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b.Expansion of Landfill Activities Within 10,000 Feet of a Stockton Metropolitan Airport Runway. Potential Significant Impact(A.3): The proposed project would expand landfill activities within 10,000 feet of a SMA runway. Finding: Based upon the analysis in the EIR, implementation of the bird abatement and reporting measures in the Mitigation Measure will make impacts from expansion of landfill activities within 10,000 feet of a Stockton Metropolitan Airport runway less than significant. The following mitigation measures will mitigate these impacts to below a level of significance. Mitigation Measures(Impact A.3): (a) The project sponsor shall request FAA, CIWMB, and LEA review of the proposed project and, specifically, bird abatement programs. The SMA shall also be notified The project sponsor shall abide by any additional reasonable and feasible measures designated by this agency to mitigate bird population impacts that could be caused by the proposed project. (b) The project sponsor shall conduct a bird survey before construction of the project and monitor bird population after operation of the landfill expansion begins. The bird monitoring will be part of the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan. If follow-up survey shows an increase in bird populations, increase mitigation measures such as covering the fill areas as soon as possible and using noise-makers and other measures as necessary to discourage birds from the site until bird population levels return to the level found in pre- expansion surveys. (c)As required by California Code of Regulations 17258.10(b),Airport Safety, the owner or operators proposing to site new MSWF units and lateral expansions within a five-mile radius of any airport runway end used by turbojet or piston-type aircraft must notes the affected airport and the FAA. The results of Mitigation Measures(a) and(c) will be written in the format of a demonstration. F (d)As required by California Code of Regulations 17258.10(c),Airport Safety, the owner or operator must place the demonstration in the operating record and notify the CIW1M that it has been placed in the operating record Facts in Support of the Finding. The potential for impacts of landfill expansion within 10,000 feet of a Stockton Metropolitan Airport runway is discussed in Section III.A of the EIR. The landfilI's historic performance has been good in not creating hazards to aviation. The purpose of the bird abatement and reporting measures is to control the number of landfill-related birds near the airport. 14