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The health and safety assessment shall evaluate the potential impact of the <br /> proposed facility on existing and planned residences and immobile populations, • <br /> at minimum, the buffer area prescribed by the Alameda County Hazardous <br /> Waste Management Plan. Immobile populations include those in schools, <br /> hospitals, convalescent homes, jails and other similar facilities within the area <br /> of potential impact. The health and safety assessment must consider the <br /> quantities and the physical and chemical characteristics of the specific types of <br /> waste that would be handled, the facility design features and planned operations <br /> practices. The justification for any reduction in buffer areas of the facility from <br /> residential areas or immobile populations than that prescribed by the Alameda <br /> County Hazardous Waste Management Plan will be identified. The assessment <br /> must include a hydrologic evaluation, and must assess risks due to physical <br /> hazards such as flooding and earthquakes and potential water or air pollution. <br /> The assessment will detail credible potential accidents, including the distance <br /> over which effects would carry a variety of options for reducing risks, and <br /> procedures for dealing with the effects. The assessment will identify the <br /> capabilities (including equipment and trained personnel) and response times of <br /> existing emergency services with regard to accidents at the facility, and will <br /> provide an emergency evacuation plan. If existing emergency services are <br /> deemed inadequate, the local agency may require the developer to supplement <br /> those services with on -site trained personnel and equipment. <br /> • Avoidance or mitigation of potential significant health or safety risks must be <br /> demonstrated to the satisfaction of the local permitting agency and the California <br /> Department of Health Services. <br /> b. Distance from populations: <br /> • <br /> All facilities: Facilities shall comply with local minimum zoning code setbacks, <br /> unless a greater buffer distance from other uses is deemed necessary, based on <br /> a required health and safety assessment. <br /> 2. Ensure the Structural Stability of the Facility: <br /> a. Floodplains: <br /> All facilities: Facilities must be designed, constructed, operated and maintained <br /> to preclude failure due to flooding, per flood control authorities and <br /> requirements. Provisions must be made to contain and test storm runoff prior <br /> to discharge in areas subject to contamination by waste or treated material. The <br /> required health and safety assessment will address flooding risks associated with <br /> the facility. <br /> Treatment, recycling and collection facilities: Facilities may be located in areas <br /> subject to 100 -year flooding only if protected by offsetting engineered <br /> improvements, such as berms or raising the facility above flood levels. This <br /> includes areas subject to flooding by dam or levee failure and natural causes <br />