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<br />Toxic Substances Control (“CLRRA Agreement”).23 The CLRRA Agreement stipulates the measures required of the
<br />Housing Component developer by DTSC regarding assessment and remediation of the Housing Component site,
<br />including, but not limited to, preparation and submittal to DTSC of (1) a site assessment plan and report of findings,
<br />(2) a work plan, (3) investigation reports, (4) a draft response plan, (5) a design plan, and (6) a response plan
<br />completion report following DTSC approval of the cleanup plan and site cleanup. Depending on the site remediation
<br />work determined necessary, DTSC may also require submittal of an operations and maintenance plan and a land use
<br />covenant. These would be required prior to DTSC issuance of a Certificate of Completion or No Further Action. The
<br />City would require DTSC issuance of a Certificate of Completion or No Further Action prior to the beginning of
<br />building construction.
<br />Conclusion
<br /> As stated in the Focused GPU EIR, while residential and mixed-use housing do not cause or contribute substantially
<br />to potential hazards to the public or the environment, it is possible that, during construction activities, contaminants
<br />in soil or groundwater could expose future construction workers, residents, workers, or other members of the public
<br />to potential hazards (p. 4.9-20). In addition, the demolition of existing structures in the Planning Area could involve
<br />the removal and disposal of hazardous materials, such as asbestos-containing materials or lead-based paint.
<br />Development projects in the Planning Area are required to comply with applicable local, State, and federal-mandated
<br />site assessment, remediation, removal, and disposal requirements for coil, surface water, and/or groundwater
<br />contamination (p. 4.9-21). Redwood City General Plan Public Safety Element Program PS-57 ensures development
<br />avoids or minimizes potential impacts associated with accidental release of asbestos from construction activities.
<br />Continued implementation of the requirements of the General Plan Public Safety Element and project component
<br />compliance with existing local, State, and federal environmental site assessment and remediation procedures would
<br />ensure potential project component impacts related to upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous
<br />materials would be less than significant.
<br /> As noted above, the proposed Housing Component would not create a significant hazard to the public or the
<br />environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous
<br />materials into the environment, nor would the project component emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous
<br />materials. As a result, this Housing Component would be consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because
<br />it would not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for
<br />CEQA purposes.
<br />c. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that the project component’s potential impact on schools related to hazardous
<br />emissions or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste would represent a less than significant impact with
<br />implementation of federal, State, and local regulation and oversight of hazardous materials, including State regulations
<br />on the siting of hazardous materials facilities that limit their location in proximity to schools (pp. 4.9-21 – 4.9-22).
<br /> The proposed Housing Component is not anticipated to result in the emission, transport, use, and disposal of hazardous
<br />materials within one-quarter mile of a school. The nearest school, Hoover School, is approximately 0.31 miles
<br />northeast of the project component site. As discussed in item (b), the proposed Housing Component would not create
<br />a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions
<br />involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment, nor would the project emit hazardous emissions or
<br />handle hazardous materials. The project component-related hazardous materials emissions or handling impact on
<br />schools would be less than significant.
<br /> As a result, this Housing Component would be consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because it would
<br />not create new impacts or increase impacts, and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA
<br />purposes.
<br />d. The Focused GPU EIR concluded that there are no known sites on the Cortese list that would be housing sites under
<br />the Focused GPU and any potential contamination would be addressed through the City’s development requirements
<br />in accordance with the General Plan Public Safety Element and compliance with applicable state and federal laws,
<br />making the impact less than significant.
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<br />23 Letter from DTSC to Langan transmitting the California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act Agreement between DTSC
<br />and Adobe Communities; letter dated 6/20/25, agreement executed 6/29/25
<br />(https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/getfile?filename=/public%2Fdeliverable_documents%2F2358112931%2F20230630%20
<br />Welcome%20to%20Agreement%20Letter%20920%20Shasta%20June%202023.pdf; accessed 1/26/25).
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