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Statement of Fact <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> • The Department of Aviation shall replace the acreage of wetland lost and its habitat <br /> functions and values using the relocated Weber Slough as described in Appendix D of <br /> the Final E1R (Stockton Airport Master Plan, Biological Resources Mitigation Monitoring <br /> Plan, 1997). <br /> • Obtain a Section 404 from the Army Corps of Engineers and enter into a streambed <br /> alteration agreement with the State Department of Fish and Game prior to any further <br /> activities in Weber Slough. <br /> • Initiate a Section 7 consultation with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <br /> B-6 Potentially Significant Impact: Potential Loss of Swainson's Hawk Fora- ing_Habitat (Impact VW <br /> Development of the project will result in the loss of 591 acres of Swainson's hawk foraging <br /> habitat (agricultural fields used for growing alfalfa, sugar beets, tomatoes, grain crops, and other <br /> row crops, as well as irrigated pasture). <br /> Findin <br /> Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the E1R. <br /> Statement of Fact <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> • The Department of Aviation shall mitigate for the loss of Swainson's hawk foraging <br /> habitat by providing habitat management lands to the State Department of Fish and <br /> Game by fee-title acquisition or a conservation easement (i.e., provide replacement <br /> habitat). The amount of replacement habitat shall be determined base on consultation <br /> and agreement with the DFG. <br /> • As an alternative, the Department of Aviation may participate in mitigation as part of the <br /> San Joaquin Multi-Species Conservation Plan (SJMSCP). <br /> B-7 Potentially Significant Impact: Potential Disturbance of Nesting Swainson's Hawks (Impact VW- <br /> 10) <br /> Findin <br /> Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the EIR. <br /> Statement of Fact <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> San Joaquin County ER-96-1, et al\Stockton Airport <br /> Community Development Page 30 <br />