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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON,CA 95205-6232 PHONE:209/468-3121 FAX:209/468-3163 NOTICE OF PREPARATION SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. PA-0800105 ER FORWARD INC. The Environmental Review Officer has determined that this project might have a significant impact on the environment and hereby gives notice that a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report is to be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as amended. The San Joaquin County Development Department will be the Lead Agency and will prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the project identified above. Please submit _ the views of your agency as to the scope and content of the environmental information that is germane to your agency's statutory responsibilities in connection with the proposed project. The Community Development Department did not prepare an Initial Study for this project. Application The application being processed is Use Permit Application No. PA-0800087 of Forward Inc. to increase the disposal footprint from approximately 355 acres to 366 acres. The proposed additional development area includes two areas within the currently permitted landfill boundaries. Approximately 8.4 acres in the northeast corner of the site and approximately 2.3 acres in the south area. The acreage added in the south area is gained by shifting the existing disposal footprint north and realigning the creek to the southern and eastern boundaries of the site. The proposed expansion areas are not under a Williamson Act Contract. All the additional expansion acreage is within the boundary facilities currently permitted under Use Permit application No. UP-00-0007. (Use Type: Major Impact Services) Current Project The major modifications being proposed are: • Relocation of 3,200 feet of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek to the southeastern boundaries of the project site; and • Increase the remaining landfill capacity by approximately 7.7 million cubic yards (cy), from approximately 20.0 million cy (as of February 2014) to approximately 27.7 million cy; and — • Expansion of the existing refuse disposal footprint. Previous Proiect In 2012 Forward proposed a previous expansion project of the landfilling operations onto an adjoining 184.0 acre parcel. This parcel was located within closer proximity to the Stockton -- Metropolitan Airport then the current proposed expansion project area, and required a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors to override the County Airport Land Use Commission finding that this proposed expansion project was not in conformity with the 1993 San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan. This former project failed to achieve the required four-fifth override vote of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors did vote, however, to certify the Forward Landfill Expansion Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) as having been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (GC 15151) and adequate for use for decision- making purposes. 1