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SAN LEANDRO SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT DRAFT EIR
<br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br />HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
<br />8. Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires,
<br />including where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or where residences are intermixed with
<br />wildlands.
<br />4.7.2.1 THRESHOLDS NOT DISCUSSED FURTHER
<br />With regard to Thresholds 3, 4, 6, and 8, as discussed previously in Section 4.7.1.2, Existing Conditions,
<br />the Project is not located within %-mile of an existing or proposed school, is not located on an agency -
<br />listed hazardous materials site that could result in a significant hazard to the public or the environment, is
<br />not on or in the vicinity of a private airstrip, and is not within an area where wildland fires pose a
<br />significant risk of loss, injury, or death. Therefore, no further discussion of the Project's impacts related to
<br />these thresholds of significance is warranted in this Draft EIR.
<br />4.7.3 IMPACT DISCUSSION
<br />HAZ-1 Implementation of the Project would not create a significant hazard to
<br />the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or
<br />disposal of hazardous materials.
<br />While commercially available hazardous materials (e.g., fuels, solvents, paints, and some consumer
<br />electronics) would be used at various construction sites within the Project site and may generate small
<br />amounts of hazardous waste, the waste would be handled in accordance with applicable federal, State,
<br />and local laws, policies, and regulations, as described in Section 4.7.1.1, Regulatory Framework. As a
<br />general matter, the Project contains office, commercial, recreational and residential land uses and,
<br />therefore, would not include manufacturing or research processes that generate substantial quantities of
<br />hazardous materials. The City of San Leandro Environmental Services Section and Building and Safety
<br />Division coordinate the review of building permits to ensure that hazardous materials requirements are
<br />met prior to construction, including required separation between hazardous materials and sensitive land
<br />uses, and proper hazardous materials storage facilities. Any businesses that transport, generate, use,
<br />and/or dispose of hazardous materials within the Project site would also be subject to existing hazardous
<br />materials regulations, such as those implemented by the Environmental Services Section, and hazardous
<br />materials permits from the Environmental Services Section. In addition, the San Leandro General Plan
<br />contains many and detailed policies and strategies, as also described in Table 4.7.1 in Section 4.7.1.1, that
<br />further ensures that new development would not create a significant hazard to the public or the
<br />environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.
<br />Removal of any permitted USTs would require a permit from the City's Environmental Services Section. As
<br />a condition of the permit, soil sampling would be required at the time of UST removal. If the samples were
<br />clean, a no further action (NFA) determination would be forthcoming from the City's Environmental
<br />Services Section. If the samples are determined to be dirty, indicating a product release, the City's
<br />Environmental Services Section would require an investigation to delineate the extent of impacted soil
<br />and to determine if underlying groundwater similarly has been impacted. Based on the results of the
<br />investigation, soil cleanup may be required. If groundwater has been impacted, the City's Environmental
<br />Services Section may require further investigation and possibly cleanup or they may refer case to the
<br />RWQCB. The RWQCB in turn may require further investigation and possibly cleanup. The goal of the City's
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