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Responses to Comments on the EIR Addendum and massing originally analyzed in the 2010 FEIR. The commenter concludes that the project is a new project that has not undergone CEQA review and "must start from the beginning of the CEQA process" with an initial study prior to approval. The 2010 FEIR retains both relevance and informational value to the proposed project. Courts may only reject an agency's use of a previously certified EIR if it is "wholly irrelevant." As discussed in Response 1, Section 3, Environmental Impact Analysis, of the Addendum supports the conclusion that changes to the project would not result in new or more severe impacts than those of the approved project previously disclosed in the 2010 FEIR and would not require a major revision to the 2010 FEIR. Therefore, the City shall proceed with an addendum as the appropriate environmental document for the project under CEQA. Response 8 The commenter summarizes the 2010 FEIR's significant and unavoidable impacts (i.e., those related to Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Noise, and Traffic) and, based on a reference to case law, adds that the City is required to conduct project -level supplemental EIRs for specific projects proposed in the program area to analyze and determine whether mitigation measures exist to reduce these significant and unavoidable impacts. As described in Response 1, the project does not require a subsequent or supplemental EIR or negative declaration because none of the conditions described in PRC Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164 were met to trigger the need for these documents. Although the 2010 FEIR identified significant and unavoidable impacts, the question is whether the project analyzed in an addendum would result in new or more severe impacts than those of the approved project. Section 3, Environmental Impact Analysis, of the Addendum supports the conclusion that changes to the project would not result in new or more severe impacts, including those related to Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Noise, and Traffic, with implementation of applicable mitigation measures identified in the 2010 FEIR and included in the Addendum discussion. Appendix K to the Addendum includes the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) of the 2010 FEIR for reference. Response 9 The commenter states that, even if addendum provisions under CEQA applied to the project, a supplemental EIR would still be required to analyze new significant impacts of the project resulting from changes to the approved project and new impacts that were not analyzed in the 2010 FEIR. As described in Response 1, the project did not require a subsequent or supplemental EIR or negative declaration because none of the conditions described in PRC Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164 were met to trigger the need for these documents. Primarily, Section 3, Environmental Impact Analysis, of the Addendum supports the conclusion that changes to the project would not result in new or more severe impacts than those of the approved project previously disclosed in the 2010 FEIR and would not require a major revision to the 2010 FEIR. Therefore, the City is within its discretion to proceed with an addendum as the appropriate environmental document for the project under CECA. 75C-289