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• Waste Discharge Requirements • Solid Waste Facility Permit • Fire Department Permit • Joint Technical Document for FL • Title V Permit to Operate As part of the previous EIRs, health risk assessments were prepared to estimate the potential health risk on nearby receptors due to landfill operations. These analyses were performed to be consistent with standard regulatory guidelines and risk assessment practice. The EPA has historically defined acceptable risk as that which after 30 years' exposure does not result in an increase in cancer of greater than 1 in 1,000,000 or 106. Forward will prepare an updated health risk assessment to address the expansion area. Based on the previous health risk assessments, numerous mitigation measures have been incorporated into the current mitigation monitoring and reporting plan. Forward complies with these mitigation requirements. 3.3.6 VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE Several vegetation and wildlife surveys for FL have been performed over the last several years in support of previous EIRs and the relocation of the North Creek, which included creation of riparian habitat areas. A number of special-status wildlife species typical of agricultural lands occur in the region. Swainson's hawks, giant garter snakes, and burrowing owls have been identified as occurring or potentially present at the site. Relatively few native species of plants grow on the project site, largely due to the area's history of intensive agricultural disturbance. Several native oaks, however, occur along property boundaries and adjacent to the creeks. A biological assessment of the Brochini parcel, which lies west of the original Forward Landfill and south of the original Austin Road Landfill, was performed by Wetlands Research Associates (WRA) in February of 2005. The results of the study were summarized in a memorandum dated March 22, 2005. WRA found Forward Landfill- Project Description 3-13 BRYAN A.STIRRAT&ASSOCIATES J:\Allied\Forward\2007.0018 Lateral Expansion\Reports\Proj Descrip\021308 Final Proj Des\Sec 3.doc:2/13/2008)