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Responses to Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance plant. One of the primary goals of the proposed project is to reduce the potential for sewer spills in the area. With the construction of the proposed facility, the potential for sewer spills would be reduced as compared to existing conditions. Routine maintenance and proper operation of the facility in accordance with manufacturer specifications, which would be conducted by the City of Santa Ana Public Works DepartmentlVllater Resources Division, would further ensure that the lift station does not expose the public to hazards associated with the transport of wastewater through the site. Therefore, impacts are evaluated as less than significant. B. Create a significant hazard to the public ar the environment through reasonable foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous material into the environment? Finding: Less than Significant Impact. Analysis: During long-term operation of the proposed lift station, there is a potential for the release of raw sewage in the event that equipment fails or the facility is not properly maintained. Any such occurrences, however, would likely result only in temporary odor impacts, and would not expose residents directly to raw sewage because any such spills would be confined to below-ground spaces not accessible by area residents. There are no freshwater wells in the area that could be impacted by such occurrences. Should any spills a# the site occur, the City of Santa Ana Water Division would be notified by surrounding residents, and any such occurrence would be addressed by the department. Therefore, implementation of the proposed project would not create a significant hazard to the public due to reasonably foreseeable accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. C. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substance or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school? Findin Less than Significant Impact. Analysis: The proposed lift station would be located approximately 0.7-mile northwest of an existing high school. As indicated above under the discussion of Issue VII.B, although there is a potential for raw sewage to be released into the ground as a result of potential accident conditions, such circumstances are not anticipated to expose the public to hazardous emissions or hazardous or acutely hazardous materials because any such spills would be confined to below-ground spaces not accessible by area residents. In such an event, the primary impact would be odors, which would represent ashort-term impact that would not pose a health risk to the public, including students at the local high school. The City Water Resources Division would be responsible for maintaining the proposed lift station in a proper state of repair, and would be responsible for conducting any repairs should the lift station fail to function properly. Therefore, impacts are evaluated as less than significant. Page 47 of fi4 75E-51