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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act Redwood City DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments 20 ESA / 202100421.01 Subsequent Environmental Impact Report May 2023 Impact CC-4: Implementation of the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not exacerbate effects of sea level rise. All future development under the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would be consistent with the City’s GHG reduction goals and meet the BAAQMD’s adopted thresholds for GHG emissions, which require project design elements to include no natural gas in residential and non-residential buildings, and provide EV charging infrastructure in compliance with CALGreen Tier 2 requirements. With implementation of Mitigation Measure CC-1, the proposed DTPP Plan- Wide Amendments would meet these thresholds, resulting in an increase in GHG emissions that is not cumulatively considerable, and thus would not exacerbate sea level rise. For these reasons, the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not exacerbate effects of sea level rise and would not result in new or more severe impacts than what was identified in the DTPP Final EIR. Therefore, this impact would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. (Draft SEIR, pp. 13-49 to 13-50.) 14. Hazards and Hazardous Materials Impact HAZ-1: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials. All activities associated with handling hazardous materials during future development would be subject to the federal, state, and local laws in place to ensure the safe handling (transport, use, and disposal) of hazardous materials. Compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws would ensure that impacts from the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not result in new or more severe impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR. With respect to the potential for R&D Laboratory uses to operate within the DTPP Plan area under the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments, each R&D Laboratory development would need to acquire the applicable hazardous materials-related permits specific for that development; register the hazardous materials specific for that development through the County’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan Program; comply with those Cal/OSHA worksafe safety standards specific to that development; and have their development equipped with adequate fire protection and hazardous material safety provisions appropriate for that development to minimize potential impacts of hazardous materials. Additionally, the City intends to adopt standard conditions of approval for R&D Laboratory uses. Therefore, impacts related to the transport, use, and disposal of hazardous materials would be less than significant. (Draft SEIR, pp. 14-8 to 14-9.) Impact HAZ-2: Implementation of the DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. All activities associated with handling hazardous materials during future development would be subject to the federal, state, and local laws in place to ensure the proper handling of hazardous materials, in the event of an accidental release. Compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws would ensure that impacts from the proposed DTPP Plan-Wide Amendments would not result in new or more severe impacts than the impacts identified in the DTPP Final EIR.