75C - PH - BRISTOL EIR FROM WARNER TO ST. ANDREW

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asbestos quite naturally will scratch off their brake pads, creating a potential health hazard, provided anyone were to inhale this airborne dust /toxic. Living only a hop, skip, and a jump from an already bustling Bristol Street, 1 shoulder at the thought of extra cars, noise, asbestos, and dust." Exposure to airborne asbestos has been shown to be hazardous to public health, and the threat of toxicity is chronic. Asbestos has been identified as a toxic air pollutant pursuant to the provisions of AB 1807. Final rules have been issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding asbestos sources. The EPA recently published a statement outlining the phase out of asbestos products, including brake pads, beginning in 1992 (Federal Register Volume 54, #132, July 29, 1989). L "After reviewing the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the widening of Bristol Street, I would like to make several comments on behalf of the District, As you might expect, we were pleased with the comment on page 11 -14 concerning the acquisition of 4(f) properties. On behalf of the Board of Education and District staff, we encourage the City of Santa Ana and the other agencies associated with the project to honor section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (80 State 941; public law 89 -670) with respect to the acquisition of public agency property for the Bristol widening project. In several sections of the report, when the topic of Community Facilities is being addressed, the EIR has discussed the impact on existing schools only. Since the District has either acquired or initiated condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of property needed for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School project, it is very important that this school in the 1000 block of S. Bristol be included in the comments on page III -29 and IV -48. There is also a concern with the comment made on page IV-48 concerning property "donated" by the City to the School District, with respect to Jose A. Sepulveda Elementary School. The City loaned the money for the acquisition for the property at 1818 S. Bristol and that loan has now been repaid. At the time the loan was made several years ago, there was a stipulation that a 5trip approximately 15 feet wide along Bristol V -13 75C -240