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North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill Permit Revision Project Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration · San Joaquin County | May 2025 70 4.2.20 Wildfire If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project: Potentially Significant Impact Less-than- Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated Less- than- Significant Impact No Impact a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a 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 landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING The project site is a landfill and project activities are limited to operational changes; no site expansion or construction activities are proposed. It is not located within a state responsibility area and not within a designated fire hazard severity zone (CAL FIRE 2024). REGULATORY SETTING The General Plan Public Health and Safety Element outlines policies for fire hazards in the County (General Plan 2016). Four communities within the County were identified as being at risk for wildfire: Bellota, Clements, Linden and Lockeford); General Plan Policies 4.1 – 4.6 address measures for fire resilience in these Fire Hazard Severity Zones. DISCUSSION OF IMPACTS a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? No Impact The project site is located near Lodi in unincorporated San Joaquin County and not identified in the General Plan as an area at risk for wildfire. Furthermore, project activities are limited to landfill operations and would not physically interfere with any designated evacuation route or public right-of-way. Therefore, the project would not substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan, no impact would occur.