Laserfiche WebLink
scientific importance of the specimens, and discuss the <br />relationship of any newly recorded fossil site in the <br />parcel to relevant fossil sites previously recorded from <br />the fossil-bearing rock unit in the parcel vicinity and <br />from correlative rock units in other regions. <br /> <br />VI. GEOLOGY/SOILS <br /> <br />A-1. Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the <br /> most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map <br /> issued by tke State. geologist for the area or based on <br /> other substantial evidence of a known fault? <br /> <br />No Impact <br /> <br />The Seismic Hazards Mapping Act of 1991 established a statewide <br />seismic hazard mapping and technical advisory program to assist <br />cities and counties in protecting the public health and safety <br />from the effects of strong ground shaking, liquefaction, <br />landslides or other ground failure and other seismic hazards <br />caused by earthquakes. Additionally, the Alquist-Priolo Act <br />directs the State Geologist to delineate regulatory zones that <br />encompass surface traces of active faults that have potential <br />for future surface fault rupture to regulate development near <br />active faults in order to mitigate the hazard of surface fault <br />rupture. <br /> <br />The Tustin Quadrangle Official Map of Seismic Hazard Zones was <br />reviewed to evaluate the site location relative to mapped zones <br />of required investigation for liquefaction and earthquake- <br />induced land slides. According to the Seismic Hazard Zone Map, <br />the project site is not located within a current Alquist-Priolo <br />Earthquake Fault Zone for fault surface rupture hazard. The <br />surface traces of any active or potentially active faults are <br />not known to pass directly through or project towards the site. <br />Therefore, the potential for surface rupture due to faulting <br />occurring beneath the site during the design life of the <br />proposed project is considered low. <br /> <br />A-2. Strong Seismic Ground shaking? <br /> <br />Less Than Significant Impact <br /> <br />The project site is situated within a highly active seismic <br />region of southern California. A total of 38 active faults have <br />been identified within an approximate 60-mile radius of the <br />project site. The Newport/Inglewood Fault located approximately <br /> <br />31 .A. <br /> <br /> <br />