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Hana Japan Restaurant Project <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />49 <br />May 2025 <br />IX. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS <br />MATERIALS. <br />Would the project: <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less-Than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />a. Create a significant hazard to the public or the <br />environment through the routine transport, use, or <br />disposal of hazardous materials? <br />    <br />b. Create a significant hazard to the public or the <br />environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and <br />accident conditions involving the likely release of <br />hazardous materials into the environment? <br />    <br />c. Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or <br />acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within <br />one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school? <br />    <br />d. Be located on a site which is included on a list of <br />hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to <br />Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, <br />would it create a significant hazard to the public or the <br />environment? <br />    <br />e. For a project located within an airport land use plan or, <br />where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles <br />of a public airport or public use airport, would the project <br />result in a safety hazard or excessive noise for people <br />residing or working in the project area? <br />    <br />f. Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an <br />adopted emergency response plan or emergency <br />evacuation plan? <br />    <br />g. Expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, <br />to the risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires?     <br /> <br />Discussion <br />a. Projects that involve the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials are <br />typically industrial in nature. As such, the proposed project’s commercial uses are not <br />anticipated to involve the routine transport, use, disposal, or generation of substantial <br />amounts of hazardous materials. On-site maintenance may involve the use of common <br />cleaning products, fertilizers, and herbicides, any of which could contain potentially <br />hazardous chemicals; however, such products would be expected to be used in <br />accordance with label instructions. Due to the regulations governing use of such products <br />and the amount anticipated to be used on the site, routine use of such products would not <br />represent a substantial risk to public health or the environment. Therefore, the project <br />would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine <br />transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, and a less-than-significant impact <br />would occur. <br /> <br />b. Construction activities associated with the proposed project would involve the use of <br />heavy equipment, which would contain fuels and oils, and various other products such as <br />concrete, paints, and adhesives. Small quantities of potentially toxic substances (e.g., <br />petroleum and other chemicals used to operate and maintain construction equipment) <br />would be used at the project site and transported to and from the site during construction. <br />However, the project contractor would be required to comply with all California Health and <br />Safety Codes and local City ordinances regulating the handling, storage, and <br />transportation of hazardous and toxic materials. <br />