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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-1 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project IV. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING, IMPACTS,AND MITIGATION MEASURES IV.A. LAND USE AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES This section updates the 2013 Forward Landfill Expansion Project EIR's environmental setting and impacts analyses to assess the proposed changes to the project described in this Supplemental EIR. It addresses potential conflicts with surrounding land uses;conformity with San Joaquin County's General Plan,zoning regulations,Integrated Waste Management Plan and Airport Land Use Plan;state and federal airspace plans and policies;habitat conservation plans(with additional discussion in Biological Resources chapter); and loss of agricultural land. Most of those discussions remain current and, if unchanged, are repeated in this Supplemental EIR.The impacts and mitigations in this section replace those in Section IV.A of the 2013 EIR. Setting Surrounding and Nearby Land Uses The 2013 EIR discussed surrounding and nearby land uses, shown in Figure III.0-1. The Northern California Youth Correctional Center, a criminal detention facility with approximately 2,000 male inmates, is located approximately 1,900 feet north of the existing Forward Landfill disposal area and approximately 300 feet north of the soil borrow area in the CYA parcel. A former women's prison,the Northern California Women's Facility,is located farther north of the project site, at the southwest corner of Arch and Austin Roads. The women's prison closed in 2003 and does not house any inmates. The California Health Care Facility (a state prison hospital)is located adjacent to the Forward landfill on a portion of the existing Northern California Youth Correctional Center west of Austin Road between the Forward Landfill and Arch Road. It consists of a 1,722-bed health care facility totaling approximately 1.2 million square feet,with housing clusters, diagnostic and treatment centers, armory,warehousing and support facilities, central plant, outdoor recreation ' fields,gatehouse, regional food service facility, staff training facilities,parking areas, and security fence and lighting. This facility was under construction at the time the 2013 EIR was prepared and is now complete and occupied. Adjacent land uses to the west, south, and east of the landfill consist of agriculture and scattered residences. A single-family residence (9690 Austin Road)is located approximately 500 feet from the landfill, on the east side of Austin Road across from the landfill's main entrance. This house is rented by Forward Landfill and kept vacant(Basso, pers. com.). There are two single-family residences(9606 and 9820 Lynch Road)east of Austin Road on Lynch Road, approximately 0.5 miles southeast of the site. In addition, two residences with surrounding ancillary structures are located on the east side of Austin Road, approximately one mile north of the main landfill entrance. Another residence with surrounding ancillary structures is located on Austin Road farther north of the site. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Intermodal Facility, a 470-acre train/truck cargo transfer