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I Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-11 P P � Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion Agency(LEA) for the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) is fulfilled by the San Joaquin County Department of Public Health Services, Environmental Health Division. k The San Joaquin County Planning Commission has authority to approve project plans and specifications. Decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors. Multiple Species Conservation and Open Space Plan t- San Joaquin County adopted the San Joaquin Multiple Species Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJMSCP) in February 2001. The SJMSCP serves as comprehensive mitigation for impacts to threatened, endangered, rare and other unlisted SJMSCP Covered Species. Participation in the SJMSCP is voluntary. Impacts and Mitigation Measures Standards of Significance ! J The proposed project would have a significant impact with regard to land use, planning, and ��++ agricultural land' if it would: • Physically divide an established community, • Conflict with applicable land use plans, policies,or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the project, • Conflict with an applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community conservation plan, or • Convert farmland to non-agricultural use. Impact A1: Compliance with County Plans and Policies. Zone CIassification The entire project site has a zone classification of AG-40. As discussed in Setting, County of San # Joaquin General Plan and Zoning, Zone Classification, above, landfills are permitted in AG-40 'VJ zones subject to a Use Permit. Thus,the proposed project would be consistent with the County of San Joaquin AG-40 zone classification, if a new'Use Permit is granted. General Plan Designations i As discussed in Setting, above, corridors along the North and South Branches of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek are designated OS/RC (Open Space,Resource Conservation). The remainder of the northwestern portion of the site (the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill), is designated as Public, defined as "major institutional facilities, including schools". The land use designation of southeastern portion of the site,with the exception of the OS/RC corridor along the South Branch, is A/G (General Agriculture). The proposed realignment of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek would require compliance with state and federal regulations, including approvals from the California Department-of Fish and Game (CDFG),the RWQCB, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)for compliance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the San Joaquin County Flood ' Source: California Code of Regulations,Title 14,Division 6, Chapter 3, Sections 15000-15387 and Appendices A-K, "Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act", Appendix G, Environmental Checklist Form.