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2-5 Stockton Metropolitan Airport (LGL Limited, 2011). Of the 26 strike reports, only one involved a gull (carcass only) and three others may have involved gulls. Even allowing for significant under -reporting of bird strikes, four strikes at the airport in over 20 years with no damage reported indicates that the operationally controlled (i.e., soil cover) Forward Landfill was not posing a significant threat to aircraft using the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. Four of the reported bird strikes at the airport occurred since the gull control program was implemented at Forward Landfill. These strikes did not involve gulls. Forward Landfill has a program to survey seagull populations in the vicinity of the landfill and has implemented a permanent gull control program to decrease seagull activity so they do not fly, land, or feed at or near the landfill. This program consists primarily of falconry, and includes use of bird flares, remote-controlled airplanes that resemble predatory birds, whistles, and other noise makers to discourage birds. When weather conditions make use of falcons difficult (e.g., foggy and stormy conditions), the operator will use pyrotechnics to disperse the birds. In addition, when lighting is used at the landfill, there have been no reports of interference with aircraft navigation (Palmeri, 2009). The approximately 184 -acre buffer area is located in the southwest corner of the site. This area was approved by San Joaquin County under Use Permit PA -1000245 (see Appendix B) with the condition that no landfill activities, waste placement, disposal, composting, storage of equipment, future road building, or soil borrowing will occur on the 184 acres. Approval of the 184 -acres did not allow an increase in current permitted tonnage or the landfill footprint. 2.6 Regulator Requirements 2.6.1 Permits and Approvals The Forward Landfill currently operates under the following permits as listed by agency: San Joaquin County EHD: ♦ SWFP No. 39 -AA -0015, 2012 (included in Appendix B). ♦ Hazardous Waste Generator Facility Permit No. PTOOO845O and Aboveground Petroleum Storage Facility Permit No. PTOO21195, 2013 (included in Appendix B). Central Valley RWQCB: ♦ Waste Discharge Requirements, Order Nos. R5- 2014-0006 and R5-2003-0080, 2003 (included in Appendix B). It should be noted that WDR Order No. R5-2003- 0049 was rescinded with the approval of Order No. R5-2014-0006, which was approved in February 2014. The updated WDRs allowed the following changes in operation: — Land application of cannery waste on the 75 acres north of the former Austin Road Landfill unit. See Sections 4.2 and 6.4.8.7 for additional information. — Treated Wood Waste in the composite -lined units of the landfill. Forward Landfill SWT Engineering Joint Technical Document - April 2014 z:\projects\allied waste\forward\five year permit rvw 2013\jtd-5 yr pr 2013\text\sec 2_final.doc