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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-16 Forward Inc.Landfill 2014 Expansion Project associated physical impacts of the proposed project are discussed in this EIR in specific topical sections of the following Chapter IV Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures. Zone Classification L The entire project site has a zone classification of AG-40. As discussed in Setting, County of San Joaquin General Plan and Zoning, Zone Classification, above, landfills are a conditionally permitted use in AG-40 zone subject to a Use Permit. Thus, the proposed project would be consistent with the County of San Joaquin AG-40 zone classification, if a new Use Permit is granted. General Plan Designations As discussed in Setting, above, corridors along the North and South Branches of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek are designated OS/RC (Open Space, Resource Conservation). The remainder of the northwestern portion of the site (the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill) is designated as Public. The land use designation of southeastern portion of the site, with the exception of the OS/RC corridor along the South Branch, is A/G (General Agriculture). The proposed realignment of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek would require compliance with state and federal regulations, including approvals from the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), the RWQCB, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) for compliance ., with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the California Department of Water Resources. (See H.Vegetation and Wildlife,Impact H-1. Filling of Waters of the i U.S./Waters of the State for additional discussion of these approvals.)As part of the approval process,California Public Resource Code Section 50000 requires the County to make a finding that a proposed facility is consistent with the County General Plan and its objectives,policies and implementation measures. This finding can be made because the proposed landfill L"' modifications are consistent with the A/G (General Agriculture) and OS/RC (Open Space/ Resource Conservation) designations of the site. The project is consistent with the objective and policies of the General Plan relative to Solid Waste Disposal (Volume 1, Page IV-68). The project `.. is consistent with Agricultural Land Policies (Volume I Page VI-8). The project is consistent with General Plan Fire Safety and Law Enforcement Objectives 1 and 2 (Volume 1,Page V-8). The project is consistent with the General Plan's Hazardous Materials and Waste Objectives 1 and 2. The project is also consistent with the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan and the San Joaquin Multiple Species Conservation and Open Space Plan(Funderburg,pers. com.2014). �— As discussed under "San Joaquin County Zone Classification', above, the proposed project would be consistent with the site's AG-40 zoning. The proposed relocation of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek would relocate and enhance the open space and riparian habitat values ,., of the existing alignment of the South Branch. For these reasons,the proposed project would not conflict with objectives, policies, and implementation measures of the General Plan. General Plan Solid Waste Disposal Policies The proposed project would not conflict with the Solid Waste Disposal Policies of the County of San Joaquin County General Plan Infrastructure Services Element,including Policy 1, which �•• calls for mandatory waste collection, and Policy 2,which advocates the maximum use of solid waste source reduction, recycling, composting, and environmentally safe transformation of wastes. Policy 3 states that solid waste disposal facilities shall not cause contamination of surface-or