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Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.K-11 Forward Landfill Expansion • The use of highly reflective surface materials in constructing structures on the site will be restricted. • Exterior building materials will be painted or otherwise treated with muted earthtone colors. As discussed under Impact K.3, above, 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 Iamps 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. Implementation of these procedures and Mitigation Measure KA of the 2002 Final EIR would reduce the lighting impacts of the project to a less than significant level. Additional measures that reduce night lighting impacts on wildlife are included in Mitigation Measure H.9. Mitigation Measure K.S None required. Impact K.6. The proposed increase in the quantity of waste delivered to the landfill would increase the associated potential of debris and litter along access roads and at the site from transporting and handling of waste. Solid waste of the type received at the landfill contains substantial quantities of light materials such as paper and plastics that may be released and then transported by the wind during transport to and handling at the landfill. The following procedures are proposed as part of the project: • Refuse will be compacted and covered as soon as possible after deposition to reduce amounts of blowing litter. • Daily inspection will be conducted to control litter on- and off-site, including the North and South Branches of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek, approach roads, entrance facilities,the transfer station/resource recovery facility, portable litter control fences, landfill perimeter fence, leachate impoundments, and storm water facilities including ditches,berms, and detention/sedimentation basins. The project sponsor will collect and deposit on-site litter on a daily basis. Portable litter collection fences will be installed as required to prohibit wind-blown litter from accumulating along roadways or around buildings. In accordance with San Joaquin County Ordinance No.28870, adopted September 29, 1981,tarps will be placed over open loads to avoid littering