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r' MOUNTAIN HOUSE PROPOSED MACHADO TENTATIVE MAP 4. ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST 4.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 6. shrike, California horned lark, or tri-colored blackbird are encountered at or adjacent to the 6. project site. Implementation of this mitigation measure would reduce the impact to special- status nesting bird habitat to a less-than-significant level. LMitigation Measure 4.10-9 requires Specific Plan III developers to pay impact fees to the SJMSCP and presents specific measures for locating and protecting kit fox dens until they are vacant. Implementation of this mitigation measure would reduce the impact on habitat I. conversion of the San Joaquin kit fox to a less-than-significant level. Mitigation Measure 4.10-10 requires Specific Plan III developers to engage a biologist to 6. delineate potential waters of the United States at the project sites, including any wetlands, ponds, irrigation canals,and drainage courses. If such waters exist and would be filled in, authorization for the fills shall be secured from the United States Army Corps of Engineers L via the Section 404 permitting process. Stream Bed Alteration Agreements from the California Department of Fish and Game and Section 401 Water Quality Certifications from the San Joaquin Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board may also be required. L Implementation of this mitigation measure would reduce the impact on waters of the United States to a less-than-significant level. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED PROJECT L a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans,policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? L The proposed Machado property project would eliminate potential foraging or limit potential nest habitat for nest raptors such as the Swainson's hawk,burrowing owl,or other raptor L species of concern. The MEIR includes Mitigation Measures M4.11-2, M4.11-3 and M4.11- 4(b) to address these potential impacts. In addition, the SPIIIEIR includes mitigation measures that are discussed above. Mitigation measures for potential impacts on sensitive 6. species proposed in the MEIR and the SPIIIEIR make the impacts less than significant. Mitigation Measures No additional mitigation measures are required. L b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans,policies, regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? L There are no apparent riparian habitats within the project site. The dairy ponds and the BBID Canal 120 are man-made, excavated improvements that appear to be hydrologically isolated L from natural drainages or jurisdictional waters of the United States. The California Natural Diversity Database records for the United States Geologic Survey 7.5 minute Clifton Court Forebay topographic quadrangle map lists the Valley Sink Scrub,Northern Claypan Vernal VPool and Alkali Meadow habitats as present within the map area. However, given the 4-19 L