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more borrow pits on the site. These changes can be considered incremental for the existing, previously altered topography on the project site and the adjacent Forward,Inc. Landfill site. 4.H drolo Geoh drolo and Water uali a.Alteration of Flow Regime in the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek Potential Significant Impact(K.1): Reconfiguration and relocation of the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek could alter the flow regime and affect flow velocity,erosion and sedimentation on the site or in the adjacent upstream or downstream reach of the stream. I Finding: I. Based upon the analysis in the EIR,the potential significant impact resulting from alteration of flow regime in the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek is less than significant and mitigation is not required. Facts in Support of the Finding: The potential for hydrologic alteration is discussed in Section IILK of the EIR. Theproject would reconfigure and relocate the North Branch of the South Fork of Little Johns Creek,and the overall channel length would be increased,along with changing the bed slope and configuration, bed roughness(friction)and amount of seepage loss. However,the magnitudes of changes in these factors are not anticipated to cause significant impacts to erosion and deposition on the site or in receiving waters. B.POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WHICH CAN BE MITIGATED BELOW A LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AND MITIGATION MEASURES The following issues from eleven of the environmental categories analyzed by the EIR, including Land Use,Plans and Policies;Visual and Aesthetics;Community Services and Utilities; Transportation and Circulation;Cultural Resources;Vegetation and Wildlife;Air Quality;Noise; Geology, Soils and Seismicity;Hydrology,Geohydrology,and Water Quality;and Public Health and Safety,were found to be potentially significant,but can be mitigated to a less-than-significant level,with the imposition of mitigation measures. The Planning Commission finds that all potentially significant impacts of the project listed below can and will be mitigated,reduced or avoided by imposition of the mitigation measures,and these mitigation measures are set forth in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program Plan adopted by the Planning Commission. Specific findings of the Planning Commission for each category of such impacts are set forth in detail below. Public Resources Code Section 21081 states that no public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an Environmental Impact Report has been completed which identifies one or more significant effects unless the public agency makes on or more of the following findings: 1. Changes or alterations have been required in,or incorporated into,the project which mitigate or avoid the significant effects on the environment. 12