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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 4.22 WILDFIRE This section addresses potential project effects on wildfire risk and response in the Project vicinity and the regulatory setting pertaining to that effect. 4.22.1 Environmental Setting The Project site is currently in agricultural production and is developed with vineyards. The proposed Project is not located within a heavily wooded area nor is it surrounded by wildlands or forests. The project site is almost entirely surrounded by agricultural land, with some industrial and residential uses adjacent to the southern site boundary.The Project site is bound by West Lane on the west, light industrial and residential uses followed by Eight Mile Road on the south, North Ham Lane on the east, and the Woodbridge Irrigation District (WID) agricultural canal and existing agricultural operations on the north. 4.22.2 Regulatory Setting 4.22.2.1 State The State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) created Draft State Responsibility Area (SRA) and Local Responsibility Area (LRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps in 2007. SRA Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map designations guide Wildfire impacts analysis under Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines.The project site and surrounding land is generally flat and designated "Other Unzoned" for fire hazard severity by CAL FIRE, indicating the lowest possible fire hazard severity risk. The nearest High Fire Hazard Severity Zone is located approximately 19 miles east and the nearest Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone is located approximately 11 miles east. 4.22.3 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 4.22.3.1 Thresholds of Significance According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, wildfire impacts are considered significant if implementation of the proposed project would: Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan for a project located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones. Exacerbate wildfire risks and expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors for a project located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones. 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 Wildfire 4.22-1 October 2021