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6.2A Page 17 To the extent that the identified mitigation measures require consultation or approval by these other agencies, this Commission urges these agencies to assist in implementing, coordinating or approving the mitigation measures, as appropriate to the particular measure. E. Findings About Significant Environmental Impacts And Mitigation Measures The following Sections II, III and IV set forth the SFPUC's findings about the Final EIR's determinations regarding significant environmental impacts and the mitigation measures proposed to address them. These findings provide the written analysis and conclusions of the SFPUC regarding the environmental impacts of the Project and the mitigation measures included as part of the Final EIR and adopted by the SFPUC as part of the Project. To avoid duplication and redundancy, and because the SFPUC agrees with, and hereby adopts, the conclusions in the Final EIR, these findings will not repeat the analysis and conclusions in the Final EIR, but instead incorporates them by reference herein and relies upon thenl as substantial evidence supporting these findings. In making these findings, the SFPUC has considered the opinions of SFPUC staff and. experts, other agencies and members of the public. The SFPUC finds that the determination of significance thresholds is a judgment decision within the discretion of the City and County of San Francisco; the significance thresholds used in the EIR are supported by substantial evidence in the record, including the expert opinion of the EIR preparers and City staff; and the significance thresholds used in the EIR provide reasonable and appropriate means of assessing the significance of the adverse environmental effects of the Project. Thus, although, as a legal matter, the SFPUC is not bound by the significance determinations in the EIR (see Pub. Resources Code, ~ 21082.2, subd. (e)), the SFPUC finds them persuasive and hereby adopts them as its own. These findings do not attempt to describe the full analysis of each environmental inlpact contained in the Final EIR. Instead, a full explanation of these environmental findings and conclusions can be found in the Final EIR and these findings hereby incorporate by reference the discussion and analysis in the Final EIR supporting the determination regarding the BDPL No.5 Project impacts and mitigation measures designed to address those impacts. In making these findings, the SFPUC ratifies, adopts and incorporates in these findings the determinations and conclusions of the Final EIR relating to environmental impacts and mitigation nleasures, except to the extent any such determinations and conclusions are specifically and expressly modified by these findings. As set forth below, the SFPUC adopts and incorporates all of the mitigation measures set forth in the Final EIR and the attached MMRP to substantially lessen or avoid the potentially significant and significant impacts of the BDPL No. 5 Project. The SFPUC intends to adopt each of the mitigation measures proposed in the Final EIR. Accordingly, in the event a mitigation measure .....J~~0n:t~.~~4.~4...~!\Jh~ufi.~LJ3,:I.R..4~.~ i.:n.ad\l~J1~~~lylJ..~~:t:l.9.mi.11:~~j:Q.JI~~~.~. fjn4.i:rlgs or dW. .MMRJ.>,.. u ... .. such mltigation .m.easure .is. hereby adopted and incotpotatedin the Jihdings .below by tefefen:ce; . . In addition, in the event the language describing a mitigation measure set forth in these findings or the MMRP fails to accurately reflect the mitigation measures in the Final EIR due to a clerical error, the language of the policies and implementation measures as set forth in the Final EIR shall control. The impact numbers and mitigation measure numbers used in these findings reflect the information contained in the Final EIR. In the Sections II, III and IV below, the same findings are made for a category of environmental impacts and mitigation measures. Rather than repeat the identical finding dozens of times to address each and every significant effect and mitigation measure, the initial finding obviates the 7