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and approved by the Cities of Santa Ana, Irvine and Tustin and conform to accepted traffic engineering methods. The traffic section of the EIR as well as the supporting Traffic Impact Analysis appropriately analyses the foreseeable impacts and provides reasonable mitigation measures and is therefore consistent with the intent and standards of CEQA. Comment 11: This comment asserts that the Project will have a significant impact on population and housing by displacing 200 homeless people. The comment states that although the City is working on various homeless shelter solutions that are anticipated to be available for the existing persons on the Project site prior to construction of the proposed Project, the EIR does not provide substantial evidence to support the conclusion that the Project would not have a significant impact; and thus, violates CEQA. Response 11: Mercy House Living Centers, Inc., has a two-year contract with the City of Santa Ana to operate an Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter at the Project site, which is set to expire in October 2020, with an optional one-year extension. The current zoning, Light Industrial (M-1), does not permit permanent residential uses and the temporary emergency facility is an interim use which will be relocated prior to the construction of the proposed Project. Independent of the proposed Project, the City has been taking the required steps to identify a new location for the Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter, given the temporary nature of the facility described earlier. The City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency is taking steps to identify a new location for City Council consideration, tentatively within the next 30 days. Comment 12- This comment asserts that the EIR fails to disclose that the Project site is contaminated with hazardous materials and is on the Cortese List, and provides the Draft EIR discussion related to impacts related to sites on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. The comment also asserts that the Final EIR includes a statement that "Sites where response actions have been completed and no operation and maintenance activities are required are not included on the list." Response 12: As detailed in the EIR, the Project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. Section 65962.5(a)(4) requires that DTSC shall compile and update as appropriate, a list of hazardous substance release sites subject to a response action. The DTSC's list of sites are published in the DTSC "Envirostor" database at the following weblink: https://www.envi rostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/search.asp?cmd=sea rch&reporttype=CORTESE&site_type=CS I TES,OP EN,FU DS,CLOS E&status=ACT,BKLG,COM&reporttitle=HAZARDOUS+WASTE+AND+SUBSTANCES +SITE+LIST. In addition, Cortese List sites are mapped on the DTSC website: https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov. The Project site is not on the DTSC list or mapping. In addition, the EIR does not include the statement that "Sites where response actions have been completed and no operation and maintenance activities are required are not included on the list" However, that language is provided on the CaIEPA website related to the Cortese List: https://calepa.ca.gov/sitecleanup/corteselist/section-65962-5a/ Comment 13- This comment asserts that the DTSC has indicated that the site is on the Cortese List. The comment also states that closure of an underground storage tank case does not take a site off the Cortese List because residual contamination may remain at levels that would not be safe for residential development. The comment further asserts that the site would be put on the Cortese List for remedial contamination. Response 13: As described in Response 12, the Project site is not on the Cortese List. As detailed in the Final EIR, the DTSC did not state that the Project is on the Cortese List. The DTSC comment requested additional information be provided from the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) 75C-111