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Executive however, the alignment for the entire Great Park Boulevard West is yet to be completed and finalized. The alignment of the said roadway shown on the exhibits in this FIR reflects the expected intersection location at the time the NOP was issued. At the time of Project development, minor modifications to the Project would be required to reflect the final roadway alignment, including, but not limited to, minor modifications to Planning Areas 1 through 13 to reflect the final location of Marine Way. Also, it is anticipated that the change to the Great Park Boulevard West/Marine Way intersection (if the proposed November 2015 alignment is implemented) might require the other changes to the proposed Project access points from Marine Way. It is not anticipated that this should result in a substantial modification to the findings in this EIR; however, this would be determined as part of the Level 1, II or III review when development is proposed. It should be noted, that Development Requirement (DR) TRAN-8 (in Section 4.14.7) requires individual development projects under the Development Plan that connect with external roadways be evaluated for consistency with applicable design requirements outlined in the City of Irvine Transportation Design Procedures or County of Orange equivalency. This measure would ensure there would be adequate intersection spacing even with the relocation of the Great Park Boulevard West/Marine Way intersection. • The Project site is located on the former MCAS El Toro, which had been ]mown to use and store chemicals and jet fuels. The base is included on the Cortese List compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code. Due to the potential site and groundwater contamination, approximately 41.64 acres of the Project site has not yet been found suitable for transfer. Therefore, this portion of the site remains under fee ownership by the DoN and is subject to a LIFOC between the DoN and Heritage Fields, with a sublease to the County. Once remediated, the DoN will make a FOST, allowing the transfer of the remainder of the Property in fee to Heritage Fields LLC. Subsequently, that portion of the Property would be transferred to the City, and then to the County, as required by the Pre -Annexation Agreement. The precise timing of the transfer is not known at this time. Should there be unforeseen delays in the transfer of the property, the phasing of the Project development may be influenced because the County would not have fee title to the property. As shown in Exhibit 2-3, the LIFOC area is generally located southeast of the Bee Canyon Channel and in the southern portion of the Project site. This delay should not influence the CEQA document. • The Pre -Annexation Agreement provides for the transfer of a contiguous 100 -Acre parcel to the County for development. The location of the parcel was identified in the Pre - Annexation Agreement but the precise boundaries of the parcel had not been established. The final alignment of Marine Way is required before this can occur because minor variants in the roadway alignment would result in changes to the size and configuration of the County property west and southwest of Marine Way. This process, known as the "true -up" is memorialized in Implementation Agreement #2 between the County and the City and will be completed once the final Marine Way alignment is established. Minor changes to the Property boundary are anticipated as part of the true -up process. Although the alignment west of the Great Park Boulevard West was finalized in November 2015, as indicated above, the alignment east of the Great Park Boulevard West is yet to be completed and finalized. It is not anticipated that the true -up process would result in a substantial modification to the findings in this FIR because the anticipated property line adjustments would be very minor; however, this would be determined at the time the final true -up is completed. 1-10 EL TORO, 100 -ACRE PARCEL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT