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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page 1-4 ' Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project (D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. ' CEQA Guidelines Section 15163 states: (a) The lead or responsible agency may choose to prepare a supplement to an EIR rather than a subsequent EIR if: (1)Any of the conditions described in Section 15162 would require the preparation of a subsequent EIR, and (2) Only minor additions or changes would be necessary to make the previous EIR adequately apply to the project in the changed situation. (b) The supplement to the EIR need contain only the information necessary to make the previous EIR adequate for the project as revised. (c) A supplement to an EIR shall be given the same kind of notice and public review as is given to a draft EIR under Section 15087. (d) A supplement to an EIR may be circulated by itself without recirculating the previous ' draft or final EIR. (e) When the agency decides whether to approve the project, the decision-making body shall consider the previous EIR as revised by the supplemental EIR. A finding under Sec- tion 15091 shall be made for each significant effect shown in the previous EIR as revised. This Supplemental EIR is being prepared for the 2018 Expansion Project because, per CEQA ' Guidelines Section 15162, the proposed changes to the Project summarized in Section I.B above would represent changes to the development proposed for the site as anticipated in the 2013 EIR, and these changes would require revisions to the 2013 EIR,but no new signifi- cant unmitigable impacts are anticipated. The changes to the Project could result in changed impacts to land use and agricultural resources,biological resources, traffic, noise, air quality, and health risk, compared with those identified in the 2013 EIR. ' This document includes revised sections addressing those topics only. These changed im- pacts are discussed in detail in Sections IV.A through IV.G. All other topics are summarized in Section IV.H, Other CEQA Topics. D. SCOPE OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EIR ' On May 15, 2018 the San Joaquin County Planning Department circulated a Notice of Prepa- ration (NOP) to help identify the types of impacts that could result from the 2018 Expansion Project, as well as potential areas of controversy. The NOP was mailed to public agencies (including the State Clearinghouse), organizations, and individuals considered likely to be interested in the proposed Project and its potential impacts. The public comment period ended on June 14, 2018. Based on preliminary research into the potential environmental ef- fects of the Project and scoping, the County determined that potential new significant effects of the proposed Project would be limited to the topics of land use (including airport land use