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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-26 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project the Stockton Metropolitan Airport or the FAA to mitigate bird population impacts that could be caused by the proposed project. A biologist from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services visited the project site to evaluate aviation-related wildlife hazards and current management practices, including the bird control program discussed above. After the visit, USDA Wildlife Services made recommendations for wildlife management at the landfill. (Odell, 2011). In addition to compliance with FAA rules and regulations, the recommendations include: • Review of all new landscaping/development plans for wildlife hazards • Water management to eliminate standing water from the landfill whenever possible • Vegetation management to eliminate brushy areas along ditches and streams • Operation of wildlife hazard management patrols • Continuation of the current falconry-based bird control program at the landfill • Coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a permit to reduce hazards to aircraft from specific threatened and endangered species and species of special concern Mitigation Measure A.4(Implement Annual Gull Control Program) (Revises 2013 EIR Mitigation A.1): Mitigation Measure A.4,below,incorporates the recommendations of USDA Wildlife Services,but excludes the USDA Wildlife Service's recommendations for special-status bird species and the removal of prey base for predatory birds and mammals. The project sponsor shall continue to implement an annual gull control program as described in Rolph A. Davis,Ph.D. LGL Limited environmental research associates,Demonstration of the Continued Effectiveness of the Bird Control Program at the Forward Landfill, Manteca, California—2016-2017, August 7, 2017. 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 ensure 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.