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LESA Model Administrative Draft Griffith Energy Storage, LLC Technical Memorandum maintained as park,forest,or watershed resources;Williamson Act contracted lands;and lands with natural resource easements that restrict the conversion of such land to urban or industrial uses. The Zone of Influence is the amount of surrounding lands up to a minimum of one-quarter mile from the project boundary.Table 4 summarizes the findings for the proposed Project. Table 4. Surrounding Agricultural Land Rating A B C D E F G Zone of Influence Surrounding Surrounding Acres in Acres of Percent in Percent Protected Agricultural Protected Total Acres Agriculture1 Land Score2 Protected Agriculture Resource Land Resource Land Resource Land1 (BIA) (CIA) Score2 862.00 842 106 98% 0.1 90 0 Land use was determined based on data from San Joaquin County District Viewer(San Joaquin County 2022). 2Score was determined from the scoring table from the LESA Instruction Manual(CDC 1997). Final LESA Score Sheet The California LESA Model is weighted so that 50 percent of the total LESA score of a given project is derived from the Land Evaluation factors,and 50 percent from the Site Assessment factors.Table 5 provides the calculation of a final LESA score of 46.04 for the proposed Project. Table 5. Final LESA Score Sheet Factor Scores Factor Weight Weighted Factor Scores Land Evaluation Factors Land Capability Classification 55.50 0.25 13.87 Storie Index 62.68 0.25 15.67 Land Evaluation Subtotal 0.5 29.54 Site Assessment Factors Project Size 0 0.15 0.00 Water Resource Availability 20 0.15 3.00 Surrounding Agricultural Land 90 0.15 13.50 Protected Resource Land 0 0.05 0.00 Site Assessment Total 0.5 16.50 Final LESA Score 46.04 3.0 Final Result According to the California Agricultural LESA Model Instruction Manual,a final LESA score ranging from 40-59 points is considered significant only if both the land evaluation and site assessment weighted factor subscores are each greater than 20 points(CDC 1997). For the proposed Project,the land evaluation score exceeds 20 points;however,the site assessment score is below the 20-point threshold.The proposed Project will not have a significant impact on agricultural land use within the Project area or Zone of Influence(Table 6). TEFRA TECH 4