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John Funderburg, Principal Planner <br /> October 30, 2018 <br /> Page 8 <br /> The threat to crop contamination is especially concerning. Because food safety is <br /> ' critical to the viability of agriculture, farillers must lake every available measure to ensure <br /> the health of their crops. To this enol, farmers develop food safety pians so that they can <br /> demonstrate that crops are not contaminated by chemical and hazardous constituents in <br /> ' the water and air. Once farmers have completed these:safety plans. they can apply for <br /> certification with the United States Department of Agriculture's GLOBAL GAP <br /> OIntegrated Farm Assurance Suindar'd Prugranl,4 This GAP food-safety certification, <br /> which covers a fann's agricultural production prose..", is required by many large produce <br /> buyers. Farmers also must comply with the GAP audit verification program, which <br /> verities that farms are producing fruits and vegetables in the safest manner possible, <br /> ' urinimizing risks of microbial food-safety hazards, The GAP program includes audits and <br /> unannounced sutieillancc inspections. In the event that such an inspection uncovers the <br /> presence of trash, farmers may lose the ability to sell to buyers. <br /> In lieu of analy7.ing litter-related impacts, the SDEIR offers a few perfunctory <br /> procedures that are lnu}xartedly,part of the Project.See SDEIR at 11-52.The SDEIR <br /> asserts that these procedures would reduce the debris and litter effects of the Project to a <br /> ' less than significant level. Id. This argument fails. Many of the proposed procedwvs are <br /> cornpletety voluntary; <br /> "]J'possible, on windy days the daily fill face tipper location would be <br /> selected for its proccction to minimize effects of wind . . ."Id. (emphasis <br /> added); <br /> "I'ori9Ulc skid-r-narrnted litter fences muly be provided for deployment <br /> downwind . . ." Id. at 11-53 (emphasis- added ), <br /> a Afliuer is distributed by the wind into trees and bushes on facility property <br /> or adjoining properties, portable lilts Wray be employed to retrieve the litter. <br /> Id. (emphasis added); <br /> ' - "Portable litter vacuums inar;be used to collect litter that has accumulated <br /> on litter fences."Id. (cmpliasrs added) <br /> 'See Integrated Farm Assurance,July 2016,available at: <br /> 11 tips documentslfs- <br /> eg epee fruitva„ifa v5.Ci-2July201b.od; accessed October 2, 2018. <br /> SIIUTl , N4111A1.Y <br /> WI.1N81'.KGI.:ku, <br /> i <br />