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�t <br /> ` Draft Environmental Impact Report Page 11-40 <br /> Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion <br /> There is no evidence that available waste disposal capacity is limiting development in <br /> the areas that would be served by the Forward Landfill, and the proposed project would <br /> F" not be considered growth accommodating. <br /> F° <br /> Cumulative Impacts <br /> Ell The following significant cumulative impacts were identified: <br /> • Additional traffic would contribute to an unacceptable Level of Service at the <br /> intersection of Austin Road and Arch Road under cumulative conditions. This <br /> would be significant and.unavoidable. <br /> The project plus cumulative traffic would result in unacceptable travel speed on <br /> northbound Austin Road during the PM peak. This would be significant and <br /> unavoidable. <br /> F • The project would contribute to cumulatively significant loss of agricultural <br /> lands. This could be mitigated to a less than significant level with measures <br /> identified in this EIR. <br /> ' • The project would traffic noise, including project truck traffic, would be <br /> significant and unavoidable. <br /> # . • The project would contribute to a cumulatively significant and unmitigable <br /> increase in air pollutant emissions. <br /> F, No cumulatively significant impacts were identified for several topic areas,including I <br /> Public Health and Safety, Hydrology and Water Quality,Soils and Geology, Vegetation <br /> and Wildlife, Public Services and Utilities, Cultural Resources, and Visual Quality. <br /> E. Significant Unavoidable Adverse Imn acts <br /> After mitigation, project implementation would have the following unavoidable I <br /> significant adverse impacts: j <br /> • Project-related noise would contribute to a significant and unmitigable increase i <br /> in ambient noise levels associated with truck traffic. <br /> • The project would contribute to a cumulatively significant increase in air <br /> pollutant emissions; <br /> F <br /> • The increase in height and mass of the proposed project would constitute a <br /> significant visual impact. <br /> Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes <br /> F, The EIR identifies the following significant irreversible environmental changes: <br /> • The project would permanently modify the local landscape and topography, and <br /> the appearance of the landfill would be permanently altered. <br /> i <br /> • Expansion into the expansion areas would irreversibly preempt potential <br /> agricultural use and the existing wildlife area. <br /> F' <br /> t <br />