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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 2, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT . �. 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON,CA 95205-6232 -p-�R''' PHONE:209/468-3121 FAX:209/468-3163 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (DSEIR) FORWARD LANDFILL EXPANSION PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Joaquin County Community Development Department, acting as Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) that the above document is available for review and comment. The review period begins December 10, 2014 and ends on January 23, 2015. All comments regarding the Draft SEIR must be received by the ending date. Application The application being processed is Use Permit Application No. PA-0800087 of Forward Inc. to increase the disposal footprint from approximately 355 acres to 370 acres. The proposed additional development area includes two areas within the currently permitted landfill boundaries. Approximately 8.7 acres in the northeast corner of the site and approximately 6.2 acres in the south area. The acreage added in the south area is gained by shifting the existing disposal footprint north and realigning the creek to the southern and eastern boundaries of the site.The proposed expansion areas are not under a Williamson Act Contract. All the additional expansion acreage is within the boundary facilities currently permitted under Use Permit application No. UP-00-0007. (Use Type: Major Impact Services) Current Proposed Project The major modifications being proposed are: • Relocation of 3,200 feet of the South Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohns Creek to the southeastern boundaries of the project site; and • Increase the remaining landfill capacity by approximately 8.0 million cubic yards(cy), from approximately 20.0 million cy (as of February 2014) to approximately 28.0 million cy; and • Expansion of the existing refuse disposal footprint. Previous Proposed Project In 2012 Forward proposed a previous expansion project of the landfilling operations onto an adjoining 184.0 acre parcel. This parcel was located within closer proximity to the Stockton Metropolitan Airport then the current proposed expansion project area, and required a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors to override the County Airport Land Use Commission finding that this proposed expansion project was not in conformity with the 1993 San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan. This former project failed to achieve the required four-fifth override vote of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors did vote, however, to certify the Forward Landfill Expansion Final Environmental Impact Report(FEIR)as having been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (GC 15151) and adequate for use for decision- making purposes. The revised project described in the proposed SEIR in relation to the FEIR is a smaller development of permitted landfilling capacity that does not include the previously proposed horizontal expansion of landfilling operations onto the adjacent 184.0-acre parcel and no cancellation of the Williamson Act Contract.