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1 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.A-14 ' Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project The expansion area in the southeast of the existing landfill consists of creek channel and existing permitted landfill operations(including the composting facility), does not provide viable ' grazing land because of its small size and isolation from other grazing land, and has not been used for agriculture for many years. The approximately 8.7 acres in the northeast of the existing landfill is classified as Urban on the Prime Agricultural Land and Important Farmland Map, ' and is not viable as grazing land because of its small size and isolation from other grazing land, and has not been used for agriculture for many years. The 2013 expansion project included approximately 184 acres of agricultural land located south ' and west of the current permitted landfill areas. This area is not part of the currently proposed Project. The 126—acre CYA parcel in the northeast portion of the existing Forward Landfill ' contains approximately 59.4 acres of agricultural land. The agricultural land in the CYA parcel would not be affected by the proposed 2018 Expansion Project. Williamson Act ' The 2013 EIR discussed Land Conservation(Williamson)Act contracts,and procedures for non- ' renewal and cancellation for Williamson Act contracts. The 2018 Expansion Project is not on land subject to a Williamson Act contract. Multi-Species Conservation and Open Space Plan ' San Joaquin County adopted the San Joaquin Multi-Species Conservation and Open Space Plan ' (SJMSCP) in February 2001. The SJMSCP serves as comprehensive mitigation for impacts to threatened, endangered, rare, and other unlisted SJMSCP Covered Species. Participation in the SJMSCP is voluntary. Forward, Inc. is currently participating in the SJMSCP for the existing ' landfill. Airport Land Use Conflicts-Bird Strikes and Gull Survey Evaluations The 2013 EIR discussed available information on bird strikes. The following paragraph updates that discussion with new information available at the time this SEIR was prepared (Davis,2017, ' see Appendix D for a copy of this report). The Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)began tracking bird/aircraft collisions nationwide, including at the Stockton Airport(SCK) in 1990. The FAA database documenting bird/aircraft collisions contained records of 62 bird and ' mammal strikes associated with the Stockton Airport, as of April 30,2016 (Davis,2017). One of the 62 reported strikes involved a black-tailed jackrabbit. Of the 61 strike reports from Stockton Airport that involved birds, one involved a gull(carcass only) and four others might have involved gulls. Even allowing for significant under-reporting of bird strikes,five strikes at SCK in over 27 years with no damage reported indicates that the Forward Landfill has not posed a significant threat to aircraft using the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. Thirty-eight of the ' reported bird strikes at SCK occurred since the gull control program was instituted at Forward Landfill in the winter of 2010-2011. These strikes involved Barn Owls(4), a Burrowing Owl, a White-tailed Kite, Red-tailed Hawks (3),Swainson's Hawks(4), a Turkey Vulture, an American Kestrel, Horned Larks (4,Western Meadowlarks(3),Killdeers(2), an American Pipit, a Rock