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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-22 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project The gull control program shall include monitoring of gulls feeding at or using the landfill, as • described below. • Monitoring shall be conducted by an independent third-party firm or individual • with experience in the field of bird hazards to aircraft safety. • • The third-party monitoring shall consist of a minimum of six site visits, each lasting • four hours, every month from October through May. To the extent possible, the site visits shall be announced in advance. During each month: o two of the visits shall begin at dawn, o two shall occur during mid-day, 0 one shall occur late in the afternoon covering the period after the falconer has finished for the day, and • 0 one shall occur on Sunday when the landfill is closed to insure that gulls are • not accessing the site when staff are absent. • • Site visits in addition to the minimum of six monthly visits described above shall be • made if necessary to verify the criteria for failure described below. • The results of the monitoring shall be documented in an annual report. • Landfill staff shall participate in monitoring so that action can be taken as soon as a • potential problem is identified. The control program shall be considered to be failing and will require upgrading if any of the following situations occur: • Gulls land at the active disposal area, begin to feed, and are able to feed for 10 minutes or more, on two or more occasions during a week. • Flocks of gulls begin loafing on other parts of the landfill and are not scared away by the control program within 30 minutes, on more than two occasions during a week. • Gulls begin to circle over the landfill, including adjacent creek areas, and are not removed by the falcons. If this behavior continues over a period of one week, then it • indicates that the birds are likely getting food at the landfill. • The above triggers do not specify a minimum number of gulls because if one or two gulls are • present, they will soon attract other gulls and numbers will build up. Therefore, it is essential to • deter the first gulls. In the event that the bird control measures proposed as part of the project, described above, in • combination with the gull control program described in this mitigation measure, are found to • be ineffective in reducing the numbers of flocking birds by the criteria described above,the project sponsor shall implement one or more of the following: 1. The falconry program shall be intensified to ensure that there are no gaps in coverage • and that additional falcons are available for those days when it may be necessary to fly • the falcons often.