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Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.7 Hazards and Hazardous Materialstransportation routes, and may occur in unpredictable areas, relatively inaccessible by groundtransportation.The Ventura City Fire Department responds to all hazardous materials calls within the City ofVentura. The city maintains a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) team at Fire Station 6, located at10979 Darling Road. The HAZMAT team is specially trained and equipped to respond toemergencies involving potentially hazardous materials. As partners to a region wideHazardous Materials Response Plan, additional fire protection equipment and staffingspecifically designed for hazardous materials incidents is available from the City of Oxnard, theVentura County Fire Protection District and the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center inPort Hueneme.b. Hazardous Materials within the Project Area. Improper use, storage, transport, anddisposal of hazardous materials and waste may result in harm to humans, surface andgroundwater degradation, air pollution, fire, and explosion. The risk of hazardous materialexposure can come from a range of sources. These may include household uses, agricultural/commercial/industrial uses, transportation of hazardous materials, and abandoned industrialsites, commonly known as brownfields.Household Products. By far the most common hazardous materials are those found orused in the home. Waste oil is a common hazardous material that is often improperly disposedof and can contaminate surface water through runoff. Other household hazardous wastes (usedpaint, pesticides, cleaning products and other chemicals) are common and often improperlystored in garages and homes throughout the community. Because of their prevalence andproximity to residents, household products constitute the most pervasive health hazard facingresidents of the community.Commercial and Industrial Uses. The City and County of Ventura (per CUPA) regulateseveral hundred facilities in the City that meet specified threshold quantities for hazardousmaterials. Under Chapter 6.95, Section 25503 of the California Health and Safety Code, BusinessPlans are required from California businesses that handle a hazardous material. As part of theBusiness Plan, emergency response plans must be developed and training sessions provided toemployees. Businesses are routinely inspected by the Ventura County Environmental HealthDivision to ensure that handling, storage, and waste disposal practices conform to appropriatelaws and regulations.The Saticoy & Wells Project Area contains a mixture of residential, retail commercial, servicecommercial, light industrial, and public facility land uses. Potentially hazardous materials fromidentified sites include leaking underground storage tanks, the closed Saticoy County landfill,and one industrial facility with regulatory action. Saticoy County landfill is located adjacent tothe southeastern corner of the Project Area north of Brown Barranca and near the Santa ClaraRiver. The Saticoy Industrial District is the primary area where hazardous material use occurswithin the Project Area. Community Plan Action 11.7.2 requires monitoring of the use andstorage of hazardous substances in the Saticoy Industrial District to alleviate the risk ofwatercourse contamination along the Santa Clara River through development review andNPDES monitoring requirements.4.7-3City of Ventura
Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.7 Hazards and Hazardous MaterialsAgricultural Pesticide Use. Agricultural operations are located throughoutportions of the Saticoy & Wells Project Area, including the Northwest, Northeast, andEast neighborhoods. Orchards are often sprayed with various pesticides, which cancontaminate the soils. In general, pesticide use can result in health impacts to those whocome in contact with such chemicals and are unprotected. The County of Ventura Officeof the Agricultural Commissioner Agricultural/Urban Buffer Policy states that newurban developments (and non-farming activities) should be required to lessen publicand animal exposure to agricultural chemicals, dust, noise, and odors and protectagricultural operations and land from vandalism, pilferage trespassing and complaintsagainst standard legal agricultural practices. This policy provides guidelines to preventconflicts that may arise at the urban/agricultural interface from issues includingpesticide sprayings. General Plan Action 7.29 requires non-agricultural development toprovide buffers of 50 feet or more from agricultural operations to minimize the potentialfor pesticide drift. The Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner’s office retains aregistry of pesticides used on individual agricultural parcels in the County. Please referto Section 4.2, Agriculture, for further discussion of potential conflicts betweenagricultural and urban development.Transportation Corridors. The most likely cause of a major hazardous materials(HAZMAT) incident is a transportation accident involving a vehicle carrying hazardousmaterials. Historically, HAZMAT incidents frequently occur on the heaviest traveled streets,freeway interchanges, and railroad crossings. The railroad in the Project Area is minimallyoperational, providing only freight service (no passengers) every several months; therefore, aHAZMAT incident is unlikely along this corridor.State Route 126 and Wells Road/SR 118 are the main arteries in the Project Area utilized bytransporters of hazardous materials and waste. The City does not currently restrict travel waysfor hazardous materials transportation. Trucks commonly carry a variety of potentiallyhazardous materials, including gasoline and various crude oil derivatives, and other chemicalsknown to cause human health problems. When properly contained, these materials present nohazard to the community. However, in the event of an accident, such materials may bereleased, either in liquid or gas form. In the case of some chemicals (such as chlorine), highlytoxic fumes may be carried far from the accident site.Pipelines. Underground pipelines are located throughout the City. Natural gas, crudeoil, and refined petroleum products are transported in these lines. The failure of these pipelinescan expose the adjacent population and improvements to the dangers of potential fire andexplosion from the ignition of materials release. Pipelines are inspected on a regular basis perstate and federal requirements, and normally present no hazard to the community.4.7.2 Impact Analysisa. Methodology and Thresholds of Significance. For the purpose of this analysis, asignificant impact would occur if the project would:• Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine4.7-4City of Ventura
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