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City of San Leandro Housing Element Update (2015-2023) Project Initial Studv and Environmental Checklist Common cleaning substances, building maintenance products, paints and solvents, and similar items would likely be stored, and used, at the future housing developments that could occur under the proposed Project. These potentially hazardous materials, however, would not be of a type or occur in sufficient quantities to pose a significant hazard to public health and safety or the environment. Consequently, associated impacts from implementation of the proposed Project would be less than significant. b) 1rlould the project create a significant ha.Zard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and acci- dent conditions involving the release of ha.Zardous materials into the environment? As described in Section VIII.a above, the storage and use of common cleaning substances, building mainte- nance products, and paints and solvents in the potential development planned for under the proposed Project could likely occur; however, these potentially hazardous substances would not be of a type or occur in suffi- cient quantities on-site to pose a significant hazard to public health and safety or the environment. Conse- quently, overall, associated hazardous materials impacts would be less than significant. c) Would the project emit ha.Zardous emissions or handle ha,-ardous materials, substances or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing orproposed school? Given that the Housing Element only identifies available sites for residential development, and previously zoned to allow for residential uses, development allowed under the Housing Element would not emit hazard- ous emissions or handle hazardous materials, substance or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. As such there would be no increase in the risk of hazardous emissions as discussed above in Sections VIII.a and VIII.b above. As a result there would be no impacts to schools. d) Wlould the project be located on a site which is included on a list of ha.Zardous material sites compiled pursuant to Govern- ment Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, create a significant ha.Zard to the public or the environment? Records searches of the Envirostor database identify that there are locations within the city that are listed un- der the Spills, Leaks, Investigation, and Cleanups (SLIC) program and as locations of former Leaking Under- ground Fuel Tanks (LUFTs).26 However, because potential future housing units that could occur under the proposed Project would be in locations where existing residential uses currently exist or on commercial sites where hazards have been mitigated, no significant hazards to the public or the environment are anticipated to occur. Continued compliance with applicable federal, State, and local regulations, (see Section VIII.a) would ensure that associated impacts are reduced to the maximum extent practicable. Therefore, any potential future development that could occur under the proposed Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment by virtue of being identified as a hazardous materials site, and impacts related to existing hazardous material sites would be less than significant. e) For a project within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public air- port orpublic use airport, would the project result in a safety haard forpeople residing or working in the project area? The City of San Leandro is located directly adjacent to the south of the Oakland International Airport, and approximately two miles north of the Hayward Executive Airport. As such, areas within the city are located 26 California Department of Toxic Substances Control Envirostor, City of San Leandro, http: / /www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/mapfull.asp?global_id=&x=- 119&y=37&21=18&ms=640,480&mt=m&findaddress=True&city=san%201eandro&zip=&county=&federal_superfund=true&state_ reponse=true&voluntary_cleanup=true&school_cleanup=true&casite=true&tiered_permit=true&evaluation= _ true&military_evaluation=true&school_investigation=true&operating=true&post_closure=true&non—operating=true, accessed No- vember 11, 2014. Page 131