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to the east, west and south of the facility is zoned general agricultural and property to the north is zoned public/institutional. Adjacent land uses include agricultural lands to the east, west, and south. The Northern California Youth Center, a criminal detention facility, is located approximately 1,900 feet from the existing Austin Road Landfill and approximately 300 feet north of the soil borrow area. A women's prison is also located north of the site. The Stockton Metropolitan Airport is approximately one mile west of the existing Austin Road Landfill. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Intermodal Facility, a 470-acre train/truck cargo transfer and storage facility is located approximately 1 mile northeast of the site, along the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe railroad main line. As shown on Figure 1, there are three residences located near the site. The residence at 9690 Austin Road is approximately 500 feet from the landfill and is located across Austin Road from the entrance facilities area. Two residences are located on Lynch Road, approximately 0.5 miles southeast of the site. 2.4 SITING RESTRICTIONS The Forward Landfill is not located in an area of rapid geologic change or near tidal waters. As discussed in Section 3.4, there is no known Holocene fault within 200-feet of the landfill footprint. The landfill is designed to prevent inundation or washout from a flood with a 100-year return period. The Stockton Municipal Airport is located approximately 1 mile west of the site. The airport's turbojet runway 11 L-29R is located within 10,000 feet of the existing Austin Road Landfill. The existing Forward Landfill is within the height limit zoning plan contours for the airport (Figure 2). The peak elevation of the proposed deck area for the Forward Landfill is 200 feet amsl and from that point final deck grades slope down to 170 feet amsl in the area of the existing Austin Road Landfill (see Drawing 4). This grading configuration allows conformance with the height limit zoning plan contours for the Stockton Municipal Airport (see Figure 2). The issue of the airport's proximity to the landfills was addressed in the 1993 Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Forward Landfill Expansion (LSA, 1993) and in the 1994 EIR for the Austin Road Landfill Expansion (ESA, 1994). Letters from the Stockton Municipal Airport noted that significant bird hazards were not caused by either the Forward or Austin Road Landfills and that the bird control measures implemented Forward Landfill JTD 2-3 L:\Allied\2000.193\Reports\itd:5 ec-2.0:05/23/02 BRYAN A.STIRRAT&ASSOCI4tITES