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PotentiallyLess Than Less Than Significant Significant with Significant No g Mitigation g Impact Incorporated Impact Impact XX. Wildfire. If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project: a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency ❑ ❑ ❑ response plan or emergency evacuation plan? 13 b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose ❑ ❑ ❑ project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a 13 wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? c) Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or ❑ ❑ ❑ other utilities that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or —1 —1 ❑ —1 landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? Impact Discussion: a) Less-than-Significant Impact. 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. As such, the project site is not in or near land classified as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and impacts associated with wildfire in or near State Responsibility Areas or lands classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones are not anticipated. Notwithstanding, as discussed in Section IX, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, the project would not significantly affect emergency response or evacuation activities and the project would not conflict with or impair implementation of the County's or City's emergency operations plans. Therefore, impacts associated with adopted emergency response plans or evacuation plans would be less than significant, and this issue will not be evaluated further in the Draft EIR. b) Less-than-Significant Impact.As discussed above, the project site is not located within or near State Responsibility Areas or lands classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The project site is located in an area that is generally flat, lacking any steep slopes, and characterized as predominately agricultural and industrial; these factors are not typically associated with the uncontrolled spread of wildfire. Therefore, impacts associated with the spread of wildfire would be less than significant, and this issue will not be evaluated further in the Draft EIR. c) Less-than-Significant Impact.As previously addressed, the project site is not located within or near State Responsibility Areas or lands classified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. While the project does not include the construction of fuel breaks or power lines, the project would involve the installation of infrastructure, including water, wastewater treatment, and storm drainage facilities. In addition, the project would involve the installation of a 500,000-gallon aboveground water storage tank and fire Enter oroiect#s. —Initial Study 37