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Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br /> San Joaquin County Planning Commission <br /> Re. Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration for Use Permit No.PA-1800316 of Ahmed <br /> Hussein(c/o Shack&Company) <br /> February 21,2020 <br /> Page 3 <br /> and makes the finding that"San Joaquin County has determined that through the Initial Study <br /> that contains proposed mitigation measures all potentially significant effects on the <br /> environment can be reduced to a less than significant level." (Staff Report,Attachment C, <br /> p.3.) However,the IS/MND does not identify any mitigation measures. It is not clear which <br /> actions that have been incorporated by the applicant into the Project are considered mitigation <br /> measures and which of the proposed conditions of approval are actually mitigation measures <br /> necessary to avoid significant impacts. <br /> The lack of clarity is compounded by the failure to include a mitigation monitoring <br /> and reporting program(MMRP)with the Staff Report,as required by CEQA. (CEQA <br /> Guidelines,§ 15074,subd.(d).) Without an MMRP,there will be no mechanism for the <br /> County or public to track and ensure compliance with Project mitigation measures. The <br /> ISIN4ND must be revised to clearly identify the mitigation measures incorporated into the <br /> Project to avoid or substantially lessen Project impacts,including any additional measures <br /> necessary to address impacts identified in these comments and by other members of the <br /> public,and those measures must be included in an MMRP adopted by the Planning <br /> Commission if it approves the Project. <br /> Ili. The 1S/MND Does Not Clearly Demonstrate that the Project Will Not Result in <br /> Significant Impacts to Water Quality <br /> The District is particularly concerned about the Project's potential to result in <br /> significant impacts to surface and groundwater quality,due to the volume and treatment of <br /> Project-generated manure.' The September 6,2019 Manure Management Plan states that <br /> manure will be spread onto the Project site and disced into the soil. (Staff Report, <br /> Attachment C,p.36.) This treatment presents the potential for groundwater and surface water <br /> contamination from nitrogen,phosphorus,and pathogens. However,only nitrogen is <br /> discussed in the manure management plan documentation and IS/MND,and what analysis is <br /> provided is inadequate,as discussed below. A September 20,2019 letter from Mr.Chesney <br /> (Staff Report,Attachment C,p.54)clarifies that manure will be stored with a top to keep <br /> rainwater out,but this does not address the potential for stormwater runoff across the Project <br /> site to come into contact with stored manure and carry contaminants into surface waters. No <br /> information is provided in the IS/MND regarding the site hydrology,including the expected <br /> direction of any surface water runoff relative to the planned manure storage facilities. <br /> I Other potential impacts to groundwater are not resolved through the ISlMND. The District notes that the <br /> Project will rely on well water,but the IS/MND contains no information about the estimated water use or <br /> availability and contains only a bare conclusion that impacts to groundwater supplies will not be significant. <br /> (Staff Report Attachment C,p.20.) <br /> Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-1800316(UP) 87 <br /> Response Letters <br />