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7.1.A. - Page 32 <br /> h. Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, <br /> injury or death involving wildland fires, including <br /> where wildlands are adjacent to urbanized areas or X <br /> where residences are intermixed with wildlands? <br /> ANALYSIS: <br /> Hazardous Materials Storage and Use—During construction activities, hazardous materials such <br /> as vehicle fuels and lubricants, may be used. While these are commonly used materials, if <br /> handled improperly (fuels, for example, are flammable), they could endanger workers and the <br /> public. Compliance with Federal, State, and San Mateo County hazardous materials laws and <br /> regulations would minimize the risk to the public presented by these potential hazards. <br /> Implementation of these standard measures as part of the project would reduce potential <br /> impacts to a less than significant level. <br /> Hazardous Materials Use Near Schools — Many elementary, middle, and high schools would be <br /> served by the proposed project. Pipelines would be constructed to deliver recycled water to <br /> these schools for irrigating playing fields, lawns, and landscaping. The tank/pump station site <br /> would be located more than one-quarter mile from the nearest schools. Minor amounts of <br /> hazardous materials would be used during construction of the pipelines, but compliance with <br /> Federal, State, and San Mateo County hazardous materials laws and regulations would minimize <br /> the risk to the public presented by these potential hazards. <br /> Hazardous Waste Release Sites — Some of the industrial and commercial facilities within the <br /> project area are likely to have used and stored hazardous materials and to have generated <br /> hazardous wastes. Releases of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes to the environment <br /> may have occurred (e.g., from leaking underground storage tanks and from surface spills). In <br /> addition to the releases from historical industrial and commercial use, aerially deposited lead <br /> from automobile emissions may be present in soil along heavily traveled roads. There is also a <br /> small potential for unreported spills or other releases to have occurred in the roadways. The <br /> geotechnical analyses required for the project will identify whether potential locations of <br /> contaminated soil are located along the pipeline routes. Special construction and soil removal <br /> methods may be incorporated into the project, as necessary, if soil contamination is <br /> encountered. <br /> Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans — Pipelines would be installed in trenches dug <br /> within existing roadways. Installation of pipelines would require temporary road closure or lane <br /> reductions. Encroachment permits from the appropriate agency (Caltrans, Redwood City) can be <br /> obtained for this work. These permits are designed to protect the public by providing a system <br /> of notification to providers of emergency or other important services of road closures. <br /> Compliance with these requirements minimizes the safety and health hazards associated with <br /> construction activities. <br /> 18 <br />