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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigations <br /> A. Land Use,Plans and Policies <br /> The Airport Land Use Commission divided the airport's area of influence into subareas. Within <br /> each subarea different standards apply based on land uses. The proposed Austin Road landfill <br /> expansion must meet the requirements for"areas under horizontal and conical surfaces," which <br /> includes a thorough evaluation indicating that bird populations at the landfill will not present a <br /> hazard to aircraft. <br /> Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCRA)also sets limits on the <br /> proximity of landfills to airports to prevent hazards to planes from birds. Subtitle D restricts <br /> municipal solid waste landfills from being located within a 10,000-foot radius of an airport <br /> runway used by turbine-powered aircraft. The Austin Road landfill was in operation prior to this <br /> Act. <br /> Bird populations at the Austin Road Landfill have not been a significant problem for planes <br /> arriving to and departing from the Stockton Airport. This may be because of the distance from <br /> the airport or the result of the bird control practices at the landfill,including use of daily and final <br /> cover, noise-makers(such as cracker shells and propane detonators), and wind-agitated reflective <br /> tape. Water is also generally prevented from ponding on the site surface. <br /> Future Growth <br /> According to the San Joaquin County Community Development Department,the only other <br /> planned, approved or reasonably foreseeable project within the project vicinity would be the <br /> modifications to the Forward,Inc.Landfill (Martin, 1993). The Forward,Inc.Landfill has an <br /> existing size of 157 acres and includes landfill waste management areas, a transfer <br /> station/resource recovery center, and storage and support areas. The proposed modifications at <br /> Forward,Inc. Landfill would include an increase in waste stream accepted at the site,conversion <br /> of several areas within the fill to accept Class II materials,and expansion of the existing transfer <br /> station on the site. <br /> A residence on the Brocchini parcel, a part of the proposed Austin Road Landfill expansion area, <br /> would have to be removed to implement the project. <br /> III.A.17 <br />