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SANTA ANA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIAL STUDY CITY OF SANTA ANA Less than Significant Impact. The Draft CAP does not directly recommend projects that would involve the handling of hazardous or acutely hazardous materials. Compliance with regulatory requirements, such as environmental site assessments and health risk assessments, would ensure construction and operation impacts within one - quarter mile of an existing or proposed school are less than significant. d) Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment? Less than Significant Impact. According to the DTSC and the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), hazard materials sites are located throughout the City, some of which could be encountered during implementation of measures in the Draft CAP.31,32 In addition, the Draft CAP is a policy document that in itself would not create a significant hazard. Implementation of the Draft CAP, such as implementation of design guidelines related to pedestrian, bike, and transit connectivity could result in construction of bicycle paths or expanded pedestrian and transit amenities, which could require disturbance of a site. However, demolition and construction activities involving hazardous materials sites are heavily regulated, and construction workers would be required comply with applicable federal and state safety regulations. Compliance with such regulations would ensure a less than significant impact. e) For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles or a public airport or public use airport, would the project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area? Less than Significant Impact. Southern portions of the City are within the John Wayne Airport Land Use P1an.33 These portions are included within a designated impact zone and a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notification zone. The FAA notification zone encompasses City land south of McFadden Avenue and requires notification to the FAA for buildings proposed to be more than 200 feet in height. Although the Draft CAP proposes encouraging development of residential, retail, and employment nodes near one another, proposed development is not likely to exceed 200 feet in height. Therefore, implementation of the Draft CAP would not directly increase exposure of people to airport safety hazards. Impacts related to public use airports would be less than significant. f) For a project within the vicinity of a private airstrip, would the project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the project area? Less than Significant Impact. Four private heliports exist within the City of Santa Ana: Orange County Sheriffs Forensics Laboratory Heliport; Honda of Santa Ana Heliport; Southern California Edison Southeastern Division Heliport; and Orange County Global Medical Center I-Ieliport.34 The Draft CAP is a policy document and implementation of Draft CAP measures would not result in a safety hazard for people 31 DTSC. EnviroStor. Website: httilr //w venNirostordtsecagov /public /, accessed August 31, 2015. 32 SWRCB. GeoTracker. Website: htto:/ /geotracker.waterboards.ca.eov /, accessed August 31, 2015. 33 Airport Land Use Commission for Orange County. Land Use Plan for]abn V yne Airport. Adopted April 17, 2008. Avadableonline at: http: /Iwww.ocair.com /commissions /aluc /docs /IWA AELUP- April- 17 -2008L i accessed September 1, 2015. 34 Airnay. 2014. Website: https: //\ ww.airti,,iv.com/qirports/get, accessed September 1, 2015, October 2015 75B -133 Page