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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page III-2 Forward Inc.Landfill 2018 Expansion Project In 2012, Forward proposed an expansion of the landfill,which included a horizontal expansion of landfilling operations onto the adjoining 184-acre "Brocchini" parcel. This project entailed the following substantial modifications to previous landfill characteristics and procedures: • Expand the Forward Landfill to contiguous parcels including an approximately 184-acre parcel to the southwest of the existing landfill site and an approximately 10-acre parcel in the northeast of the existing landfill. In addition, approximately 11 acres of currently permitted landfill disposal area in the southern portion of the Forward Landfill would be relocated within the currently permitted landfill boundary due to realignment of the South Fork of South Littlelohns Creek. • Increase the remaining landfill capacity by approximately 32.0 million cubic yards (cy) to approximately 54.0 million cy. All of the increase would be Class II landfill space and would extend the landfill closure date to approximately 2039.' • Relocate approximately 3,000 feet of the South Fork of South Littlejohns Creek(which currently traverses the landfill)to the southeastern boundaries of the site to provide additional separation of the creek from the landfill.The relocated creek will be approximately 3,400 feet in length. • Allow cannery waste processing in areas of site that are not being used for disposal at the time. The proposed 2013 expansion project would have allowed landfilling activities within 10,000 feet of the end of the usable runway of the Stockton Metropolitan Airport, and required a four- fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors to override the County Airport Land Use Commission finding that this proposed expansion project was not in conformity with the 1993 San Joaquin County Airport Land Use Plan. This former project failed to achieve the required vote to override. However,the Board of Supervisors certified the Forward Landfill Expansion Final Environmental Impact Report(San Joaquin County, May 2013) ("FEIR")in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA). In 2014, Forward proposed a smaller increase in permitted landfilling capacity that did not ' include the previously proposed expansion of landfilling operations on the 184-acre Brocchini parcel.This proposed increase in landfill acreage was entirely within the boundary of the 567- ' acres permitted under the current land use permit(UP-00-0007/ER-00-0002) approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 8, 2003. The 2014 Expansion Project included the following changes: • Allow landfilling operations on an 8.7-acre portion of the 10-acre parcel(described in the 2013 EIR)that lies in the northeast portion of the site within the currently permitted landfill boundary. (The remaining 1.3 acres of the 10-acre parcel is occupied by a landfill gas-to- energy plant and is not proposed for landfill.) In addition,approximately 6.2 acres of landfill disposal area were proposed to be added to the currently permitted landfill 'The 2013 FEIR estimated closure dates with and without that project of 2039 and 2021,respectively. However,2014 estimated closure dates with and without the 2012 pr-ev eusl •^r-eigese )2013 FEIR project are 2045 and 2026,respectively. 1