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City of Santa Ana Cultural Resources Environmental Checklist The proposed project is located in a fully developed urban environment and would develop a residential charter school project on an infill redevelopment parcel. The project site is underlain by 3 -5 feet of fill materials. The project would require minimal grading and excavations that would be a maximum of 5 -feet deep. further, the project vicinity has been surveyed and the project area is identified as having a low potential for unidentified resources. As a result, the project is not expected to impact cultural resources, and also is not anticipated to have any cumulative impacts on historic, archaeological, or paleontological resources. Geology and Soils The cumulative setting for geology and soils includes all the development and infrastructure that has occurred in the City of Santa Ana in the past and would be expected to occur in the future, including the projects listed in Table 3 -32. Past, present, and future development could be affected by existing widespread southern California geologic conditions and result in ground shaking, landsliding, and soils movement, which ultimately could result in significant impacts on the environment. However, similar to the proposed project, past, present, and future projects have been and would continue to comply with the California Building Code and to implement specific building techniques to minimize seismic damage. As described in Section VI, "Geology and Soils," impacts of the proposed project would be reduced by implementing mitigation to ensure appropriate geotechnical engineering reduces effects of potential seismic events and the potential impacts related to the existing geologic and soils environment on site. Thus, geologic and soils impacts related to the project would be less than significant after mitigation and would not be cumulatively considerable. Greenhouse Gasses As described in Section VII, the proposed project's annual GHG emissions under BAU conditions are estimated to be 2,058 metric tons CO2e. To put this number into perspective, statewide CO2e emissions for year 2009 were estimated to be 456.8 million metric tons. Project- specific Mitigation Measures GHG -1 through GHG -3 have been included to reduce greenhouse gases generated by the project and reduce impacts to a less- than - significant level. GHG emissions would be further reduced with implementation of AB 32 scoping measures such as Pavley emissions standards, low- carbon fuel standard, and renewables portfolio standard, among other standards. Implementation of Mitigation Measures GHG -1 through GHG -3, along with state implementation of AB 32 Scoping Measures, would reduce the incremental GHG emissions associated with the proposed project by approximately 29 %. As this level of reduction would exceed the AB 32 target reduction goal of 28.5 %, and both project -level and cumulative impacts would be less than significant. Hazards and Hazardous Materials The scope of analysis for cumulative impacts associated with accidental spills, releases, or explosions of hazardous materials encompasses the project vicinity, including adjacent jurisdictions. Implementation of the proposed project has the potential to contribute to cumulative impacts on hazards and hazardous materials through the transport, storage, use, or handling of hazardous materials. Most of the past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the area surrounding the project site include religious, residential, commercial, and medical land uses. Many The Academy Charter High School 012 3 -113 June 2 Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration IcF 0042011 31 B -195