Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.7 Hazards and Hazardous MaterialsMitigation Measures. No mitigation is required.Significance After Mitigation. Compliance with existing regulations and 2005 GeneralPlan and Community Plan policies and actions would reduce potential impacts associated withrisk through the use, storage, or disposal of hazardous materials to a less than significant levelfor proposed development within the Project Area. Impacts would be less than significantwithout mitigation.Impact HAZ-2 The transportation of hazardous materials could potentiallycreate a public safety hazard for new development that couldbe accommodated along major transportation corridors underthe Project. Provided the City continues participation in theSEMS Multihazard Functional Response Plan, impacts to newdevelopment within the Project Area would be Class III, lessthan significant.While incidents related to hazardous materials spills are infrequent, accidents along majortransportation corridors are a possibility. Hazardous materials are transported along SR 126and Wells Road/SR 118. The placement of residences along the freeway or Wells Road/SR 118would put people at risk of exposure to hazardous materials that may be released, either inliquid or gas form in the event of an accident. All of the neighborhoods within the Project Areaare located along either one of these roadways and developments facilitated by the Projectincluding the Hansen Specific Plan, Parklands Specific Plan, Saticoy Village Specific Plan, andpotential development at the Broome Site are at risk from exposure to hazardous materialsreleases. Action 7.30 of the 2005 General Plan requires all users, producers, and transporters ofhazardous materials and wastes to clearly identify the materials that they store, use, ortransport, and to notify the appropriate City, County, State and Federal agencies in the event ofa violation. When properly contained, these materials present no hazard to the community.The Ventura Fire Department has devised and maintains a comprehensive StandardizedEmergency Management System (SEMS) Multihazard Functional Response Plan that addressesthe city’s planned response to extraordinary emergency situations, including incidentsinvolving major hazardous material upset. The plan provides operational concepts, identifiessources of outside support that would be provided through mutual aid agreements, State andFederal agencies, and the private sector. Continued implementation of the City’s SEMS Planwould reduce impacts associated with transportation-related hazardous material incidents to aless than significant level.Mitigation Measures. Compliance with existing hazardous materials transportationregulations as well as continuing participation and maintenance of the SEMS MultihazardFunctional Response Plan would reduce impacts related to hazardous material upset risk to aless than significant level. No mitigation is required.Significance After Mitigation. With implementation of the SEMS and 2005 General Planand policies and actions, impacts would be less than significant for the transportation ofhazardous materials in the Project Area.4.7-9City of Ventura