CHAPTER 10 – HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - sacog

5. For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not
been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, result in a
safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area.
6. For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip, result in a safety hazard
for people residing or working in the project area.
7. Impede achievement of acceptable emergency service, including fire protection,
police protection, and response times; or impair implementation of or physically
interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan.
8. Expose people or structures to a significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving
wild land fires, including whether wild lands are adjacent to urbanized areas or
where residences are intermixed with wild lands.
9. Result in construction impacts that would cause a hazard to the public or the
environment.
Impact HAZ-1: Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the
routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.
A. Regional Impacts
Regional development will increase density and population, and it will include a variety of land
uses ranging from residential areas to commercial or industrial areas. New developments could
include uses such as residential, dry cleaners, gas stations, service stations, industrial uses,
agricultural uses, etc. that could require additional routine transport, use, and disposal of
hazardous materials like household hazardous waste from cleaning supplies, solvents, and
commercial and industrial hazardous waste. Proposed land uses are identified in general terms,
as the specific, parcel-level land uses are unknown. Routine transportation, use or disposal of
hazardous materials poses a risk to residents within the project area by using trucks, rail, and
other modes that are shared with the public and have the potential to be involved in an accident.
The operation of businesses that use, create, or dispose of hazardous materials is regulated and
monitored by federal, state, and local regulations and policies to provide a high level of
protection to the public and the environment from the hazardous materials manufactured within,
transported to, and disposed within the SACOG region.
Title 49 of the C.F.R., Hazardous Materials Regulations, discussed in more detail in the
Regulatory Setting, includes requirements for the classification of materials, packaging, hazard
communication, transportation, handling HAZMAT employee training, and incident reporting.
Transport of hazardous materials is regulated by the USDOT (through Caltrans and the CHP in
California). The California Health Services Department regulates the haulers of hazardous
waste. A valid registration issued by the DTSC is required, unless specifically exempted, to
transport hazardous wastes. Vehicle Code Section 31303 outlines general routing and parking
restrictions (Table 10.3), for hazardous material and hazardous waste shipments; the CHP also
publishes a list of restricted or prohibited highways.
MTP/SCS 2035
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Draft Environmental Impact Report Chapter 10 – Hazards and Hazardous Materials – Page 10-43