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associated with Cortese List hazardous materials sites would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. e) No Impact. The project is not located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within 2 miles of a public airport or public use airport. The closest airport is the Tracy Municipal Airport, located approximately 3 miles southeast of the project site, and the project site is outside of the airport influence area as delineated in the Tracy Municipal Airport Master Plan (City of Tracy 1998). As such, no impacts associated with public or private airstrips would occur, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. f) Less-than-Significant Impact. The County of San Joaquin Emergency Operations Plan is an all-hazards document describing the County's incident management structure, compliance with relevant legal statutes, other relevant guidelines, whole community engagement, continuity of government focus, and critical components of the incident management structure. According to the Emergency Operations Plan, major transportation routes in the County, including 1-580 and 1-205, would be possible evacuation routes in the event of an emergency. The project would not affect these routes, and moreover, the project would not affect the County's ability to implement its Emergency Operations Plan in the event of an emergency. In addition, the City has adopted a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. However, there are no specific routes identified in the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Notwithstanding, the project would not impede access to any public route that might be needed as an evacuation route. Should project construction require temporary closures of lanes within Schulte Road, traffic control measures (consistent with the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and as required by the County Public Works Department as part of the encroachment permit process)would be implemented to ensure local emergency access is maintained. As a result, the Project would not significantly affect emergency response or evacuation activities. Therefore, impacts associated with emergency response or evacuation plans would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. g) Less-than-Significant Impact. The Project site is not located within a Fire Hazard Severity Zone or a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone according to the Local Responsibility and State Responsibility Area maps by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE 2020). The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has designated areas south and southwest of the project site as being within a Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone within a Local Responsibility Area (CAL FIRE 2020). In addition, some undeveloped hillside areas in the Diablo Mountains south of 1-580, approximately 3.7 miles southwest of the project site, are designated as being within a High Fire Hazard Severity Zone within a State Responsibility Area (CAL FIRE 2020). These ratings do not extend to the project site and the Delta Mendota Canal separates the project site from these areas to the south, which could function as a firebreak in the event of a wildfire, further lessening the potential for wildfire to affect the project site. Therefore, impacts associated with wildland fires would be less than significant, and this issue will not be further evaluated in the Draft EIR. Enter oroiect#s. —Initial Study 21