CHAPTER 10 – HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - sacog

proposed MTP/SCS uses 2008 because it is the most recent year for which comprehensive land
use, demographic, traffic count, and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) data are available for the
SACOG region. Chapter 1 – Introduction includes a more detailed discussion of the baseline for
the proposed MTP/SCS.
The land use analysis is based on an assessment of the amount of growth (population, housing,
and employment) projected for the region, in each Community Type and in the TPAs by 2035,
and an analysis of how that growth will impact hazards and hazardous materials. Although the
proposed project sites within the proposed MTP/SCS plan area were not physically surveyed, a
brief description of the types of typical hazards and hazardous materials issues found within the
region is given above in the settings section.
The proposed MTP/SCS contains $35.2 billion (in 2010 dollars) worth of roadway and transit
investments by 2035. Roadway transportation projects consist of freeway, high-occupancy
vehicle (HOV) lanes, auxiliary, arterial/expressway miles, collector and local streets, Class I
bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and Class II bicycle lanes. Different project types will likely
have a different impact on hazards and hazardous materials.
The evaluation of hazards and hazardous materials impacts in this section assumes that
construction and development in the MTP/SCS plan area will adhere to the latest federal, state,
and local regulations, and conforms to the latest standards in the industry, as appropriate for
individual projects.
Criteria for Determining Significance
For the purposes of this EIR and subsequent projects evaluated pursuant to Public Resources
Code Section 21155.2, SACOG has determined that adoption and/or implementation of the
proposed MTP/SCS (including adoption of the MTP policies, adoption of the SCS, and adoption
of the transportation project list and financing plan) would result in significant impacts under
CEQA, if any of the following would occur:
1. Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine
transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.
2a. 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.
2b. Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably
foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of asbestos into the
environment.
3. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials,
substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school.
4. Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled
pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, create a significant
hazard to the public or environment.
MTP/SCS 2035
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
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