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5 – Effects Found Not To Be Significant
<br />Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021
<br />14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 5-8
<br />During construction of the Project, potentially hazardous materials would likely be handled on the Project site. These
<br />materials would include gasoline, diesel fuel, lubricants, and other petroleum-based products required to operate
<br />and maintain construction equipment. Handling of these potentially hazardous materials would be temporary and
<br />would coincide with the short-term construction phase of the Project. Although these materials would likely be
<br />stored on the Project site, storage would be required to comply with the guidelines set forth by each product’s
<br />manufacturer and with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to the storage of hazardous
<br />materials. Consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, the transport of hazardous materials to and from
<br />the Project site would be conducted by a licensed contractor. Any handling, transport, use, or disposal of hazardous
<br />materials would comply with all relevant federal, state, and local agencies and regulations, including the U.S.
<br />Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California
<br />Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the California Department of Transportation, the Resource
<br />Conservation and Recovery Act, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the San Joaquin County
<br />Environmental Health Department. Therefore, construction impacts related to the transport, use, or disposal of
<br />hazardous materials would be less than significant.
<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 vary,
<br />they would generally include household cleaning products, paints, fertilizers, and herbicides and pesticides. Many
<br />of these materials are considered household hazardous wastes, common wastes, and/or universal wastes by the
<br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which considers these types of wastes to be common to bus inesses and
<br />households and to pose a lower risk to people and the environment than other hazardous wastes when properly
<br />handled, transported, used, and disposed of (EPA 2020). Federal, state, and local regulations typically allow these
<br />types of wastes to be handled and disposed of with less stringent standards than other hazardous wastes, and
<br />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 bot h quantity and
<br />concentrations, consistent with other similar industrial uses located in the County, and any handling, transport, use,
<br />and disposal would comply with applicable federal, state, and local agencies and regulations. Furthermore, as
<br />mandated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA n.d.), all hazardous materials stored
<br />on the Project site would be accompanied by Material Safety Data Sheets, which would inform employees and first
<br />responders on the necessary remediation procedures in the case of accidental release. Therefore, operational
<br />impacts related to the transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials would be less than significant.
<br />Release of Hazardous Materials into the Environment
<br />The Project site’s existing conditions would not present a hazard to construction workers or future occupants of the
<br />Project site, and the handling of hazardous materials during construction and operation of the Project would be
<br />conducted in accordance with applicable regulations so as to prevent the accidental release of hazardous materials
<br />into the environment. Therefore, impacts associated with a release of hazardous materials into the environment
<br />would be less than significant.
<br />Hazardous Materials Use Near Schools
<br />The nearest school to the Project site is Kelly Elementary School (535 Mabel Josephine Drive), located
<br />approximately 1.3 miles east of the Project site. In addition, the Project would not emit hazardous air emissions or
<br />handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials. Therefore, no impacts associated with emitting hazardous
<br />emissions or handling hazardous or acutely hazardous materials within 0.25 miles of school would occur.
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