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Draft Environmental Impact Report Page II-4 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion 3. Good faith efforts have been made to purchase an easement or other preservation instrument,but the high cost of such purchase makes it unreasonable for the project sponsor to continue such efforts. The project sponsor shall execute a legal instrument to provide agricultural mitigation land and pay the applicable administrative fee, or, subject to approval by the San Joaquin County Community Development Department, pay an in-lieu fee. A.3. The proposed Proposed as Part of the Project. Less Than project could increase The following procedures are proposed as part of the project: Significant bird hazards at the Stockton Metropolitan • Existing measures to discourage birds from the landfill will be continued. Surface Airport. area of ponds will be limited to the extent feasible. • The project sponsor will continue to monitor bird population after operation of the expanded landfill begins. 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. • 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 and notify the CIWMB that it has been placed in the operating record. • 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.