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7. Impacts Found Not to Be SigIt nificant <br />California Public Resources Code Section 21003 f states: "it is the policy of the state that... a If persons and <br />public agencies involved in the environmental review process be responsible for carrying out the process in <br />the most efficient, expeditious manner In order to conserve the avaiiable fin <br />ancial, governmntal, physical: <br />and social resources with the objective that those resources may be better applied toward the mitigation of <br />actual significant effects on the environment." This olio is reflected in th <br />policy a state California Environmental <br />,duality Act (E Guidelines (Guidelines) Section 15126.2 (a) : which states that "[a] n Eil Environmental <br />Impact Report] shall identi fy and focus on <br />the significant environmental impacts of the proposed project" and <br />Section 15143, which states that "[t]he Ells shall focus ors the significant effects on the environments° The <br />Guidelines allover use of an initial Study to document project effects that are less than significant Guidelines <br />Section 15063 [a]). Guidelines Section 15128 r <br />q uir s that an El contain a statement briefly indicating the <br />reasons that various possible sign ificant effects of a project were determined not to be significant, and were <br />therefore not discussed in detail in the Draft EIR. <br />The Initial Study prepared for the proposed project in October 2008 determined that all impacts with the <br />exception of those related to air quality, noise, and traffic and circulation would have no impact or a less than <br />significant impact on tine environment. Consequently, they have not been further analyzed in this Draft SEIR. <br />Please refer to Appendix A for explanation of the basis of these conclusions. Impact categories and <br />questions below are summarized di <br />