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them through the health and safety assessment. An ongoing groundwater • monitoring program should be developed in consultation with local, state and water district representatives. • b. Surface Water quality: All facilities: Developers shall comply with the requirements of the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program. c. Wastewater: All facilities: Facilities operating wastewater should locate in areas with adequate industrial sewer capacity. The quality of wastewater must meet all federal, state and local sewering agency discharge requirements; and the facility must obtain a valid industrial wastewater discharge permit. 4. Protect Air Quality: a. Air quality nonattainment and PSD areas: All facilities: Facilities may be sited in nonattainment and PSD (prevention of significant deterioration) areas only if they meet the •requirements of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The required health and safety assessment will identify air emissions, impacts and mitigation associated with the facility. 5. Protect Environmentally Sensitive Areas: a. Wetlands: All facilities: Facilities are prohibited from locating in wetlands such as salt- water, fresh water and brackish marshes, swamps and bogs, as defined in local regional and state plans and policies (generally, areas inundated by surface water or groundwater with a frequency to support, under normal circumstances, a prevalence of vegetative or aquatic life which requires saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction). b. Animal and plant habitats: All facilities: Facilities are prohibited from locating within critical habitats of endangered species, defined as areas known to be inhabited permanently or seasonally or known to be critical at any stage in the life cycle of any species of wildlife or vegetation identified or being considered for identification as "endangered" or "threatened" by the U.S. Department of Interior or the State of California. c. Prime agricultural lands: