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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-12 ' Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project from: • projections of structures into navigable airspace; • light and glare; • emissions affecting visibility; • interference with communications;and ' • bird hazards,such as from ponds and landfills. (RDR) EPA and FAA Regulations ' A U.S. EPA regulation, found at 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10,requires that any landfill operator proposing expansion of an existing landfill within 10,000 feet of any runway ' used by turbojet aircraft or within 5,000 feet of any runway used only by piston-type aircraft must demonstrate that the landfill expansion will not pose a bird hazard to aircraft. The landfill operator must place this demonstration in the operating record of the landfill and notify the ' Federal Aviation Administration that this demonstration has been placed in the landfill operating record. The Stockton Metropolitan Airport(SMA) serves both turbo-jet and piston type aircraft. ' Therefore,this EPA regulation applied to the previously proposed expansion project,which was located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway. (Hunt,2010.) The 2018 Expansion Project is ' not located within 10,000 feet of the SMA runway, and is not subject to this EPA regulation. In any case, the Forward Landfill has prepared this demonstration(Davis, 2011), and had placed this demonstration in the Landfill operating record and so notified U.S. EPA. (Basso,2011) ' EPA regulation(40 Code of Federal Regulations section 258.10) also requires that the operator of an existing landfill proposing a lateral expansion of that landfill within 5 miles of an airport ' runway must provide notice of the proposed expansion to the director of the lead state agency responsible for implementing the state permit program under 40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 CFR part 258 for facilities regulations under these regulations--in California, it is the Director ' of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery or "Cal Recycle". This notification was provided to CalRecycle. (Basso 2018d,2018e.) Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 77 contains the Federal Aviation ' Administration's regulations that establish standards for determining obstructions to navigable airspace and the effects of such obstructions on the safe use of airspace. 14 Code of Federal ' Regulations,Section 77.7 prescribes the form of notice that must be given to the FAA regarding proposed landfill expansions. Forward, Inc. submitted preliminary plans(consistent with the project evaluated in this EIR)to ' the Federal Aviation Administration and received a "Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation" on October 12,2017, consisting of seven letters stating that the various portions of the proposed project"not exceed obstruction standards and would not be a hazard to air navigation". (McDonald,2017a;McDonald,2017b;McDonald,2017c;McDonald, 2017d; McDonald,2017e;McDonald,2017f;McDonald,2017g.)