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water distribution system, and outfall pipelines would be installed below grade, and would have no effect on <br /> adjacent land uses because they would not be visible and would not interfere with day-to-day activities in these <br /> areas. However,the proposed wastewater collection system,recycled-water distribution system, and effluent <br /> outfall pipeline construction would permanently convert approximately 27 acres of Important Farmland to <br /> nonagricultural use, and this impact is considered in Impact 4.1-3 below. Interim and permanent pumping stations <br /> would be located within or adjacent to residential subdivisions and commercial development and would be mainly <br /> below grade. Covering an area of typically less than one-quarter acre,the above-grade profile would be limited to <br /> an approximately 8-foot-high access structure, an emergency generator, a small paved parking area, and security <br /> fencing. Landscaping and other design features would allow the pumping stations to visually blend and integrate <br /> with surrounding residential and commercial development. Therefore, adequate and appropriately located land is <br /> available for public uses, and implementation of the proposed project would be consistent with City general plan <br /> land use policies(Policies LU-P-38,LU-P39, and LU-P-40). <br /> Because proposed WQCF improvements would be constructed on City-owned property surrounded by <br /> agricultural lands;the wastewater collection system,recycled-water distribution system, and outfall pipelines <br /> would be constructed underground; and interim and permanent pumping stations would be relatively small and <br /> integrated with surrounding land uses; the proposed project would be compatible with nearby land uses and would <br /> not result in land use conflicts between the project area and adjacent land uses. This impact would be less than <br /> significant. <br /> IMPACT Land Use and Agricultural Resources—Conversion of Important Farmland to Nonagricultural Use. <br /> 4.1-3 Implementation of the proposed project would result in the conversion of approximately 41 acres of Prime <br /> Farmland and Farmland of Statewide Importance to nonagricultural use. Conversion of agricultural land <br /> would be considered a significant impact. <br /> The 210-acre WQCF property is designated by the California Department of Conservation FMMP as Urban and <br /> Built-up Land and Farmland of Statewide Importance. While the proposed project would result in the orderly and <br /> phased expansion of wastewater treatment facilities onto agricultural lands surrounding the WQCF site <br /> (Policy RC-P-20),it would permanently convert approximately 14 acres of Farmland of Statewide Importance to <br /> nonagricultural use. <br /> The California Department of Conservation FMMP also designates portions of the proposed wastewater <br /> collection system,recycled-water distribution system, and effluent outfall pipeline alignments as Prime Farmland <br /> and Farmland of Statewide Importance(City of Manteca 2003b).Although wastewater collection system, <br /> recycled-water distribution system, and effluent outfall pipelines would be installed below grade,permanent <br /> access corridors would be established along pipeline alignments for maintenance activities. Because access <br /> corridors would be established and maintained for pipeline maintenance activities, construction of the proposed <br /> wastewater collection system,recycled-water distribution system, and effluent outfall pipelines would <br /> permanently convert approximately 27 acres of existing Important Farmland(including 22 acres of Farmland of <br /> Statewide Importance and 5 acres of Prime Farmland)to nonagricultural use.Wastewater pumping stations would <br /> be constructed in developed areas. <br /> Because implementation of the proposed project would result in the direct conversion of approximately 36 acres <br /> of Farmland of Statewide Importance and approximately 5 acres of Prime Farmland to nonagricultural land use by <br /> expanding wastewater treatment facilities onto agricultural lands surrounding the WQCF site and establishing <br /> access corridors along pipeline alignments,this impact would be significant. <br /> Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR EDAW <br /> City of Manteca 4.1-9 Land Use and Agricultural Resources <br />