SFPUC 2001 Alameda Watershed Management Plan

III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND IMPACTSM. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS WASTEManagement Plan implementation. Other facilities proposed under the Management Plan are notlikely to involve the use or storage of significant amounts of hazardous materials.Table III.M-2 links those management actions that could result in impacts relative to hazardousmaterials with the full range of actions that could be required to reduce the potential impacts.Under the Management Plan, the most important means of reducing potential hazards from golfcourse operation are development of hazardous materials management procedures and leaseagreement requirements. Action haz1 requires the development of management procedures toaddress type, use, storage, and disposal of chemicals and pesticides used in Watershed activities,including procedures for easements and leases. Action lea3 requires that new leases andeasement agreements, as well as existing leases (when they come up for renewal), includerequired best management practices, emergency response plans, and Integrated Pest Managementpractices. In addition, the following guidelines would be implemented:! Provide storage, transfer, containment, maintenance, repair, and disposal procedures.! Require review and comment from SFPUC staff prior to application of hazardous chemicals.! Develop and implement an emergency response plan for various scenarios, includinghazardous materials spill.! Service all vehicles and equipment regularly.In addition, Action haz2 requires inventory and annual monitoring of all above- and belowgroundfuel storage tanks, refueling stations, and vehicle maintenance yards in the Watershed.Implementation of these actions, as described above and in Section IV.M, would reduce thepotential hazardous materials and hazardous waste impacts resulting from Management Planimplementation to a less than significant level. Therefore, mitigation measures are not required.Expansion of the golf course would likely require project-level environmental review prior toimplementation, which would examine the potential for additional, project-specific hazardousmaterials impacts and identify appropriate mitigation measures.REFERENCES – Other Hazards_________________________Except where indicated, references are on file at the San Francisco Planning Department.American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), E1527-97, Standard Practice forEnvironmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, 1997.Budavari, S., Ed., The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals,11th Edition, Merck & Co., Inc., 1989. (Available at the UC Berkeley Public HealthLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, California)California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 4.5 “Environmental Health Standards for theManagement of Hazardous Wastes,” Chapter 11, Article 3 (Characteristics of HazardousWaste), Sections 66261.20-24.NOP 96.223E: Alameda Watershed Management Plan III.M-10 ESA / 930385January 2001