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This Initial Study was prepared solely by the <br />Department of Toxic Substances Control. <br />INITIAL STUDY <br />CHECKLIST <br />for <br />J.R. Simplot Company Closure Plan <br />This checklist has two purposes, to identify any reasonable <br />possibility of "significant effect on the environment" as that term <br />is used in Section 21068 of the Public Resources Code, and to <br />identify "adverse effect, either individually or cumulatively, on <br />wildlife" as that term is used in Sections 753.5 (c) and (d) of Title <br />14 of the California Code of Regulations. <br />"Significant effect on the environment" (significant effect) <br />means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in <br />the environment. <br />"Adverse effect, either individually or cumulatively, on <br />wildlife" means an adverse change of any type or degree, either <br />individually or cumulatively, on any wild animals, birds, plants, <br />fish, amphibians, and related ecological communities, including the <br />habitat upon which the wildlife depends for its continued viability. <br />(Refer to the items contained in the shaded boxes.) <br />Substantial or <br />potentially substantial <br />adverse change <br />Yes MaybeNo, <br />1. Earth Will the proposed result in: <br />a. Unstable earth conditions or in <br />changes in geologic structures? X <br />b. Disruptions, displacements, <br />compaction or overcovering <br />of the soil? X <br />C. Change in topography or ground <br />surface relief features? X <br />