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I Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page VIII-78 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project According San Joaquin County and City of Stockton Planning staff,two additional approved but not yet built projects would likely add traffic to the study area: Norcal Logistic Center located north of Arch Road between Austin Road and Newcastle Road, and Tidewater Crossing located west of SR 99 and south of the Stockton Airport.Norcal Logistic Center is primarily a warehousing and distribution facility,while Tidewater Crossing is a mixed-use project with residential, industrial,school,and other uses. The previously approved Mariposa Lakes Development located north of the Mariposa Road and Austin Road intersection is not expected to be operational in the project lifetime, according to Stockton planning staff, and as such is not included in the ethmt4ative previously approved 1roiects (short-term cumulative)scenario.It is included in the year 2035 buildout scenario.Table IV.13-10 shows the estimated trips from these projects. The second paragraph on p. IV.H-8 is revised as follows: The Mariposa Lakes project, a 3,810-acre residential project with 10,514 dwelling units, located southeast of Stockton city limits,was approved by the City of Stockton,but the project site has not been annexed to the City. It is considered unlikely that this project would be constructed before the anticipated closure date of the proposed Forward Landfill expansion project.'Therefore,this project is not included in the dative previously aRproved projects evaluated in this EIR. It is,however, included in the 2035 cumulative development scenario. J-15. Surrounding and nearby land uses,including agriculture, and discussed on pages IV.A-1 through IV.A-2 of the DSEIR. The project's impact on nearby land uses, including agricultural land and operations,is discussed on pages IV.A-29 and IV.A-30 of the Draft SEIR. The 8.6-acre expansion area in the south consists of the existing channel of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek;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,is classified as Urban on the Prime Agricultural Land and Important Farmland Map. For these reasons,the 8.7-acre expansion area in the northeast is not considered to be viable agricultural land, regardless of the parcel's ownership or past use. 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 agricultural land in San Joaquin County and the Central Valley. The impact on agricultural land,neighboring farming operations, small-scale farming, and preservation of open space would less than significant and no mitigation is required. Impacts to groundwater quality are considered in Impacts G.3 and G.4, on pages IV.G- 19 and IV.G-20, and Impact G.6, on page IV.G-21 and IV.G-22 of the DSEIR. With implementation of procedures proposed as part of the project identified in the DSEIR, the proposed 2018 Expansion Project would have a less than-than-significant impact on