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Draft Environmental Impact Report Page II-37 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion generate visual impacts. K.5. Additional sources Proposed as Part of the Project: Less than of light. • The use of highly reflective surface materials in constructing structures on the Significant site will be restricted. • Exterior building materials will be painted or otherwise treated with muted earthtorte colors. Screening vegetation was being planted along the Austin Road boundary of the site at the time this EIR was prepared. This fulfills part (b)of Mitigation Measure KA in the 2002 Final EIR for the existing landfill (San Joaquin County,2002), which is a condition of the permits for the existing landfill. The remainder of Mitigation Measure KA (reproduced in full below)is also a condition of the existing permits. (a) Lighting for nighttime operations at the working face and other landfill facilities shall consist of sodium lamps with sharp cutoff angles and downward shielding and, to the extent feasible, shall be oriented in a direction that is not visible from off-site locations. (b)Dense screening vegetation shall be planted along the Austin Road boundary of the site,with sufficient height and density at maturity to shield residents and motorists along Austin Road from views of landfill operations,including nighttime disposal operations. (c)For any future locations of the working face at which the screening vegetation in Mitigation Measure (b) above would not shield residents and motorists along Austin Road from night lighting,the project sponsor shall install temporary screens at the working face to block night lighting from residences and motorists along Austin Road. No additional measures are required. Impact K.6. Increase Proposed as Part of the Project: Less than debris and litter along Significant access roads and at the Refuse will be compacted and covered as soon as possible after deposition to �. ' C=