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5 Comparison of Comparison of Alternatives effects. Similar to the Project, the Northern Site Alternative would have no impact to land use and planning. 5.5.1.12 Mineral Resources The Northern Site Alternative does not occur in an area that is delineated as a locally important mineral resource (DOC 2000), such that this alternative would also have no impact on mineral resources, similar to the Project. 5.5.1.13 Noise The Northern Site Alternative is adjacent to residences and, depending on the siting of the substation and BESS, its impacts on noise sensitive areas could be the same as or greater than the Project. With the implementation of Mitigation Measures NOISE-1 through NOISE-3, it is anticipated that the noise impacts of the Northern Site Alternative would be similar to the Project. 5.5.1.14 Public Services The Northern Site Alternative would result in an approximately equivalent demand for fire and emergency services, police, schools, parks, and other public services as the Project, such that this alternative would result in similar impacts to public services as the Project. 5.5.1.15 Transportation The same workforce and the same number of vehicle trips would be required for the Northern Site Alternative as for the Project. Traffic and transportation impacts are anticipated to be similar to the Project. 5.5.1.16 Tribal Cultural Resources Potential impacts to tribal cultural resources from development of the Northern Site Alternative would be anticipated to be mitigated with Mitigation Measures CUL-1 and CUL-2. Because the gen-tie line would be increased in length compared to the Project, impacts to tribal cultural resources due to ground disturbance for gen-tie poles and/or underground gen-tie installation would be greater than the Project. 5.5.1.17 Utilities and Service Systems The Northern Site Alternative would entail equivalent surface disturbance, water to manage construction dust, and result in the same generation of sanitary and solid waste as the Project. There would be no conflict with solid waste reduction statutes or regulations. The Northern Site Alternative is anticipated to have impacts to utilities equivalent to the Project. 5.5.1.18 Wildfire The Northern Site Alternative would develop approximately the same amount of acreage as the Project. As a result, there would be the same potential for ignition risks onsite during Project construction. The potential for ignition risks onsite during the operation and maintenance phase would also be the same for the Project once the site was converted from grazing land to another use. The impacts of the Northern Site Alternative to wildfire would be the same as the Project. 5.5.2 Conclusion and Relationship to Project Objectives The Northern Site Alternative would disturb the same amount of acreage as the proposed Project. Therefore, impacts associated with ground disturbance would be similar to the proposed Project. Griffith Energy Storage Project 5-14 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023