2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
In
addition
to
compliance
with
General
Plan
policies
related
to
drainage
facilities
and
flood
hazards
(with
which
future
site-specific
development
will
be
required
to
be
consistent),
there
are
numerous
regulatory
requirements
applicable
to
Project
Site
development,
including
without
limitation
NPDES
General
Construction
Permit
requirements,
NPDES
MS4
and
Provision
C.3
requirements,
and
BCDC
Bay
Plan
policies.
In
addition,
the
Draft
EIR
imposes
mitigation
measures
that
include
specific
performance
standards
to
reduce
impacts
related
to
the
issues
raised
in
this
comment.
These
regulatory
requirements
and
mitigation
measures
include
the
formation
and
implementation
of
best
management
practices,
including
current
strategies
to
handle
stormwater
runoff.
Combined
with
implementation
of
General
Plan
policies
through
required
Specific
Plan(s)
for
development
within
the
Baylands,
the
regulatory
requirements
and
Draft
EIR
mitigation
measures
reduce
the
potential
impacts
to
less
than
significant
levels.
See
5
for
discussion
of
compliance
with
the
law
as
mitigation
under
CEQA.
Bunker
C
oil
was
released
at
the
Baylands
site
in
the
past
and
is
present
in
the
subsurface
materials,
but
does
not
exist
as
a
point
source
within
the
Baylands
site.
The
remediation
of
Bunker
C
oil
is
discussed
in
Section
4.G,
Hazards
and
Hazardous
Materials
,
of
the
Draft
EIR.
As
the
comment
acknowledges,
the
Kinder
Morgan
Tank
Farm
is
not
part
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site
that
is
analyzed
in
the
Draft
EIR.
Any
discharges
or
runoff
from
the
Kinder
Morgan
Tank
Farm
represent
existing
conditions
at
the
Baylands
Project
Site
and
development
on
the
Baylands
will
not
have
any
effect
on
such
discharges
from
the
Kinder
Morgan
Tank
Farm.
Issues
related
to
management
of
point
source
discharges
from
the
Kinder
Tank
Farm
and
the
potential
for
contamination
within
the
Tank
Farm
are
appropriately
addressed
directly
between
Kinder
Morgan
and
the
Regional
Water
Quality
Control
Board
as
part
of
Kinder
Morgan’s
operating
permits,
rather
than
as
an
impact
of
proposed
Baylands
development.
See
for
a
discussion
of
land
use
compatibility
between
proposed
Baylands
development
and
the
Kinder
Morgan
Tank
Farm.
The
Levinson
marsh
is
often
referred
to
as
the
Levinson
“overflow”
area
in
hydrologic
reports.
Identification
of
the
area
in
hydrologic
reports
and
the
Levinson
“overflow”
area
has
no
bearing
on
that
site’s
biological
resources
functions.
The
title
“Levinson
Overflow
Area”
was
used
to
describe
this
water
feature
in
the
City
of
Brisbane’s
Storm
Drainage
Master
Plan
prepared
in
2003,
which
was
included
as
a
reference
in
the
Draft
EIR.
The
purpose
of
the
improved
drainage
control
of
the
Levinson
Overflow
area
(Levinson
Marsh)
as
described
in
the
City’s
Master
Drainage
Plan
is
to
alleviate
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-100
May
2015