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Environmental Checklist <br />CEQA Compliance <br />Evaluation of Environmental Impacts: <br />A brief explanation is required for all answers except "No Impact" answers that are adequately <br />supported by the information sources a lead agency cites in the parentheses following each <br />question. A "No Impact" answer is adequately supported if the referenced information sources <br />show that the impact simply does not apply to projects like the one involved (e.g., the project <br />falls outside a fault rupture zone). A "No Impact" answer should be explained where it is based <br />on project-specific factors as well as general standards (e.g., the project will not expose <br />sensitive receptors to pollutants, based on a project-specific screening analysis). <br />II. All answers must take account of the whole action involved, including off-site as well as on-site, <br />cumulative as well as project-level, indirect as well as direct, and construction as well as <br />operational impacts. <br />III. Once the lead agency has determined that a particular physical impact may occur, then the <br />checklist answers must indicate whether the impact is potentially significant, less than <br />significant with mitigation, or less than significant. "Potentially Significant Impact" is appropriate <br />if there is substantial evidence that an effect may be significant. If there are one or more <br />"Potentially Significant Impact" entries when the determination is made, an EIR is required. <br />IV. "Negative Declaration: Less Than Significant With Mitigation Incorporated" applies where the <br />incorporation of mitigation measures has reduced an effect from "Potentially Significant Impact" <br />to a "Less Than Significant Impact." The lead agency must describe the mitigation measures, <br />and briefly explain how they reduce the effect to a less than significant level (mitigation <br />measures from "Earlier Analyses," as described in (V) below, may be cross-referenced). <br />V. Earlier analyses may be used where, pursuant to the tiering, program EIR, or other CEQA <br />process, an effect has been adequately analyzed in an earlier EIR or negative declaration. <br />Section 15063(c)(3)(D). In this case, a brief discussion should identify the following: <br />a) Earlier Analysis Used. Identify and state where they are available for review. <br />b) Impacts Adequately Addressed. Identify which effects from the above checklist were <br />within the scope of and adequately analyzed in an earlier document pursuant to <br />applicable legal standards, and state whether such effects were addressed by mitigation <br />measures based on the earlier analysis. <br />c) Mitigation Measures. For effects that are "Less than Significant with Mitigation Measures <br />Incorporated," describe the mitigation measures which were incorporated or refined from <br />the earlier document and the extent to which they address site-specific conditions for the <br />project. <br />VI. Lead agencies are encouraged to incorporate into the checklist references to information <br />sources for potential impacts (e.g., general plans, zoning ordinances). Reference to a <br />previously prepared or outside document should, where appropriate, include a reference to the <br />page or pages where the statement is substantiated. <br />VII. Supporting Information Sources: A source list should be attached, and other sources used or <br />individuals contacted should be cited in the discussion. <br />07/23/10 «PADMJ0701\MND\3.0 Checklist.doc. 3-3 <br />20A-39