2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Waste
Program”
is
a
description
of
existing
regulations
enforced
by
San
Mateo
County
Environmental
Health
Division
at
the
time
of
Draft
EIR
publication.
The
Draft
EIR
identifies
federal,
state,
and
local
regulations
that
apply
to
the
Baylands
site
because
these
regulations
would
affect
how
future
development
may
proceed
at
the
site.
In
this
case,
the
San
Mateo
County
Health
Division
is
included
because
it
has
the
authority
to
regulate
construction
on
former
landfill
sites.
A
discussion
of
the
landfill
site
history,
including
information
about
the
history
of
landfill
regulation
at
the
site,
is
included
in
Draft
EIR
Section
4.G,
Hazards
and
Hazardous
Materials
,
starting
on
page
4.G-23.
No
changes
to
the
Draft
EIR
have
been
made.
Use
of
dynamic
compaction
is
one
of
a
number
of
options
that
would
be
considered
for
preparation
of
site
soils
for
foundation
construction
and
would
not
necessarily
be
appropriate
for
all
proposed
development.
It
would
only
be
employed
where
appropriate
as
determined
by
site-specific
data
following
review
and
approval
by
the
City
building
official.
Part
of
the
consideration
for
employing
this
strategy
is
the
potential
effects
on
neighboring
sites
such
that
the
process
does
not
cause
instability
of
the
Bay
Mud
or
adjoining
exposed
slopes,
for
example.
Deep
dynamic
compaction
and
other
methods
of
site
preparation
such
as
surcharging
with
stockpiled
soils
have
been
used
successfully
at
numerous
sites
with
similar
underlying
Bay
Mud
deposits
to
provide
adequate
building
sites
without
causing
underlying
Bay
Mud
soils
to
fail.
To
clarify
its
intent,
Mitigation
Measure
4.E-2a
is
revised
to
read
as
indicated
in
Final
EIR
Chapter
3.0.
Prior
to
commencement
of
any
deep
dynamic
compaction
activities
that
may
be
proposed,
a
site
specific
geotechnical
investigation
as
required
by
Draft
EIR
Mitigation
Measure
4.E-2a
would
be
undertaken
to
provide
a
detailed
understanding
of
the
underlying
materials
and
recommendations
for
site
preparation
methods.
These
recommendations
would
be
in
accordance
with
industry
standard
practices
and
building
code
standards
that
are
subject
to
review
by
the
City
Engineer,
and
would
be
required
to
be
implemented
as
part
of
site
preparation
and
grading.
Mitigation
Measures
to
address
vibration
impacts
are
set
forth
in
Mitigation
Measure
4.J-2b.
The
seismic
design
criteria
of
the
California
Building
Code
(CBC)
requires
all
proposed
improvements
to
calculate
the
anticipated
groundshaking
that
could
occur
from
a
maximum
credible
earthquake
considering
a
site’s
location
relative
to
the
active
faults
in
the
region
which
are
considered
in
the
context
of
the
characteristics
of
the
underlying
materials.
As
stated
on
page
4.E-37,
“Chapter
16,
Section
1613
of
the
CBC
provides
earthquake
loading
specifications
for
every
structure
and
associated
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-55
May
2015