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AO� Austin Road Landfill E ion Project is Ile Eirs District Dcamb"Ifiam Response to Comment is In order to provide an expanded discussion of this issue, Section XIII.a(Public Services of the Initial Study(SEIR Appendix A)is changed,starting with the fifth sentence,to read as follows(additions shown in Italics): "In the past, the landfill has had a low level of fire service calls..1 In the past nine years, there has been only one fire at the landfill,which did not involve methane(landfill gas)? Landfill fires are most effectively fought by using bulldozers to isolate the burning refuse. Then scrapers stockpile dirt, which is spread over the burning refuse by the bulldozers to extinguish the fire. Fire service personnel stand by to ensure that the burning material does not escape and cause afire off-site. Methane(landfill gas)is generated within a landfill and escapes through the path of least resistance. In a properly compacted and covered landfill, little or no methane is present at the surface where fires usually occur. Unless afire occurs within the landfill and an opening in the landfill surface allows flames to escape, landfill fires involving methane are not expected to occur. Therefore, it is not anticipated that continuation of operations at the landfill expansion would substantially affect the need for fire protection. Although the impacts before mitigation would be less than significant,Mitigation Measures C.3 (a),(b),and(c), and C.6(a),(b),(c), (d) and(e),would further reduce the level of adverse impacts." The following new footnote also is added to the Initial Study): 3 James Giottonini,Public Works Director,City of Stockton,letter to Tom Gau,San Joaquin Community Development Department,January 12 2000. The following text is added to Table S-1: Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures,C.Community Services and Utilities,Environmental Impact column,page 10. C.6 The proposed project would become pan of the area served by the Collegeville Fire District, and could increase the number of fire service calls for the District, and/or require the District to respond to fires involving landfill-generated methane. The following text is added to Table S-1: Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures,Community Services and Utilities,Mitigation Measure column,page 10. (a) Ensure that the existing emergency dispatch system adopts procedures to provide the District with prompt notification in the event of fires and other emergencies at the landfill during non- operating hours, if adequate procedures do not already exist. (b) Provide the necessary keys, access codes,etc., to the District to allow quick access to the landfill during hours of non-operation. Provide site orientation, training, maps, and/or other information necessary to allow the District to respond to service calls during hours of non- operation. (c) Provide the Collegeville Fire District with two sets of portable oxygen breathing apparatus, to allow firefighters to respond to emergency situations involving methane. (d) Provide plans for the project design and operational procedures relating to fire protection to the Board of the Collegeville Fire District for their review and comment on the fire-safety 57