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Draft Environmental Impact Report Page I-2 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion development under that permit as the baseline for impact assessment. Impacts that would occur as a r result of permit revisions set forth in the current permit application are addressed in this EIR. As discussed above, the existing Forward Landfill is currently permitted for landfill operations. A number of Appellate Court cases have found that where a specific project has previously undergone CEQA review and has been approved, any subsequent CEQA Q review of any proposed modification to the previously approved project should be limited to the incremental impacts associated with the proposed change in the project-' Therefore,the County has determined that the full development allowed under the landfill's existing permits should be used as the environmental baseline (Environmental Setting). This baseline of full development under existing County Use Permit differs from currently existing physical conditions. The EIR's analysis of the potential impacts of the proposed consolidated landfill project is based on a comparison of the proposed project with full buildout of the currently permitted landfill. Most mitigation measures have been incorporated into the existing permits and therefore are considered part of the environmental baseline. Forward Inc. proposes to incorporate those mitigations that are still applicable into the proposed project. Mitigations proposed as part of the project; along with additional measures, are identified as such under each section of Chapter IV. Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures and-discussed in Chapter III, Project Description. D. PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS The San Joaquin County Community Development Department issued the Notice of Preparation for this EIR on May 8,2008. The NOP is included as Appendix A to this EIR. The NOP was circulated to applicable local and state agencies, and interested parties and responses were received from the San PP g Joaquinuin County PublicWorks Department, the San Joaquin Count Environmental Health Department, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Department of Conservation,the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation,the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District,the San Joaquin County Organization of Governments (SJCOG-two letters), and the Manteca Union School District. These response letters are included in Appendix B. CEQA Guidelines Section 15082 (c) (1)requires that"For projects of statewide,regional, or areawide significance pursuant to section 15206, the lead agency shall conduct at least one scoping meeting." Section 15206 includes a list of specific criteria for regional significance, including industrial projects of over 40 acres and projects that would result in the cancellation of a Williamson Act contract of over 100 acres. On the basis of these criteria, San Joaquin County has determined that the proposed project would be a project of regional or areawide significance, and held a scoping meeting on February 5, ` 2009. Comments received at that meeting are summarized in Appendix B. This Draft EIR is circulated for a 45-day public review and comment period. All relevant comments on environmental issues received during the public review period will be responded to in the Final EIR (FEIR). That IiEIR will need to be certified by the county as complete and adequate prior to approval of the County Use Permit. In order to approve the project,the County also is required to make necessary findings under CEQA section 15091, and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP). The MMRP will incorporate all mitigation measures ultimately required by the County. E. ORGANIZATION OF THIS DOCUMENT This EIR is organized in the following manner: `�' o Luiseno Mission 1 See,for example,Fairview Neighbors v. County of Ventura(1999)70 Ca1.App.4 238, Temecula Band f Indians v. Ranch Cal. Water Dist. (1996)43 Ca1.AppAN25,437,and Benton v.Board of Supervisors(1991)226 Cal.App. 3d 1987, 1477.