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Environmental Screening Levels and do not represent a significant threat to human health or the environment.
<br /> Should project implementation require the export of existing soils off site, soils would be transported to a
<br /> permitted facility for disposal in accordance with facility requirements and with applicable regulations. As such, the
<br /> Phase II investigation concluded that the site's former use has not resulted in any conditions that would require
<br /> remediation or present a hazard to construction workers or future occupants of the project site.
<br /> During construction of the project, potentially hazardous materials would likely be handled on the project site.
<br /> These materials would include gasoline, diesel fuel, lubricants, and other petroleum-based products required to
<br /> operate and maintain construction equipment. Handling of these potentially hazardous materials would be
<br /> temporary and would coincide with the short-term construction phase of the project. Although these materials
<br /> would likely be stored on the project site, storage would be required to comply with the guidelines set forth by
<br /> each product's manufacturer and with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to the storage
<br /> of hazardous materials. Consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, the transport of hazardous
<br /> materials to and from the project site would be conducted by a licensed contractor. Any handling, transport, use,
<br /> or disposal of hazardous materials would comply with all relevant federal, state, and local agencies and
<br /> regulations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Toxic Substances
<br /> Control, the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the California Department of
<br /> Transportation, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
<br /> District, and the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. Therefore, construction impacts related
<br /> to the transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials would be less than significant, and this issue will not be
<br /> further evaluated in the Draft EIR.
<br /> Upon completion of construction, hazardous materials associated with project operations would include materials
<br /> used during typical cleaning and maintenance activities. Although these potentially hazardous materials would
<br /> vary, they would generally include household cleaning products, paints, fertilizers, and herbicides and pesticides.
<br /> Many of these materials are considered household hazardous wastes, common wastes, and/or universal wastes
<br /> by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which considers these types of wastes to be common to
<br /> businesses and households and to pose a lower risk to people and the environment than other hazardous wastes
<br /> when properly handled, transported, used, and disposed of (EPA 2020). Federal, state, and local regulations
<br /> typically allow these types of wastes to be handled and disposed of with less stringent standards than other
<br /> hazardous wastes, and many of these wastes do not have to be managed as hazardous waste.
<br /> In addition, any potentially hazardous material handled on the project site would be limited in both quantity and
<br /> concentrations, consistent with other similar industrial uses located in the County, and any handling, transport,
<br /> use, and disposal would comply with applicable federal, state, and local agencies and regulations. Furthermore,
<br /> as mandated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA n.d.), all hazardous materials
<br /> stored on the project site would be accompanied by Material Safety Data Sheets, which would inform employees
<br /> and first responders as to the necessary remediation procedures in the case of accidental release. Therefore,
<br /> operational impacts related to the transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials would be less than
<br /> significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR.
<br /> b) Less-than-Significant Impact.As previously discussed above, the project site's existing conditions would not
<br /> present a hazard to construction workers or future occupants of the project site, and the handling of hazardous
<br /> materials during both construction and operation of the project would be conducted in accordance with applicable
<br /> regulations so as to prevent the accidental release of hazardous materials into the environment. Therefore,
<br /> impacts associated with a release of hazardous materials into the environment would be less than significant, and
<br /> this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR.
<br /> c) No Impact. The nearest school to the project site is Kelly Elementary School (535 Mabel Josephine Drive),
<br /> located approximately 1.3 miles east of the project site. In addition, the project would not emit hazardous air
<br /> emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials. Therefore, no impacts associated with emitting
<br /> hazardous emissions or handling hazardous or acutely hazardous materials within 0.25 miles of school would
<br /> occur, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR.
<br /> d) Less-than-Significant Impact. The Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List (Cortese List) is a planning
<br /> document providing information about the location of hazardous materials release sites. California Government
<br /> Code Section 65962.5 requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to develop, at least annually, an
<br /> updated Cortese List. The Department of Toxic Substances Control is responsible for a portion of the information
<br /> contained in the Cortese List. Other state and local government agencies are required to provide additional
<br /> hazardous materials release information for the Cortese List.
<br /> A review of federal, state, County, and City environmental record sources, conducted as part of a Phase I
<br /> Environmental Site Assessment Report prepared by Partner in 2018, identified the project site on several
<br /> regulatory databases as for the use and storage of hazardous materials; however, subsequent investigation that
<br /> was conducted as part of the Phase I ESA and the Phase II investigation concluded that the project's listing on
<br /> these regulatory databases would not pose a health risk to future occupants of the project site. Therefore, impacts
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