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Additionally, these minor revisions to the Project would not result in any new significant impacts. The clarification of the types of retail and restaurants that would be within the 80,000 square feet of proposed commercial space are evaluated in the Final EIR Traffic Impact Analysis and revised EIR traffic Section, which is provided in Chapter 3 of the Final EIR, and details that no new impacts would occur. Also, the change to the residential parking spaces was initiated to provide consistency with other similar developments in the City and to meet the anticipated parking need of the Project. The addition of 0.3 parking spaces per residential unit within the same development area would provide additional parking flexibility for Project residents and their guests and would not result in new impacts. Also, the addition of PDF AQ-1 that would provide information about SCAQMD's Commercial Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment Incentive and Exchange Program was provided in response to the SCAQMD comment letter that was received. The intent of the measure is to encourage the use of electric landscaping equipment instead of gas -powered equipment, which generates larger volumes of air pollutants. Implementation of the measure is intended to reduce onsite emissions; and therefore, would not result in new impacts. Comment 5: The comment asserts that modifications to the Project require recirculation of the EIR because the Project's transportation analysis was revised based upon modifications to the Project. The comment states that because VMT analysis and transportation analysis are required under CEQA, the failure of the Draft EIR to include this information was an unlawful omission of information that requires revision and recirculation and the Draft EIR was fundamentally and basically inadequate. Response 5: CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 sets forth the circumstances under which a lead agency must recirculate an EIR. A lead agency is required to recirculate an EIR when significant new information is added to the EIR after public notice is given of the availability of the Draft EIR but before certification of the Final EIR has occurred. Such information can include changes in the project or environmental setting as well as additional data or other information. New information added to an EIR is not considered "significant" unless the EIR is changed in a way that deprives the public of a meaningful opportunity to comment upon a substantial adverse environmental effect of the project or a feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect (including a feasible project alternative) that the project's proponents have declined to implement. As defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5(a), significant new information requiring recirculation is that which shows any of the following: 1. A new significant environmental impact would result from the project or from a new mitigation measure proposed to be implemented. 2. A substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact would result unless mitigation measures are adopted that reduce the impact to a level of insignificance. 3. A feasible project alternative or mitigation measure considerably different from others previously analyzed would clearly lessen the environmental impacts of the project, but the project's proponents decline to adopt it. 4. The draft EIR was so fundamentally and basically inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comment were precluded. The Draft EIR adequately analyzes the environmental effects of the proposed Project, and the conclusions in the Draft EIR are supported by substantial evidence in the record. None of the conditions requiring recirculation listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 have been triggered, and recirculation of the Draft EIR is not required. The minor clarifications, Project modifications, and editorial corrections made to the Draft EIR are shown in Chapter 3 of the Final EIR. None of the revisions that have been made to the Project or Draft EIR indicate new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of an environmental impact identified in the Draft EIR; and, none of the revisions identify a feasible project alternative or mitigation measure that is considerably different from those set forth in the Draft EIR and 75C-192