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F Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.H-17 Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion Project �a t.l Though most of the project area is intensively managed for agriculture, there is a high potential for the occurrence of migratory birds to nest within vegetation along roadsides and along the banks of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn's Creek. San Joaquin County General Plan The San Joaquin County General Plan(SJCGP1999)outlines objectives, policies and implementation measures related to natural resources within the Project area. Objectives of the SJCGP call for the protection and improvement of vegetation,fish and wildlife resources in the County and to provide undeveloped open space for nature study, protection of endangered species, and preservation of wildlife habitat. Specific policies of the SJCGP calls for the Protection of significant biological and ecological resources including wetlands riparian areas, rare,threatened,and endangered species and their habitats, potentially rare or commercially 4 important species, vernal pools, significant oak groves and heritage trees. The SJCGP outlines implementation measures intended to protect special-status species and their habitats and trees, to preserve and restore natural habitats for wildlife,to preserved and restore wetlands and o riparian habitat, and to seek ways to acquire natural areas. San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan .; San Joaquin County is a signatory to the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan(SJMSCP). Participation in the SJMSCP,which is voluntary, satisfies the requirements of federal and State endangered species acts (FESA and CESA), and ensures that potential impacts are mitigated to a less-than-significant level in compliance with CEQA. The SJMSCP provides incidental take authorization for 97 listed and non-listed plant, fish, and wildlife species and provides compensation for habitat losses through collection of fees that are used to preserve habitats elsewhere. In most cases, projects participating in the SJMSCP experience can streamline the process of complying with endangered species laws and reduce the cost of mitigating compared with the undertaking of separate negotiations with each regulatory agency. Participation in the SJMSCP does not,however, satisfy the requirements of the USACE, RWQCB or CDFG pertaining to impacts to stream courses or wetlands;permits for these impacts must be obtained separately, as discussed below. Mitigation fees vary by the type of lands affected and are based on the following four land cover types32(,based on Financial Analysis Update adoption by local jurisdiction): • Other open space lands: $6,511 per acre • Natural and agricultural lands;$13,022 per acre Vernal pool grasslands:$34,958 per acre • Vernal pool wetlands: $69,858 per acre Forward has applied for the consolidated landfill to be included under the provisions of the SJMSCP. Forward's application was approved by the Technical Advisory Committee of the San Joaquin Council of Governments (COG) on April 10,2002,and by the COG's Board on April 25, 2002. Therefore, provisions of the SJMSCP apply to future landfill development at the site. I California Department of Fish and Game is 32 effective April 1,2007(available online at httn:///wwwsicoorg/Programs%20&%20PrQjects/Habitat files/Related%20Material/FinAnUl2d200 { 6Mode1 110206. df 1