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threshold, but mitigation would reduce emissions below this threshold. It also would generate diesel particulate emissions in the course of Project operations and truck idling,but will not result in a significant impact. Transportation. The Project would involve increased traffic on roads and intersections serving the Project area, mainly along SR 12 and Thornton Road. On-site access and circulation impacts were identified, along with off-site parking impacts. Most transportation impacts were less than significant or could be reduced to less than significant with mitigation. However, ramp junction impacts were considered significant and unavoidable. Cumulative Impacts. Cumulative air quality impacts were determined to be less than cumulatively considerable, after implementation of mitigation. Cumulative transportation impacts would involve increased traffic on roads and intersections serving the Project area, mainly along SR 12 and Thornton Road. Proposed mitigation measures would involve coordinating existing traffic signals along SR 12, and these measures would reduce traffic impacts at intersections to less than cumulatively considerable. However, ramp junction impacts were considered cumulatively considerable and unavoidable. In light of the fact that the Draft EIR's analysis of Project impacts was ordered by the court to be limited to project-specific and cumulative traffic and air quality impacts, the County determined that the only relevant potential environmental effects of the Project for purposes of the alternatives analysis would be project-specific and cumulative air quality and transportation. Z. Scope of Necessary Findings and Considerations for Proiect Alternatives As noted above, these findings address whether the various alternatives substantially lessen or avoid any of the significant impacts associated with the Project and (though not legally necessary) also consider the feasibility of each alternative. Under CEQA, as noted earlier, "(f)easible means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, legal, social, and technological factors." (CEQA Guidelines § 15364.) As also explained earlier, the concept of feasibility permits agency decision makers to consider the extent to which an alternative is able to meet some or all of a project's objectives. In addition, the definition of feasibility encompasses "desirability"to the extent that an agency's determination of infeasibility represents a reasonable balancing of competing economic, environmental, social, and technological factors supported by substantial evidence. The general objective of the proposed Project is to construct a Love's Travel Stops location to serve existing travelers and truck traffic on SR 12 and 1-5 and other potential customers within nearby areas along these major thoroughfares. Specifically, the objectives include: • To develop a regional travel stop on commercially-designated land within the northern portion of the County that is consistent with County General Plan policy and zoning. Love's Travel Stops Project 13 Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations