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8. B. - Page 32 Ma��een �,iordan Oetob�r 26, 201 � Pag� 17 cen�ral portzan af F�,edwood Ci��r's peak wet weatl fla�T ("P�TWF") a�Iocation at the t��ea�me��t plant is 2�.9 mgd.�l �ccording to the City's General Pla� FIR, Redwood Cit�r h�s exceeded its P��VF allocation over the years duxi�ag signi�icant rain even�ts.rz Despit� Redwoc�€� Ci��T's knovvn hzgh PWVVT�', the DEIR c�id not identi�'y the Praject's PW�VF, did no� anal��ze the Prc�ject's irt�pac�s ta SPSA tzeat�nent plant capacity anc� did not incar�ao.rate fs�sib�e mitigation �a��asures. Inste�d the DEIR clismiased an an�lysis o�P��F. �pecifica��y, the DTIR a�ecognized that t;l��r.� are "wet wea�her conditian capacity" i.ssu�s in Red��oad City and t�en e�ismissed the iss�.e by saying that "[w]hile l�ec�.�Tood City has w�t weather cor�ditian prab�ems, it i� considered to be among �he i�dustry's stai�dard." '�`he City's clazm that a significar�� impact is "staz�dard" is not a legal justification for ignoring th� impac� und�r CE�A. CEQA directs public agencies to avoid o� �ec�uce envi�onmen�al darr�age when poasible by Zequi�i�g altarnativ�s flr mi�iga�ios� �nea,su�°e�,� not to �cv��p significant �.mpae�s trnder �he rug.« The Czty must identi�y whether the �'roject wi1� exceed the �i�y's wastewater trea��n�nt capaei�y �uring we� �reather flcsws — an adrni��ed problern. in Redwood Czty. The DLIR and Appendzx L nate �hat o�e��tion of the pra�osed Yroject would result in an increas� of 11,5'7 i gpd o� wastewa�er con��axed to the �xiating land use. �� The I�EIR d.a�s not indica�e whether thzs is �iDWF or P�T�UF. If it is 1�1�W�', PWWF inay be an �ven higher amo�nt of vvast�water �enerated l�y the prc�posed Pr[�ject. Once �h� City has ident��"xet� �he specifae wet w�ather flows f�om the Proj�ct, the City mus�. �nalyze �he Project'a impac�s. Specz�i.cally, the Citjr must evaluate wh.ether �he Proj�ct wauld exceer� th� capacity of the SBSA during p�ak we� weather flaws. This is especially impar�ant because substan�ia� eviclence ��is�s that t;�e �BS� does z�at have suf�ici�i�� capacity to ��eat �'�rWF. Th� Applicant's engineering coz�sultan� indicate� that "�he exist�ng main c�oes not cur�entl.y have 71 City of Redwooci City, Redwood City �e�u Gene�•al 1'lan Draft EIR, May 2010, Utilities, p. 4,1S-i 2. 72 lbil�. 7; ��s �- �4. 74 CEQA Guidelines, § 15002, subd. {a}(2}-(3}; �erk�ley Keep Jets Over dhe Ba�� Com., sarpra, 9I Ca1.App.4th at p. 13_44. � ('oncer•ned Citizen,s of Cos�c� .�esa, Inc. v. 32rad Drst. �9griculturcal �s,sn�. (] 98G) Ca�.3d 929, 93�. 7 � Chuck Htainpal, B�K Eiagineers, mem. to �lainc Breeze, I�;r�a�� -�ousiat� Ciroup, Feb. 10, 2(311, p. 2; D��IZ, p. 96. 25(iG.O[SSj