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INITIAL STUDY ATTACHMENT PA-1000245 Forward Inc./Republic Services PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Use Permit application to amend the existing Solid Waste Facility Permit Boundaries only. Under Title 27 CCR (California Code of Regulabons). CEQA review (California Environmental Quality Act) is required to amend the facilities boundary. 184 acres of the project site is under Williamson Act contract 72-01-398. No landfill activities, waste placement, disposal composting storage of equipment, or soil borrowing will occur on the 184 acres No increase in current permitted daily tonnage or land refuse foot print will occur under this application. The project site is located 2 miles south of Arch Road, on the west side of Austin Road(southwest of Stockton). ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: 1. Water 1.a. The project site is located within FIRM (FEMA Federal Insurance Rate Map) panels 060299 0465C (April 2, 2002), 060299 0605B(December 16, 2005), and 060299 0610 A(May 15, 1980).With the exception of areas near the creek channels,which are in Flood Zone A,the Forward Landfill site is within flood zone designations B, C and X.Any future development will have to comply with Development Title Section 9-1605 regarding flood hazards. 2. Earth 2.c. 184 acres of agricultural land is located southwest of the current permitted landfill site and according to the National Resource Conservation Service Land use capability classifications, the current soils classifications symbols for the site are 180 (Jacktone Clay) and 250 (Stockton Clay), the Storie Index rating is 20 and 25, and the soils have Class III rating if irrigated or Class IV rating if non- irrigated. Also, the 184 acres of agricultural land is under Williamson Act Contract No. 72-C1-398. Forward, Inc. served a Notice of Nonrenewal for Williamson Act Contract No. 72-C1-398, on October 13, 2005. The Notice of Nonrenewal was recorded with the San Joaquin County Recorder's Office as Document No. 2005-256394 on October 13, 2005. Pursuant to the Notice of Non-Renewal, the Williamson Act contract on the subject property will expire on March 1, 2015. However, expansion into the undeveloped southwest area of the current permitted landfill site is not permitted at this time and no increase in waste placement will occur under this proposed application this will not be a conversion of agricultural land. 3. Plant and Animal Life 3.a.& b. Based on a review of the Natural Diversity Database and recorded site visits 55 special-status animal and plant species (four federally and/or State-listed animal species) could potentially occur on the site. The San Joaquin Council of Governments has been notified and will determine if the applicant may participate in the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJMSCP). If the applicant chooses to participate in the SJMSCP, the proposed project is consistent with the SJMSCP as amended, as reflected in the conditions of project approval for this proposal. Pursuant to the Final EIR/EIS for the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJMSCP), dated November 15, 2000, and certified by the San Joaquin Council of Governments on December 7, 2000, implementation of the SJMSCP is expected to reduce impacts to biological resources resulting from the proposed project to a level of less-than- significant. If the applicant chooses not to participate, then the applicant will be required to participate in a similar mechanism that provides the same level of mitigation. Initial Study -7- Rev 5-00