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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigations A. Land Use,Plans and Policies The San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan restricts the placement of landfills within a 10,000 foot radius of airport runways serving turbine-powered aircraft. Although recent FAA orders preclude the development of landfills within 10,000 feet of the end of any turbine aircraft runway,the Austin Road Landfill pre-dates the FAA order and therefore,is not directly affected by that order. The landfill's historic performance has been good related to airport activities not creating hazards to aviation. The purpose of the FAA order is to control the number of landfill- related birds near any airport. The proposed project would not be expected to attract substantial numbers of new birds to the area, as the waste stream composition would not change,the operation would continue to cover fill areas as soon as possible,and use noise-makers and other devices to discourage bird activity from the site. The proposed project's Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration would be submitted to the FAA,which would then have 30 to 90 days to take comments. As a result of this process,either mitigation measures would be designed or a Wildlife Management Plan would be required. The City would also need to prepare a Wildlife Management Plan if a bird strike occurred (DeAngelis, 1993). Although the FAA does not issue specific permits,the agency would propose requirements to the City of Stockton. A Wildlife Management Plan would be a one year study documenting the number and types of animals,including birds, in the vicinity of the airport and would detail a formal program of measures to control bird activities at the landfill. Mitigation Measure AA Identified by this EIR (a) Request FAA review of the proposed project and,specifically,bird abatement programs. The project sponsor should abide by any additional reasonable and feasible measures designed by this agency to mitigate bird population impacts that could be caused by the proposed project. (b) Conduct a bird survey before development of the project and monitor bird population after development of the expansion. If the follow-up survey shows an increase in bird populations,increase mitigation measures such as covering the fill areas as soon as possible and using noise-makers and other measures to discourage birds from the site until bird population levels return to the level found in pre-expansion surveys. Implementation of either of the above mitigation measures would re P g duce the potential effects of Impact A.3 to less-than-significant. III.A.22