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4 Environmental Analysis 4.11 Land Use and Planning The proposed gen-tie line lies within an unincorporated area of Alameda County and is subject to the ECAP. The ECAP designates the area where the gen-tie line would be located as LPA, which: provides for a variety of agricultural uses as well as some limited residential and commercial uses, recreational uses, public and quasi-public uses, sold waste landfills and related waste management facilities, quarries, windfarms and related facilities, utility corridors, and similar uses compatible with agriculture. The ECAP also designates an Urban Growth Boundary, which divides areas inside the Boundary, next to existing cities, which are generally suitable for urban development, from areas outside the Boundary, suitable for long-term protection of natural resources, agriculture, public health and safety, and buffers between communities (Alameda County 2000). The Project site is located outside of the Urban Growth Boundary. The Alameda County ECAP includes the following goals and policies that are relevant to the Project: Land Use Policy 13: The County shall not provide nor authorize public facilities or other infrastructure in excess of that needed for permissible development consistent with the Initiative. This policy shall not bar 1) new, expanded or replacement infrastructure necessary to create adequate service for the East County, 2) maintenance, repair or improvements of public facilities which do not increase capacity, and 3)infrastructure such as pipelines, canals, and power transmission lines which have no excessive growth- inducing effect on the East County area and have permit conditions to ensure that no service can be provided beyond that consistent with development allowed by the Initiative. 'Infrastructure" shall include public facilities, community facilities, and all structures and development necessary to the provision of public services and utilities. Goal: To protect regionally significant open space and agricultural land from development. Policy 54: The County shall approve only open space, park, recreational, agricultural, limited infrastructure, public facilities (e.g., limited infrastructure, hospitals, research facilities, landfill sites,jails, etc.) and other similar and compatible uses outside the Urban Growth Boundary. Goal: To maximize long-term productivity of East County's agricultural resources. Policy 71: The County shall conserve prime soils (Class I and Class ll, as defined by the USDA Soil Conservation Service Land Capability Classification) and Farmland of Statewide Importance and Unique Farmland (as defined by the California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program) outside the Urban Growth Boundary. Policy 73: The County shall require buffers between those areas designated for agricultural use and new non-agricultural uses within agricultural areas or abutting parcels. The size, configuration and design of buffers shall be determined based on the characteristics of the project site and the intensity of the adjacent agricultural uses, and if applicable, the anticipated timing of future urbanization of adjacent agricultural land where such agricultural land is included in a phased growth plan. The buffer shall be located on Griffith Battery Energy Storage Project 4.11-11 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023