SU0007861 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-12 Forward Inc.Landfill 2014 Expansion Project t would not pose a hazard to aviation or the general public. EPA and FAA Regulations �• A U.S. EPA regulation,found at 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10, requires that any landfill operator proposing expansion of an existing landfill within 10,000 feet of any runway used by turbojet aircraft or within 5,000 feet of any runway used only by piston-type aircraft must demonstrate that the landfill expansion will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft. The landfill operator must place this demonstration in the operating record of the landfill and notify the Federal Aviation Administration that this demonstration has been placed in the landfill operating record. The Stockton Metropolitan Airport(SMA) serves both turbo-jet and piston type aircraft. Therefore, this EPA regulation applied to the previously proposed expansion project, which +� was located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway. (Hunt,2010.) The 2014 Expansion Project is not located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway, and is not subject to this EPA regulation. In any case, the Forward Landfill has prepared this demonstration (Davis, 2011), and had placed this demonstration in the Landfill operating record and so notified U.S. EPA. (Basso, 2011.) EPA regulation(40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10) also requires that the operator of an existing landfill proposing a lateral expansion of that landfill within 5 miles of an airport y" runway must provide notice of the proposed expansion to the director of the lead state agency responsible for implementing the state permit program under 40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 CFR part 258 for facilities regulations under these regulations--in California, it is the Director �. of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery or"Cal Recycle". This notification was provided to CalRecycle. (Fanning,2014d.) Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 77 contains the Federal Aviation Administration's regulations that establish standards for determining obstructions to navigable airspace and the effects of such obstructions on the safe use of airspace. 14 Code of Federal Regulations,Section 77.7 prescribes the form of notice that must be given to the FAA regarding proposed landfill expansions. Lighting Impacts The Board of Supervisors approved Use Permit application UP-00-0007 in April 2003 for Forward to combine the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill and the Original Forward L, Landfill into a single Forward Landfill. The Final EIR for that project identified a mitigation measure that stipulates that lighting for nighttime operations at the working face and other landfill facilities shall consist of sodium lamps with sharp cutoff angles and downward shielding, and to the extent feasible,shall be oriented in a direction that is not visible from off- site locations. This mitigation measure is included in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program that has been updated annually since the consolidation project was approved. In addition to the stipulations of the mitigation measure, the County has requested that all landfill •,• lights face to the west to avoid confusion for incoming aircraft. According to the most recent monitoring report, completed on April 8,2014, Forward Landfill has complied with this mitigation measure since 2003, and has not received any non-compliance reports for lighting low hazards to aircraft navigation. Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan State law (AB 939)requires counties to prepare a Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan(CIWMP), containing a Source Reduction and Recycling Element(SRRE), a Household