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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 50 May 2025 A development project could create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the likely release of hazardous materials into the environment should a site contain potential Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) that are not properly addressed prior to project implementation. A REC indicates the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances in, on, or at a property due to any release into the environment, under conditions indicative of a release to the environment, or under conditions that pose a material threat of a future release to the environment.26 The project site is currently undeveloped, although the site is bisected by a concrete drainage ditch and includes one oak tree with scattered shrubs. A private paved roadway that provides access to the project site. As noted in the CHRIS search response prepared for the proposed project, there is a low potential for any buildings or structures 45 years or older to be located within the project site. Because the project site does not contain buildings or structures constructed prior to federal bans on the use of hazardous building materials, such as asbestos and/or lead-based paint, development of the proposed project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the likely release of hazardous materials into the environment. Therefore, a less-than-significant impact would occur. c. The project site is located approximately 0.66-mile to the west of Stratford Private Elementary School. Thus, the project site is not located within one-quarter mile of existing schools. Therefore, the proposed project would have a less-than-significant impact with respect to emitting hazardous emissions or handling hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school. d. Government Code Section 65962.5 requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to annually develop an updated Cortese List. The components of the Cortese List include the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Hazardous Waste and Substances Site List, the list of leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites from the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) GeoTracker database, the list of solid waste disposal sites identified by the SWRCB, and the list of active Cease and Desist Orders (CDO) and Cleanup and Abatement Orders (CAO) from the SWRCB. The project site is not located on a list of hazardous material sites complied pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, including SWRCB GeoTracker and hazardous materials sites, such as LUST sites 27 and DTSC cleanup sites.28 In addition, the project site is not located on or near any hazardous waste sites identified on the list of active CDO and CAO from the SWRCB.29 Therefore, the proposed project would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment related to located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, and a less-than-significant impact would occur. 26 ASTM International. ASTM E1527, Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. 2013. 27 California Environmental Protection Agency. GeoTracker. Available at: https://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/search. Accessed September 2024. 28 Department of Toxic Substances Control. EnviroStor. Available at: https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/search.asp. Accessed September 2024. 29 State Water Resources Control Board. Active CDO and CAO. Available at: https://calepa.ca.gov/sitecleanup/corteselist/. Accessed September 2024.