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CEQA Requirements: To more clearly address the required findings above, Section 15162 of CEQA has been addressed below. This section deals with Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations but defines more clearly the issues of"substantial changes". (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 :ender 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 ofpreviously 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 Master EIR was certified. No substantial changes are proposed in the Neighborhood"F"project for it contains land uses, densities and infrastructure that are substantially consistent with the Master Plan and Specific Plan 1 as evaluated by the MEIR and certified by the Lead Agency. Since the 1994 EIR was certified, only minor adjustments have occurred to the project buildout 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 MEIR. 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 MEIR. [See the Mountain House Neighborhood "F" 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" 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 EIR was certified. There have been no substantial changes in other environmental conditions of the site or surrounding properties. Traffic improvements from 4 to 6 lanes on the nearby freeway, I-205, have occurred as projected. Development A-5 Appendix A