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SAN LEANDRO SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT DRAFT EIR <br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS <br />California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection <br />The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has mapped fire threat potential <br />throughout California .z The CAL FIRE ranks fire threat based on the availability of fuel and the likelihood of <br />an area burning (based on topography, fire history, and climate). The rankings include no fire threat, <br />moderate, high, and very high fire threat. Additionally, the CAL FIRE produced the 2010 Strategic Fire Plan <br />for California, which contains goals, objectives, and policies to prepare for and mitigate for the effects of <br />fire on California's natural and built environments .3 <br />California Fire Code <br />California Code of Regulations, Title 24, also known as the California Building Standards Code, contains the <br />California Fire Code (CFC), included as Part 9 of that Title. Updated every three years, the CFC includes <br />provisions and standards for emergency planning and preparedness, fire service features, fire protection <br />systems, hazardous materials, fire flow requirements, and fire hydrant locations and distribution. Similar <br />to the CBC, the CFC is generally adopted on a jurisdiction -by -jurisdiction basis, subject to further <br />modification based on local conditions. <br />California Department of Transportation and California Highway Patrol <br />Two State agencies have primary responsibility for enforcing federal and State regulations and responding <br />to hazardous materials transportation emergencies: the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California <br />Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Caltrans manages more than 50,000 miles of California's <br />highway and freeway lanes, provides intercity rail services, permits more than 400 public -use airports and <br />special -use hospital heliports, and works with local agencies. Caltrans is also the first responder for <br />hazardous material spills and releases that occur on those highway and freeway lanes and intercity rail <br />services. <br />The CHP enforces hazardous materials and hazardous waste labeling and packing regulations designed to <br />prevent leakage and spills of materials in transit and to provide detailed information to cleanup crews in <br />the event of an accident. Vehicle and equipment inspection, shipment preparation, container <br />identification, and shipping documentation are all part of the responsibility of the CHP, which conducts <br />regular inspections of licensed transporters to assure regulatory compliance. In addition, the State of <br />California regulates the transportation of hazardous waste originating or passing through the State. <br />Common carriers are licensed by the CHP, pursuant to the California Vehicle Code, Section 32000. This <br />section requires licensing every motor (common) carrier who transports, for a fee, in excess of 500 <br />pounds of hazardous materials at one time and every carrier, if not for hire, who carries more than 1,000 <br />pounds of hazardous material of the type requiring placards. Common carriers conduct a large portion of <br />the business in the delivery of hazardous materials. <br />' CAL FIRE, http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildiand_zones_development.php, accessed on April <br />15, 2014. <br />' CAL FIRE, 2010 Strategic Fire Plan for California, http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/fireplan/fpupload/fpppdf668.pdf, <br />accessed on April 15, 2014. <br />4.7-4 DECEMBER 2014 <br />