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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 5.2 Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes CEQA Guidelines require that an EIR identify and focus on significant environmental effects, including significant irreversible environmental changes that would be caused by the project should the project be implemented. CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.2 (c) states that "uses of nonrenewable resources during the initial and continued phases of the Proposed Project may be irreversible since a large commitment of such resources makes removal or nonuse thereafter unlikely. Primary impacts, and particularly secondary impacts (such as highway improvements which provide access to a previously inaccessible area), generally commit future generations to similar uses. Also, irreversible damage can result from environmental accidents associated with the project. Irretrievable commitment of resources should be evaluated to assure that such current consumption is justified." 5.2.1 Nonrenewable Resources Implementation of the Proposed Project would result in an irretrievable commitment of renewable and nonrenewable resources including land, water, energy resources, and construction materials. Development consistent with the proposed Project would also convert agricultural land to urban and irretrievably commit materials and energy to construction of the medical center. Nonrenewable and limited resources that would likely be consumed as part of Project development would include, but are not limited to, oil, gasoline and diesel fuel, lumber, sand and gravel, steel, and other materials use in the construction of improvements necessary for implementation of the Project. However, the amount of resources to be committed is not considered to be significant and are comparable to other developments of this type. No special construction materials or resources are anticipated to be needed as part of the Project. Other CEQA Analysis 5-3 October 2021