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SANTA ANA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIAL STUDY CITY OF SANTA ANA food waste diversion measure, which may be composted then sent to a digestion facility to allow for energy recovery. Therefore, the impact would be less than significant. g) Comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste? No Impact. The Draft CAP does not recommend any measure that does not comply with applicable solid waste regulations. Conversely, the Draft CAP proposes a measure that would reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and would comply with AB 341, which requires recycling by businesses that generate four cubic yards or more of commercial solid waste per week and multi -family residential dwellings of five units or more. Therefore, no impact would occur. 3.18 MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE a) Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self - sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? Less than Significant Impact. The purpose of the Draft CAP is to reduce community -wide GHG emissions in the City of Santa Ana to reduce environmental impacts associated with global climate change. The Draft CAP proposes measures to lessen numerous environmental impacts and does not contain any strategy or measure that would either directly substantially reduce habitat, reduce wildlife populations, threaten animal or plant communities, restrict the range of species, or eliminate examples of history or prehistory. The impact would be less than significant. There is one prehistoric site and 18 post contact sites in the City of Santa Ana. However, construction associated with Draft CAP measures, such as expanding pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities or implementing the Safe Routes to School Program, would most likely take place within existing rights -of -way. Should construction associated with implementation of the proposed measures take place outside the existing rights -of -way, new ground disturbance has the potential to uncover unknown resources. In addition, should any construction take place in close proximity to or within the identified prehistoric site near Santiago Creek, compliance with applicable regulations would be necessary and an onsite monitor during construction activity may be required. In the event that this occurs, compliance with State regulations pertaining to discovery of archaeological resources would ensure a less than significant impact. b) Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? ( "Cumulatively considerable" means that the incremental effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.) Less than Significant Impact. The Draft CAP would not result in any adverse environmental impacts that are cumulatively considerable. The project is intended to contribute to a cumulative reduction in GHG emissions and to reduce adaptation impacts associated with global climate change, both of which would have beneficial cumulative environmental effects. Measures within the Draft CAP that may result in indirect October 2015 Page 49 75B -147