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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-23 Forward Inc.Landfill 2014 Expansion Project • The project sponsor will continue to monitor bird populations. If follow-up surveys show an increase in bird populations, the project sponsor will increase mitigation measures such as covering the fill areas as soon as possible and using noise-makers and other measures as necessary to discourage birds from the site, until bird population levels return to the level found in pre-project surveys. Use of noise-makers would be limited to daylight hours. • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(b),Airport Safety, the owner or operators proposing to site new solid waste facility units and lateral expansions within a five-mile radius of any airport runway end used by turbojet or piston-type aircraft must notify the affected airport and the FAA. Forward notified the Stockton Metropolitan Airport and FAA by letter on November 7, 2014. (Fanning, — 2014a;Fanning, 2014b). • As required by California Code of Regulation Title 27, Section 20270(c), Airport Safety, _ the owner or operator must place the demonstration in the operating record that the site will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft, and notify the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery(CalRecycle)that it has been placed in the operating record. Forward notified CalRecycle that the demonstration was placed in the operating record by letter on November 7, 2014. (Fanning, 2014c; Fanning,2014d). • The project sponsor shall comply with the requirements applicable to existing landfills contained in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Advisory Circulars 150/5200-33B, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports, and 150/5200-34A, Construction or Establishment of Landfills Near Public Airports. Requirements in Advisory Circular 150/5200-33B applicable to the proposed project include notification of the FAA and y airport, and a demonstration that the landfill is designed and operated so it does not pose a bird hazard to aircraft. Forward notified the Stockton Metropolitan Airport and FAA by letter on November 7, 2014. (Fanning, 2014a;Fanning, 2014b). The effectiveness of the gull control program at the existing landfill in avoiding bird hazards to aircraft is discussed under Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, above, and the demonstration that the site will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft was placed in the operating record by letter on November 7, 2014. (Fanning, 2014c;Fanning, 2014d). Advisory Circular 150/5200-34A applies only to establishment of new landfills near airports, and does not apply to the proposed project. • In addition to the procedures proposed as part of the project identified above, the project sponsor will abide by any additional reasonable and feasible measures designated by the Stockton Metropolitan Airport or the FAA to mitigate bird population impacts that could be caused by the proposed project. As discussed in Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, above, a bird control program was instituted at the landfill during the winter of 2010-2011. Gulls are not present in the Stockton area during the summer period (May to late September), and gull control at the landfill is not required then,but migrating and wintering gulls return to major feeding areas, such as landfills, when they migrate to the area in the fall. The bird control program was shown to be effective at preventing gulls from feeding at,or otherwise using,the Forward Landfill. (Davis,2013). A biologist from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection — Service, Wildlife Services visited the project site to evaluate aviation-related wildlife hazards and current management practices, including the bird control program discussed above. After the visit, USDA Wildlife Services made recommendations for wildlife management at the landfill. (Odell, 2011). In addition to compliance with FAA rules and regulations, the