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C259: Comment noted. The EIR recognizes the option of a community treatment plant instead of individual septic systems (see p. 4.3-7). The EIR points out both advantages and disadvantages of this wastewater option. Reuse of the wastewater for irrigation is noted as a potential benefit; but the quantity of water generated by 26 homes is insignificant in comparison with the project irrigation demands. Considering all factors, a community system is feasible, but in terms of environmental impacts there is insufficient justification to require it in lieu of the proposed use of individual septic systems. C260: The Woodbridge Fire District has 18 paid and 10 volunteer firefighters. Refer to Section 4.8 in the EIR. The Forest Lake Fire Protection District has the capacity in its fire equipment to suppress fires on the site. C261: The information contained in the Draft EIR was obtained from personal communication with the Woodbridge Fire District. C262: Comments noted. C263: The EIR author's concern is the drift of herbicides, including ROUNDUP. If a potent herbicide is applied on a breezy day by an uninformed worker on the edge of the fairways that have been cut through Brovelli Woods, drift of this material into the adjacent woodland understory would cause considerable damage to the habitat. The management plan calls for the control and eradication of poison oak (a native California species) from the riparian woodland. This cannot be done without significant injury to other native species. Also, given that poison oak is a browse species for the blacktailed deer, the EIR author does not see any justification in controlling it within its native habitat. C264: Commenter should refer to the revised biological study, Volume II,Section 4.7. This mitigation has been revised to reflect the additional biological surveys which confirmed the presence of the Swainson's hawk,a state-listed endangered species. Brovelli Woods is used as a nesting site and the grassland is used for foraging. C265: The EIR authors concur, however, the applicant's management plan did not provide details as to how an integrated pest management program would function, thus the necessity to provide mitigation. III-186