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Draft Environmental Impact Report Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion Page IV.A-16 i F lights to locate the runway environment. New sources of light near the runway 1' ` difficult to distinguish from y i htin may be gu om airport lighting. Downward shielding of lighting at the landfill y would reduce the visibility of landfill lighting to pilots. However, even with downward f shielding, moisture in the air during foggy conditions can generate a dispersedlow that may create confusion for incoming pilots. Although, as discussed in Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, above, current landfill lighting does not interfere with aircraft navigation, the lighting associated with the expansion areas is a potentially significant impact. effect of ' The following procedures are proposed as part of the project: • Aircraft warning lights will be installed at the landfill as and when required by the FAA. • 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 Iateral 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 Y placed in the operating record. � The use of highly reflective surface materials in constructing structures on the site will be restricted. In addition, the following Mitigation Measure (from the 2002 Final EIR for the existing landfill), which is a condition of the permits for the existing landfill, shall be implemented: u Mitigating Measure A.4: The project sponsor shall include downward shielding of new landfill lighting, and shall abide by any additional reasonable and feasible measures, including reducing or eliminating lighting during foggy conditions, that are designated by the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)and Stockton Metropolitan Airport to mitigate lighting impacts that could be caused by the proposed project. Implementation of these procedures and continuation of existing permit conditions would reduce night lighting impacts to a less than significant level. Mitigation Measures H.9 and K.4 F111 also apply to night lighting impacts. Impact A.S. Potential conflicts with nearby land uses. Because the existing Forward Landfill is currently in operation and there are no sensitive receptors near the major proposed expansion area,it is not anticipated that the proposed landfill expansion project would generate significant new lad use conflicts with the existing adjacent and nearby land uses. The approved California Health Care Facility (located west of Austin Road between the Forward Landfill and h Arch Road), Northern California Re-Entry Facility (located on the south side of Arch Road ` between Austin and Newcastle Roads),and Arch Road Industrial Project (located on the south I1 side of Arch Road between Austin and Newcastle Roads, west of the Northern California Re- Entry Facility), as well as the proposed Opus Logistics Center (located northwest of the intersection of Arch and Austin Roads) (see Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses, above) would consist of non-residential uses, and are located sufficiently far from the project site that these future land uses would create any significant lad use conflicts with the proposed expanded landfill. This would be a less than significant impact. Mitigation Measure A.5. None required. i 4 z