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3. Environmental Checklist <br /> <br />San Leandro Treatment Wetland <br />IS/MND <br />3-70 February 2024 <br /> <br />3.21. Wildfire <br />ISSUES: WILDFIRE <br />POTENTIALLY <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />IMPACT <br />LESS THAN <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />WITH <br />MITIGATION <br />INCORPORATED <br />LESS THAN <br />SIGNIFICANT <br />IMPACT <br />NO IMPACT <br />If located in or near state responsibility areas or <br />lands classified as very high fire hazard severity <br />zones, would the Project: <br /> <br />a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency <br />response plan or emergency evacuation plan? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, <br />exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project <br />occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire <br />or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />c) Require the installation or maintenance of <br />associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel <br />breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or <br />other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that <br />may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the <br />environment? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, <br />including downslope or downstream flooding or <br />landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope <br />instability, or drainage changes? <br />☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ <br />Discussion <br />a-d) Impacts on fire-related risks: Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in San Leandro are located east of <br />I-580 in the East Bay Hills approximately 3.25 miles from the Proposed Project Site.57,58 The project <br />site is located within an urbanized industrial area of San Leandro and is surrounded by existing urban <br />development. The project site is not located within a state responsibility area or near a very high fire <br />hazard severity zone. <br />Impact Designation: No Impact <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />57 Cal Fire. 2007. Fire Hazard Severity Zones in State Responsibility Area for Alameda County. Available at osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we- <br />do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps <br />58 Cal Fire. 2008. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local Responsibility Area for San Leandro. Available at osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we- <br />do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps