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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-28 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project proposed relocation of Littlejohns Creek is implemented, or whether or not prey is eliminated • from the landfill.' The proposed creek relocation would not substantially change the availability of prey for raptors in the vicinity of the airport. Thus, relocation of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek, and continuation of current levels of prey at the landfill,would not substantially enhance the habitat for raptors,which, in any case, do not pose a substantial threat • to aircraft safety at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. • Implementation of the procedures proposed as part of the project, identified above, and Mitigation Measure A.1, above would reduce bird hazard impacts to a less than significant level. ` Impact A.S: Night lighting at the proposed project could interfere with airport landing lights. (Same As 2013 EIR Impact A.5). Pilots landing at the Stockton Metropolitan Airport during darkness use airport runway lights to locate the runway environment. New sources of • light near the runway lighting may be difficult to distinguish from airport lighting. Downward • shielding of lighting at the landfill would reduce the visibility of landfill lighting to pilots. • However, even with downward shielding, moisture in the air during foggy conditions can generate a dispersed glow that may create confusion for incoming pilots. The landfill uses portable lights for night operations, which are always directed to the west (toward the airport) • to prevent confusion of incoming pilots. Outgoing pilots follow runway lights and are airborne • by the time the aircraft are over the landfill;thus, the portable lights at the landfill would not confuse outgoing pilots. Although, as discussed here and in Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, above, current landfill lighting does not interfere with aircraft navigation, the effect of • lighting associated with the expansion areas is a potentially significant impact. Implementation • of Mitigation Measure A.S, below, would reduce this impact to less than significant. The following procedures are proposed as part of the project: • Aircraft warning lights will be installed at the landfill as and when required by the FAA. • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(b), Airport Safety, the owner or operators proposing to site new solid waste facility units and lateral expansions within a five-mile radius of any airport runway end used by turbojet or piston-type aircraft must notify the affected airport and the FAA. Forward notified the • Stockton Metropolitan Airport and FAA by letter on July 6, 2018. (Basso, 2018a, 2018b). • • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(c), Airport Safety, the owner or operator must place the demonstration in the operating record and notify • the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery(CalRecycle)that it has been placed in the operating record. Forward notified CalRecycle that the demonstration was placed in the operating record by letter on July 6, 2018. (Basso, 2018d,Basso, 2018e). • The use of highly reflective surface materials in constructing structures on the site will be prohibited. . In addition, the following Mitigation Measure (from the 2002 Final EIR for the existing landfill), which is a condition of the permits for the existing landfill, shall be implemented: 'Ibid.