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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.G-4 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project If the proposed landfill expansion would stimulate growth into the area, then the project would have growth inducing impacts. However, the 2014 Expansion Project, which ~ would be smaller than the previously proposed expansion, involves neither the _ extension of public service, such as water or sewer lines, nor the creation of a land use that would stimulate adjacent development, the 2014 Expansion Project is not likely to have growth-inducing impacts. It should also be noted that construction and operation of the 2014 Expansion Project would, because of the resulting environmental impacts, make the project area less desirable for development. However, this effect would be smaller than for the previously proposed expansion. The 2014 Expansion Project would be considered growth inducing if providing additional disposal capacity the landfill would encourage development in the area. There is no evidence that available waste disposal capacity is limiting development in the areas that would be served by the Forward Landfill. G. Cumulative Impacts In evaluating potential environmental impacts, CEQA requires that the project be — considered within the context of regional development. While the environmental effects resulting from an individual project may appear less than significant when considered alone, they may be significant when added to impacts caused by other projects in the — area. Cumulative impacts are defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15355 as "two or more individual effects which,when considered together, are considerable, or which compound or increase other environmental impacts." �. The cumulative impacts analyses in this document are made on the basis of lists of past, present, and reasonably anticipated future projects, as well as projections of growth that encompass both specific development and other regional growth (for example,in B. Transportation and Circulation). Cumulative projects identified in this EIR include: • The approved Northern California Re-Entry Facility and renovation of the adjacent Dewitt-Nelson Youth Correctional Facility,both located on the south side of Arch Road between Austin and Newcastle Roads • The approved Arch Road Industrial Project, located on the south side of Arch Road between Austin and Newcastle Roads,west of the Northern California Re- Entry Facility • The proposed Mariposa Lakes Project, which includes 10,964 units, three retail villages, seven schools, an AMTRAK station, a community college, and 670 acres of office and industrial parks (generating 13,000 jobs), on 3,800 acres • The proposed Norcal Logistics Center (formerly named Opus Logistics Center), — located northwest of the intersection of Arch and Austin Roads, consisting of subdivision and development of 475 acres within the City of Stockton for industrial uses • The approved Archtown Industrial Project, located on an approximately 70-acre site at the southwest corner of Arch and Newcastle Roads. The project consists of light industrial and warehouse uses. The cumulative effects of the project together with other existing, approved, and likely development have been considered and discussed in detail in each of the various analyses of Chapter IV. In summary, the following significant and unavoidable — cumulative impacts were identified: