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3.21. Wildfire If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the Project: a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency ❑ ❑ ❑ response plan or emergency evacuation plan? b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, 1.-1 ❑ ❑ exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? c) Require the installation or maintenance of ❑ ❑ ❑ associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, ❑ ❑ ❑ including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post -fire slope instability, or drainage changes? Discussion a-d) Impacts on fire -related risks: Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in San Leandro are located east of 1-580 in the East Bay Hills approximately 3.25 miles from the Proposed Project Site.57,58 The project site is located within an urbanized industrial area of San Leandro and is surrounded by existing urban development. The project site is not located within a state responsibility area or near a very high fire hazard severity zone. Impact Designation: No Impact 57 Cal Fire. 2007. Fire Hazard Severity Zones in State Responsibility Area for Alameda County. Available at osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we- do/commu n ity-wi ldfi re-prepa red ness-a nd-m itigation/f i re-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps 59 Cal Fire. 2008. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local Responsibility Area for San Leandro. Available at osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we- do/com m u n ity-wi Idfi re-prepa red ness-a nd-m itigation/fi re-haza rd-severity-zones/fi re-haza rd-severity-zones-maps San Leandro Treatment Wetland IS/MND February 2024