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Vista Charter Public Schools District Office and Outdoor Space Project
<br />CEQA Exemption 15183
<br />hazardous materials conditions in the City. Compliance with all applicable regulations would be
<br />required of future development in the City and would reduce the proposed General Plan Update's
<br />impacts related to hazards or hazardous materials to a less than significant level.
<br />According to GPU EIR Figure 2-1, EJ Communities, Neighborhoods, and Focus Areas, the project
<br />site is located within an EJ community. However, the proposed project would neither develop any
<br />new industrial uses, nor be located on or adjacent to a site listed under Table 5.8-5, Existing
<br />Hazardous Materials Sites, of the GPU EIR. Construction activities would use limited amounts of
<br />hazardous materials in the form of paints, solvents, glues, roofing materials, and other common
<br />construction materials for the proposed building remodel and outdoor play area. Construction
<br />activities may include the use of machinery and other equipment that require fueling or
<br />maintenance/servicing. These types of materials are not acutely hazardous, and all storage,
<br />handling, use, transport, and disposal of these would be required to conform to existing laws and
<br />regulations of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), United States
<br />Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration
<br />(OSHA), and Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) Environmental Health Division, which
<br />would ensure that all potentially hazardous materials are used and handled in an appropriate
<br />manner and would minimize the potential for safety impacts to occur. Additionally, the storage,
<br />handling, use, transport, and disposal of these hazardous materials would cease once
<br />construction is complete. Project compliance with RR HAZ-1 would ensure hazardous materials
<br />and hazardous wastes are transported in compliance with any applicable State and federal
<br />requirements; RR HAZ-2 would ensure hazardous waste generation, transportation, treatment,
<br />storage, and disposal would be conducted in compliance with Subtitle C of the Resource
<br />Conservation and Recovery Act (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 263); RR HAZ-4
<br />would ensure demolition activities that could expose works or the public to ACMs or LBPs would
<br />be conducted in accordance with any applicable State and federal requirements, and RR HAZ-5
<br />would ensure removal of hazardous materials be conducted as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120 and
<br />8 CCR 5192. Therefore, with adherence to existing regulations, impacts related to the routine
<br />transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials and accidental release of hazardous materials
<br />would be less than significant.
<br />4.9.2 Project Analysis
<br />Vista Heritage Global Academy is adjacent to the south of the project site. As stated above, the
<br />proposed project would comply with existing regulations to minimize the risks associated with the
<br />exposure of sensitive receptors, including the existing school, to hazardous materials to a less
<br />than significant level. The types of uses that would emit or release hazardous or acutely
<br />hazardous materials into the environment are typically industrial manufacturing facilities, which is
<br />not proposed within the project site. The project would renovate an unused, vacant automobile
<br />repair building with a school district office and provide outdoor areas for existing students at the
<br />Vista Heritage Global Academy. Although the project site is located within 0.25-mile of an existing
<br />school, hazardous materials are not typically associated with the proposed institutional (i.e.,
<br />district office) or recreational (i.e., play yard and play field) uses. Anticipated hazardous materials
<br />use during project operations may include minor cleaning products and the occasional use of
<br />pesticides and herbicides for landscape maintenance. Further, while the site is located adjacent
<br />to an existing railroad alignment, it is currently under construction for future electric street cars.
<br />Compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding the handling and transport of
<br />hazardous materials, including RR HAZ-1, HAZ-2, HAZ-4, and HAZ-5 would ensure impacts
<br />would be less than significant.
<br />The project site is not listed in the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) GeoTracker
<br />system which includes leaking underground fuel tank sites and spills, leaks, investigations, and
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