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7 <br /> <br /> <br />The DEIR goes on to claim, <br />“As shown, emissions from operation of the proposed Project would exceed the threshold of <br />significance for VOCs. The majority of VOC emissions would be derived from consumer products <br />and mobile activity. Consumer products include cleaning supplies, kitchen aerosols, cosmetics <br />and toiletries, the use of which cannot be controlled by the City. Likewise, vehicular emissions <br />cannot be controlled by either the Project applicant or the City. There are no feasible mitigation <br />measures that would reduce VOC emissions to below the SCAQMD threshold. Therefore, <br />operational emissions would be significant and unavoidable” (p. 5.2-16). <br />However, while we agree that the Project would result in a significant VOC impact, the DEIR’s conclusion <br />that these impacts are “significant and unavoidable” is incorrect. According to the California <br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), <br />“CEQA requires Lead Agencies to mitigate or avoid significant environmental impacts associated <br />with discretionary projects. Environmental documents for projects that have any significant <br />environmental impacts must identify all feasible mitigation measures or alternatives to reduce <br />the impacts below a level of significance. If after the identification of all feasible mitigation <br />measures, a project is still deemed to have significant environmental impacts, the Lead Agency <br />can approve a project, but must adopt a Statement of Overriding Consideration to explain why