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• • • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-23 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • 2. The operator shall introduce a more comprehensive pyrotechnic-based control program • to supplement the falconry program. Many landfills successfully control gulls using only a pyrotechnic-based program. The pyrotechnics program shall provide coverage when the falcons were not on site during the week and on weekends. The pyrotechnics • program shall also cover areas remote from the active area to remove loafing gulls. 3. With the exception of removal of prey base for predatory birds and mammals, and actions involving special-status bird species, the operator shall implement the recommendations for vegetation, wildlife, and water management contained in Odell, • Russel W, Senior Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health • Inspection Service, Wildlife Services California, Letter to John Funderburg, Principal Planner,San Joaquin County Community Development Department, August 29, 2011. The Conditions of Approval for the proposed project shall include the requirement that the • project sponsor, prior to construction, file a Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration • (Form 7460-1) with the Federal Aviation Administration. The project sponsor shall undertake regular, ongoing communication with Airport staff • regarding the airports Wildlife Hazard Assessment and wildlife management program, to • address changes in wildlife presence or behavior observed at the landfill. As discussed under Impact A.4,below, implementation of the procedures to discourage and monitor bird populations and comply with regulatory requirements related to bird hazards that • are proposed as part of the project, along with Mitigation Measure A.1, have reduced bird • hazard impacts to a less-than-significant level. If the project is approved, continuation of the gull control program would be required by Mitigation Measure A.1, and thus would reduce the increased attraction of birds and potential inconsistency with the Airport Land Use Plan and • General Plan aviation policies from a potentially significant impact to a less-than-significant • impact. With the exception of the Airport Land Use Plan and General Plan aviation policies (discussed • above) and policies regarding agricultural land (discussed in Impact A.2 below), the impact of • plan and policy compliance would be less than significant. Impact A.2 (Revises 2013 EIR Impact A.2): The proposed project could convert agricultural land to industrial use. The 8.6-acre expansion area in the southeast consists of the existing • channel of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek and existing permitted landfill operations • (including the composting facility); therefore, it is not considered agricultural land. The 8.7-acre expansion area in the northeast of the site is small in terms of agricultural land, isolated from other agricultural land, and, as discussed in Setting, Agricultural Land, above, is classified as Urban on the Prime Agricultural Land and Important Farmland Map. For these reasons, 8.7- acre expansion area in the northeast is not considered to be viable agricultural land. Because • both expansion areas would be within the currently permitted Forward Landfill, the proposed project would not constitute "leap-frog' expansion of isolated, non-contiguous industrial uses into an area of agricultural preserve. Therefore,the 2018 Expansion Project would not conflict with the County's goals of preserving agricultural land, or contribute to the cumulative loss of