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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigations A. Land Use,Plans and Policies In the interim, AB 2296,often referred to as the"Gap Bill," specifies procedures for planning, approving, and siting solid waste projects during the transition period when CIWMPs are being developed to replace CoSWMPs as the counties'primary solid waste planning document. Pending approval of the CIWMP by the CIWMB, no city or county may establish a new or expand an existing solid waste facility which will result in a"significant increase"in the throughput capacity at the facility unless the Local Enforcement Agency(LEA)certifies one of the following: • The proposed facility is identified and described in or found to conform with the most recently approved CoSWMP; • The proposed facility has been approved by a double majority within the county(the county and the majority of the cities with the majority of the population in the incorporated areas of the county);or • The proposed facility is a materials recovery facility(MRF)that is designed to recover for reuse or recycling at least 15 percent of the total throughput volume of the facility. County Solid Waste Management Plan (CoSWMP) The California Solid Waste Management Resource Recovery Act of 1972 required that each County prepare and submit a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Master Plan,with concurrence of a majority of the Cities within the County. The CoSWMP concludes that future replacement of existing landfills should possibly include expansion of existing sites. The CoSWMP study encourages the collection and use of natural gas at the Austin Road landfill, and calls for the expansion of the Austin Road Landfill during the 1991-2010 period. Airport Land Use Plan The San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan(1983)addresses two issues regarding landfills: height of the landfill and landfill bird populations. Height guidelines are determined by airport imaginary surfaces(three dimensional boundaries established by Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)regulations). The horizontal imaginary surface is a plane 150 feet above the airport elevation within a 5,000 to 10,000 foot radius of the airport. Another applicable imaginary surface is the conical surface,which extends at a slope of 20:1 from the periphery of the horizontal surface for a distance of 4,000 feet. The airport elevation is approximately 30.5 feet above mean sea level (MSL). Therefore,the horizontal surface is 180.5 feet MSL. III.A.16