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Page 2 resulting from conversion of agricultural lands would remain. On December 12, 1994(after the EIR was completed)the City of Stockton adopted an ordinance and two resolutions establishing the City's "Habitat and Open Space Conservation Fee". This fee program may be used to establish an agricultural land trust by acquiring conservation easements to protect wildlife,while assuring long-term preservation of agricultural lands and operations. The Initial Study also found several areas where,due to changed physical and regulatory conditions since 1994,potentially significant environmental impacts could result. . These are land use,biological resources,traffic,and water quality:-The Initial Study.focusing out the other environmental issues is included as Appendix A of this Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR). This level of changes triggers further environmental review under CEQA. In this case,because there could be new significant impacts,it was determined that preparation of a focused SEIR,as specified under CEQA Guidelines Section 15163,would be the appropriate CEQA documentation for this project. Specifically,the major changes in project conditions addressed in this SEIR are: • Change in jurisdiction from the City of Stockton to the County of San Joaquin • New approved and proposed development and circulation system modifications have substantially altered traffic conditions in the project area. • Several new species have been added to state and/or federal protected species lists,there has been some change in sensitive species considered possible to occur in the project area, and the proposed M realignment of the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek has changed. • New studies of groundwater contamination have identified a more widespread contaminant plume than addressed in the:1994 EIR,and changes to remediation plans have been made to respond to this new information. This SEIR includes sections addressing the four environmental topics above,but does not include the other environmental issues in the 1994 EIR that were focused out of this SEIR The section numbers in this SEIR for the four topics above correspond to those of the 1994 EIR As a consequence,the section numbers of the environmental issues in this SEIR are not sequential. A Draft SEIR requires circulation similar to a Draft EIR. All relevant comments on environmental issues received during the public review period will be responded to in a Final Supplemental EIR That EIR would need to be certified by the County as complete and adequate priorto approval of the project. In order to approve the project,the County also would be required to make necessary findings under CEQA Guidelines section 15091 and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program(MMRP). The MMRP shall incorporate the change in jurisdiction from the City of Stockton to San Joaquin County,as discussed above. GRAS=ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING