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May 6, 2021 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br /> <br />5005-003acp <br /> <br /> printed on recycled paper <br />specific information was not available to analyze the significance of that effect.25 <br />Here, the new specific effects include: air quality; hazardous materials; noise; and <br />greenhouse gas emissions. <br /> <br />Further, additional review is required to explain whether substantial new <br />information shows that the adverse environmental effects of the infill project are <br />more significant than described in the prior EIR. “More significant” means an effect <br />will be substantially more severe than described in the prior EIR.26 More <br />significant effects include those that result from changes in circumstances or <br />changes in the development assumptions underlying the prior EIR’s analysis.27 An <br />effect is also more significant if substantial new information shows that: (1) <br />mitigation measures that were previously rejected as infeasible are in fact feasible, <br />and such measures are not included in the project; (2) feasible mitigation measures <br />considerably different than those previously analyzed could substantially reduce a <br />significant effect described in the prior EIR, but such measures are not included in <br />the project; or (3) an applicable mitigation measure was adopted in connection with <br />a planning level decision, but the lead agency determines that it is not feasible for <br />the infill project to implement that measure.28 <br /> <br />CEQA Guidelines § 15183.3(d)(2)(C) requires that “If the infill project would <br />result in new specific effects or more significant effects, and uniformly applicable <br />development policies or standards would not substantially mitigate such effects, <br />those effects are subject to CEQA. With respect to those effects that are subject to <br />CEQA, the lead agency shall prepare an infill EIR if the written checklist shows <br />that the effects of the infill project would be potentially significant. In this <br />circumstance, the lead agency shall prepare an infill EIR.”29 <br /> <br />Here, the City must prepare an Infill EIR because the Project would result in <br />new specific effects and more significant effects, and uniformly applicable <br />development standards would not substantially mitigate such effects.30 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25 CEQA Guidelines § 15183.3(d)(1)(C). <br />26 Id. at § 15183.3(d)(1)(D). <br />27 Id. <br />28 Id. <br />29 CEQA Guidelines § 15183.3(d)(2)(C). <br />30 CEQA Guidelines § 15183.3(d)(2)(C). <br />97