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I CHAPTER 4 ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION j i i OVERVIEW } The Environmental Checklist, consistent with Califomia Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) Guidelines,was used to determine whether the proposed project is i "within the scope"of the 1994 Mountain House Master EIR(1994 MEIR) and to E examine the continued adequacy of the 1994 MEIR. The checklist and Fj discussion assess whether 1)there are any additional significant environmental effects not previously examined in the 1994 MEIR,2) any new mitigation 1 measures are required, and 3)any substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the 1994 MEIR was certified or whether there is new available information which was not known and could not have been known at the time the 1994 MEIR was certified such that major revisions of the previous 1994 MEIR would be required (CEQA Guidelines Sections 15176 and 15179). A"substantial change"must involve new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects(CEQA Guidelines Section 15162). The Initial Study r'I also assesses whether there are any additional environmental impacts that may J require further mitigation that were not previously addressed in the 1994 MEIR. I The environmental factors checked below(black boxes)would be potentially affected by this project, involving at least one impact that is a'Potentially Significant Impact"requiring further mitigation, as indicated by the checklist on } the following pages. As shown,five topics were identified. O Aesthetics D Land Use and Planning O Agricultural Resources O Mineral Resources ■ Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas ■ Noise Emissions 0 Population and Housing ■ Biological Resources O Public Services © Cultural Resources O Recreation O Geology and Soils O Transportation/Traffic ■ Hazards ■ Utilities and Service Systems F! 13 Hydrology and Water Quality -- DETERMINATION On the basis of this initial evaluation: O 1 find that 1)a MEIR has been prepared for the project, 2)the Initial Study # for the project has found that there are no additional significant effects and i no new additional mitigation measures or alternatives required for the i project that are not already discussed in the MEIR and subsequent Y 4-1