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Wastewater Treatment Alternative would be the environmentally superior alternative because this alternative would have greater constituent removal efficiencies than the project. Overall,the Modified Pipeline Alignment Alternative would be environmentally superior to the project. This alternative would not avoid the project's significant and unavoidable impacts (e.g.,Important Farmland and odors);however,this alternative would substantially reduce the project's impacts to sensitive resources. Further, all project objectives would be achieved with implementation of this alternative. 2.4 SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASURES Table 2-2,presented at the end of this chapter,provides a summary of the project-specific environmental impacts of the project,the level of significance of the impact before mitigation,recommended mitigation measures, and the level of significance of the impact after implementation of the mitigation measures. The project would result in project-level significant and unavoidable adverse impacts in five areas: Agricultural Resources and Air Quality. In addition,the project would contribute to cumulative significant and unavoidable adverse impacts in three areas: Agricultural Resources,Visual Resources, and Air Quality. 2.5 AREAS OF CONTROVERSY Section 15123 of the CEQA Guidelines requires the summary section of an EIR to include"areas of controversy known to the lead agency." The following issues, in no order of importance, are controversial issues known to the City of Manteca: ► Traffic congestion along area roadways ► Conversion of farmland to urban uses ► Visual impacts of the project(i.e., lighting,character) ► Alteration of land use and potential conflicts with existing land uses ► Water quality impacts in the San Joaquin River ► Fishery resource impacts in the San Joaquin River EDAW Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR Executive Summary 2-6 City of Manteca