CHAPTER 10 – HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - sacog

Prevent track-out and removal; and
Use dust control measures appropriate to the presence of NOA.
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Significance after Mitigation
If the implementing agency adopts this mitigation measure, Impact HAZ-2b would be reduced
to less than significant (LS). However, because SACOG cannot require an implementing agency
to adopt this mitigation measure, and it is ultimately the responsibility of a lead agency to
determine and adopt mitigation, Impact HAZ-2b remains significant and unavoidable (SU).
Impact HAZ-3: Emit hazardous emissions or cause handling of hazardous or acutely
hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school.
A. Regional Impacts
Regional development will increase density and population, and it will include a variety of land
uses, ranging from residential to commercial or industrial, that will increase the potential for
hazardous emissions or handling of hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or
waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. Specific, parcel-level land uses
are unknown, but regional development will generally increase the number of land uses that
require the use, storage, and transport of hazardous materials (gas, chemical, etc.) by truck or
rail. Such land uses could include residential, dry cleaners, gas stations, service stations,
industrial uses, agricultural uses, etc. Businesses that store large quantities of hazardous
materials (e.g., gas storage facility, chemical warehouse, etc.), and accidents that result from
transporting, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting, spilling, and dumping or disposing, could
release hazardous materials into the environment near schools.
There are more than 700 existing schools within the proposed MTP/SCS land use area and a
variety of land uses are assumed in proximity to those schools. Impacts HAZ-1 and HAZ-2
above document an extensive set of existing federal and state regulations controlling emissions
and the handling of hazardous materials. Roadway improvements in the proposed MTP/SCS
will improve road safety, thereby reducing the potential for accidents in proximity of schools
related to hazardous materials. For new schools the state school siting process requires that
emissions of hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or
proposed school be addressed (Pub. Resources Code, § 21151.2; Edu. Code, §17210 et seq.).
Additionally, individual hazardous materials emitters or handlers must adhere to permitting
requirements (Pub. Resources Code, § 21151.4) that require evaluation and notification of where
potential materials handling and emissions could occur within one-quarter mile proximity of
existing or proposed schools.
Therefore, the hazardous materials impacts related to land use changes from implementation of
the proposed MTP/SCS in the region are considered less than significant (LS) for Impact HAZ-
3. No mitigation is required.
MTP/SCS 2035
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
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