such that birds are not attracted to the creek, and off-site habitat restoration is included, away from the airport flight zones. U.S. Code Title 49, Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart iii, Chapter 447, Section 4471 requires adequate public notice for the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion, or the proposed construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion, of a sanitary landfill that could affect air • safety. 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)Section 258.10, among other requirements, • stipulates that landfills within five miles of an airport must notify the affected airport and the FAA. As discussed under EPA and FAA Regulations, above, the project applicant submitted • preliminary plans to the Federal Aviation Administration and received a "Determination of No • Hazard to Air Navigation" on October 12, 2017, indicating that the project does not constitute a "hazard to flight" in the view of the FAA. As described under Bird Strikes and Gull Survey Evaluations, in the Setting section of this chapter, the potential for bird strikes associated with • the landfill is no longer a substantial hazard due to the extensive bird control program that has • been implemented by Forward over the past 10 years. However, the 2018 expansion project could be determined incompatible with the land use guidelines for airport zones in the 2016 Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Update for • Stockton Metropolitan Airport, and the 2016 County General Plan policies regarding Airport • Safety in the Public Health and Safety Element because of the potential of the project to increase the bird strike hazard. Although, as mentioned above, the potential for bird strikes associated with the landfill is currently not a substantial hazard, this hazard could return with the proposed expansion project. The inconsistency with the Airport Land Use Plan and General • Plan aviation policies is a potentially significant impact. Mitigation Measure A.1 (Implement Annual Gull Control Program) (Revises 2013 EIR Mitigation A.1): The project sponsor shall continue to implement an annual gull control • program as described in Rolph A. Davis, Ph.D. LGL Limited environmental research associates, • Demonstration of the Continued Effectiveness of the Bird Control Program at the Forward Landfill, Manteca, California—2016-2017, August 7, 2017.