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City of San Leandro Alvarado Commerce Center Project <br /> 52 <br />Activity (Construction General Permit Order 2009-0009-DWQ) to comply with CWA NPDES <br />requirements. Compliance with these requirements would include preparation of a SWPPP, which <br />would specify BMPs to quickly contain and clean up any accidental spills or leaks. Therefore, the <br />potential for an accidental release of hazardous materials to harm the public or the environment <br />would be minor. <br />Operational Uses <br />Future uses associated with the new building could involve warehouse activities, advanced <br />manufacturing, logistics, food processing, or other uses allowed in the IG zone. These future uses <br />could involve the use, storage, disposal or transportation of hazardous materials. These materials <br />would not be substantially different from commercial and industrial chemicals and solvents already <br />in general and wide use throughout the region and project area. The area is an industrial area and <br />the project would be consistent with nearby industrial, manufacturing, and warehouses uses. As <br />with any commercial, industrial, or manufacturing activities that involve the storage and use of <br />hazardous materials, onsite activity involving hazardous substances (such as the petrochemicals, <br />polymers, and basic inorganics described above), and the transport, storage, handling of these <br />substances, must adhere to applicable local, state, and federal safety standards, ordinances, or <br />regulations, including a Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP). Businesses that are engaged in <br />the use, sale, storage, or transport of hazardous substances are monitored by various local (e.g., San <br />Leandro Environmental Services Section and the Alameda County Fire Department) and state (e.g., <br />DTSC and California Occupational Safety and Health Administration) entities. Cal-OSHA is <br />responsible for developing and enforcing workplace safety regulations. Both federal and state laws <br />include special provisions/training in safe methods for handling any type of hazardous substance. <br />These regulations ensure that potential hazards associated operational activities do not create a <br />significant hazard to the public. Future uses would be required to store hazardous materials in <br />designated areas designed to prevent accidental release into the environment. Potentially <br />hazardous waste produced during operation would also be collected, stored and disposed of in <br />accordance with applicable laws and regulations. <br />Compliance with existing laws and regulations governing the transport, use, release and storage of <br />hazardous materials and wastes including the required SWPPP and HMBP, would reduce impacts <br />related to exposure of the public or environment to hazardous materials to less than significant. <br />LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />c. Would the project emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous <br />materials, substances, or waste within 0.25 mile of an existing or proposed school? <br />The project site is located approximately 1,300 feet (approximately 0.25 miles) east of Lincoln High <br />School, a public continuation school for tenth through twelfth grade. Although within a 0.25-mile of <br />an existing school, as described under parts (a) and (b), the project’s construction and operation are <br />subject to applicable federal, state, and local regulations to minimize the release of hazardous <br />materials into the environment. Therefore, through adherence to applicable regulations, impacts <br />would be less than significant. <br />LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />349