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Supplement to Final Environm al Impact Report Page 2 Forward Inc.Landfill Development Project-South and Northeast Portions • Expand the Forward Landfill to contiguous parcels including an approximately 184-acre parcel to the southwest of the existing landfill site and an approximately 10-acre parcel in the northeast of the existing landfill. In addition,approximately 11 acres of currently permitted landfill disposal area in the southern portion of the Forward Landfill would be relocated within the currently permitted landfill boundary due to realignment of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek. • Increase the remaining landfill capacity by approximately 32.0 million cubic yards (cy) to approximately 54.0 million cy. All of the increase would be Class II landfill space and would extend the landfill closure date to approximately 2039. • Relocate approximately 3,000 feet of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn Creek (which currently traverses the landfill) to the southeastern boundaries of the site to provide additional separation of the creek from the landfill. The relocated creek will be approximately 3,200 feet in length. • Allow cannery waste processing in areas of site that are not being used for disposal at the time. This prior expansion project would have allowed landfilling activities within 10,000 of the Stockton Metropolitan Airport, and required a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors to override the County Airport Land Use Commission finding that this proposed expansion project was not in conformity with the 1993 San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan. This former project failed to achieve the required four-fifth "override' vote of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors did vote, however, to certify the Forward Landfill Expansion Final Environmental Impact Report (Grassetti Environmental Consulting, May 2013) ("FEIR") as having been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and adequate for use for decision-making purposes. The 2013 FEIR also included a description of three "recent and associated projects" to the proposed expansion:the facility boundary revision;the Landfill Gas to Energy (LFGTE) Project; and the Revision of Waste Discharge Requirements. The facility boundary revision added the 184-acres in the southwest portion of the site to the Forward Landfill facility boundary but did not allow any landfill related activities on this parcel. The LFGTE Plant was constructed in 2013 and is now operational. Also, in February 2006 the Regional Water Quality Control Board issued new Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) R5-2014-0006 for the Forward Landfill which included, amongst other modifications, the lowering of base grades to the regulatory limit of 5-ft above the historical high groundwater level and the land application of cannery waste in the northern portion of the site (north of the northern creek). The revised project described in this Supplement to the Forward FEIR is a smaller development of permitted landfilling capacity that does not include the previously proposed horizontal expansion of landfilling operations on the 184-acre Brocchini parcel. The additional acreage is within the boundary of the 567-acres permitted by Forward in 2003. Moreover,no aspect of this revised project would entail expansion of landfilling operations to within 10,000 feet of the end of the runway of the Stockton Metropolitan Airport or on to any Williamson Act parcels of land.