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S. SUMMARY A. PURPOSE OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT The City of Stockton proposes to expand the Austin Road Landfill horizontally and vertically,on property it owns and on property it proposes to acquire. The project also includes the relocation of the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek to the north and west of the existing landfill. The relocated creek would be lined with an impermeable membrane with a soil cover to provide continued vegetative and wildlife habitat in the creek channel. The City of Stockton Department of Public Works would oversee the construction of the project and future landfill operations. The City of Stockton Department of Community Development Planning Division has prepared this Environmental Impact Report(EIR)to assess the impacts of construction and operation of the proposed expansion,and to evaluate alternatives to the project. The independent analysis of project environmental effects in this EIR is intended to serve the following purposes: • to satisfy the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA); • to inform the general public,the local community,and responsible and interested public, agencies of the nature of the proposed project,its possible environmental effects,possible measures to mitigate those effects, and alternatives to the proposed project; • to enable the City of Stockton Department of Community Development Planning Division to consider the environmental consequences of the proposed landfill expansion when reviewing and recommending on certification of EIR,prezoning,reviewing General Plan conformity, and approving Location and Development Plan; • to enable San Joaquin County Public Health Services to consider the environmental consequences of the proposed landfill expansion when deciding whether to grant a Solid Waste Facility permit;and • to determine environmental impacts of the proposed property acquisitions. The Brocchini parcel would be acquired with this project. B. SITE LOCATION AND EXISTING USES The existing permitted landfill is 187 acres(Assessor's Parcels 201-060-01 and 05)located west of Austin Road,about 8,000 feet south of Arch Road. The landfill would expand horizontally by 218.5 acres. The 218.5-acres are divided into three parcels; 126.4 acres north of the current S.1