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3.9 Public Services and Utilities
continue to be the first to respond to security and medical emergencies, and they would continue
to receive backup services through radio communication with the CHP and the Butte County
Sheriff’s office to ensure an adequate response in the case of an emergency requiring outside
attention, such as medical transport.
Construction of new facilities envisioned in the General Plan, and the resulting anticipated
increase in visitors, could minimally increase the risk of accidental fires and the need for fire
suppression. However, any new facilities constructed would be built to meet all fire code
regulations (summarized above in Section 3.9.2, “Regulatory Setting”). Because the facilities would
be accessible using standard fire equipment, construction of these facilities would not create a
need for additional fire equipment. Because no change in land use or access to the SVRA would
result from implementing the General Plan, there would be no increase in the response time of the
BCFD to the SVRA. Emergency personnel and equipment would continue to have direct access to
Clay Pit SVRA via Larkin Road. As with security services, radio communication between the SPPO,
CHP, and BCFD would continue. BCFD would also continue to respond to all 911 medical
emergencies with an ambulance service provided by Oroville Ambulance.
In addition, General Plan VEO Guidelines 3.4 and 3.5 require continued coordination with state
and local districts and agencies and require that detailed planning for the development of new
facilities include consideration of the adequate provision and access of emergency personnel.
Because the demand for emergency services would not increase substantially with
implementation of the General Plan, because existing emergency services would continue and
would be sufficient to meet emergency response needs, and because all new facilities would meet
fire code regulations, implementation of the General Plan would result in a less­than­significant
impact on the demand for emergency services.
Mitigation Measures: No mitigation is required.
Headquarters Facilities Impact Analysis
The impact analyses described above under “General Plan Impact Analysis” address potential
impacts related to all aspects of the General Plan, including constructing and operating the
headquarters facilities. The discussions of solid waste disposal (Impact 3.9‐2) and emergency
services (Impact 3.9‐3) related to the construction and operation of facilities envisioned in the
General Plan are also applicable to the headquarters facilities alone; therefore, no additional
analysis related to the headquarters facilities is necessary.
The following analysis addresses a potential impact specific to the operation of the headquarters
facilities alone. Wastewater disposal would be handled differently at the headquarters facilities
than in the rest of the SVRA; a septic system would be used for the headquarters facilities while
vault toilets would be used throughout the rest of the SVRA.
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
February 2012 3.9-8 Draft EIR