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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page II-50 Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project rates, this alternative would have a closure date of approximately 2034 or approximately 3 years later than the 2031 closure date of the expansion project. Impacts of this alternative would be similar to those of the proposed project except for the following: • Noise, air quality, traffic, health risk, and odors impacts would not be increased in intensity over existing conditions, but existing landfill traffic, noise, and air pollutant emissions would extend to 2034 instead of ending in 2031 (or 2026 under No Project). Environmentally Superior Alternative The 2013 FEIR concluded that Alternative 2B would be the Environmentally Superior Alternative. The proposed 2014 Expansion Project would, however be environmentally superior to Alternative 213, with a much more limited footprint and shorter extension of landfill life. The 2014 Expansion Project, as detailed in this SEIR, would reduce most impacts compared with the previously proposed Project. Alternatives 4 and 5 would further reduce impacts compared to the Expansion Project. Of these, Alternative 4 would have the lowest impact, because it would not result in creek relocation impacts and would not affect the visual quality of the Southern parcel as viewed from Austin Road. E. OTHER CEQA TOPICS AND IMPACT OVERVIEW Growth Inducing Impacts _ The 2014 Expansion Project, which would be smaller than the previously proposed expansion, involves neither the extension of public service, such as water or sewer lines, nor the creation of a land use that would stimulate adjacent development, therefore it is not likely to have growth-inducing impacts. Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts After mitigation, project implementation would have the following unavoidable significant adverse impacts: • Project traffic would contribute to an unacceptable Level of Service at the intersection of Austin Road and Arch Road, SR 99 and Arch Road, and SR 99/Mariposa Road SB Ramp under cumulative conditions. This would be significant and unavoidable. • The project would contribute to a cumulatively significant increase in air pollutant emissions. • The increase in extent and mass of the proposed project would constitute a significant visual impact(from 2013 FEIR). _ • The project would result in significant and unavoidable project-generated traffic noise on Austin Road. • The project's truck traffic would contribute to significant and unavoidable — cumulative traffic noise on Austin Road. .J