expanded water storage facilities and conveyance infrastructure. On page 4.O-48, the Draft EIR states that in the “absence of information regarding location, design, and method of water storage facility construction, it must be assumed that constructing a new storage tank on a hillside could result in significant environmental impacts in areas such as visual resources, slope stability, erosion and water quality, and possibly biological resources. While it is likely that impacts of siting and constructing such a storage facility could be avoided or mitigated to less-than-significant levels through a combination of siting options and mitigation measures, at this time without site-specific information these impacts are considered to be significant unavoidable.”
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15168 (c)(1) states that “If a later activity would have effects that were not examined in the program EIR, a new Initial Study would need to be prepared” along with appropriate environmental documentation depending on the results of the Initial Study. Thus, the design and construction of needed water storage facilities would be treated the same as a subsequent site-specific development project (see Master Response 1 for discussion of subsequent site-specific projects). Because even the initial increments of development would require expansion of the City’s existing water storage capacity, construction permits for new development within the Baylands would not be approved by the City until a location for needed water storage facilities was identified, the facilities were designed, environmental review of the impacts of their construction was completed, and funding agreements were in place for the facilities.
[See page 5-289 for the original comment] Mitigation Measure 4.B-8 requires implementation of an odor management plan at the proposed recycled water plant with sufficient control measures to meet BAAQMD odor detection thresholds.
The text on page 4.O-58 that is cited in the comment addresses solid waste management during construction and operation of proposed Project Site development. The comment more likely addresses the second paragraph on page 4.O-49, which is revised to read as follows:
Air quality impacts of the onsite recycled water plant are included in the air quality impacts evaluated in Section 4.B, Air Quality. While the recycled water plant would be required to meet Bay Area Air Quality District (BAAQMD) emissions standards and therefore be considered to have less-than-significant air quality impacts, the plant would contribute to the significant unavoidable air quality impacts identified in that section. To address odor impacts, Mitigation Measure 4.B-8 requires implementation of an odor management plan at the proposed recycled water plant with sufficient control measures to meet BAAQMD odor detection thresholds. At a minimum, the following requirements would be included in the design of the recycled water plant: