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(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects, or. (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. Statement of Fact: San Joaquin County Community Development Department staff has reviewed the 1994 Master EIR and has determined that even though the 1994 Master EIR was certified more than five years ago, no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the 1994 Master EIR was certified. No substantial changes are proposed in the Neighborhood F Project, instead the Neighborhood F Project contains land uses,densities and infrastructure that are substantially consistent with the Master Plan and Specific Plan I as evaluated by the 1994 Master EIR and certified by the Lead Agency. Since the 1994 Master EIR was certified, only minor adjustments have occurred to the project build-out estimates for the Mountain House New Community. Minor adjustments have been made to Table 3.3 of the Mountain House Master Plan which addressed the Land Use Program. These adjustments were primarily made to account for more accurate measurements of land use areas, road right-of-ways and easements; and adjustments to neighborhood boundaries. For example, the total acreage has changed from 4,784 to 4,792,an 8 acre (0.2 percent) increase. The total projected population, based upon expected units, has changed from 41,413 to 41,762, a 0.8 percent increase. Estimated jobs have not changed. The total .projected number of"expected" units has changed from 15,426 to 15,529, an increase of 103 units (0.7 percent). The traffic generated by Mountain House at the Neighborhood F Project is less than or essentially similar to that documented in the MSIR. The minor adjustments made to the projected development of the Mountain House New Community represent refinements in calculations and measurements and not a substantial change to the overall project that was evaluated in the 1994 Master EIR. [See the Mountain House Neighborhood F Project Initial Study comparing the land uses and densities evaluated in the MEIR to the proposed Neighborhood F Project and the traffic report appendix to the Mountain House Neighborhood F Project Initial Study.] No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken under the certified MEIR. Land uses of the project site and surrounding properties,which are predominantly agricultural, have remained essentially the same as when the 1994 Master EIR was certified. There have been no substantial changes in other environmental conditions of the site or surrounding properties. Trak improvements from 4 to 6 lanes on the nearby freeway, I-205,have occurred as projected. Development has generally proceeded within San Joaquin County and the Tracy area as anticipated, although at a slower overall rate than projected. Development within Mountain House is also being initiated more slowly than expected. The only new 27