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<br /> <br />North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project <br />Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 <br />13 <br /> <br />4.2.2 Agricultural and Forestry Resources <br />Would the project: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less-than- <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less- <br />than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, <br />or Farmland of Statewide Importance <br />(Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared <br />pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and <br />Monitoring Program of the California <br />Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? <br /> <br />b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural <br />use, or a Williamson Act contract? <br />c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause <br />rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public <br />Resources Code section 12220(g)), <br />timberland (as defined by Public Resources <br />Code section 4526), or timberland zoned <br />Timberland Production (as defined by <br />Government Code section 51104(g))? <br /> <br />d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion <br />of forest land to non-forest use? <br />e) Involve other changes in the existing <br />environment, which, due to their location or <br />nature, could result in conversion of <br />Farmland, to non-agricultural use or <br />conversion of forest land to non-forest use? <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING <br />The project site is located in an unincorporated area of San Joaquin County, surrounded by <br />properties designated for agricultural use, active agricultural operations, and scattered <br />residences. The project site itself is an existing landfill on a parcel designated for agricultural use <br />and has operated since 1991. <br />DISCUSSION OF IMPACTS <br />a-e) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance <br />(Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and <br />Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? <br />No Impact <br />The project is limited to the expansion of landfill operations, no site expansion would occur. <br />There is no existing agricultural land within the landfill site. Therefore, the project would not