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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-63 to minimize the spread and eliminate re-sprouting of invasive species to reduce wildfire risk within the treatment areas. Furthermore, under the CalVTP, herbicide treatments would be limited to ground-level application and must comply with all USEPA label directions as well as be applied by licensed applicators in compliance with all laws and regulations. The Project would comply with SPRs HAZ-5 through HAZ-9, which require preparation of a Spill Prevention and Response Plan prior to any herbicide treatment activities to provide protection from accidental spills or leaks of herbicides to workers, the public, and the environment; compliance with herbicide application regulations to protect worker and public safety; triple rinsing herbicide containers and disposal of rinsed materials at an approved site and disposal of all herbicides following label requirements and waste disposal regulations; minimization of herbicide drift into public areas through application parameters such as limitations for nozzle pressure and nozzle distance from vegetation; and notification of herbicide application within 500 feet of public areas by posting signs at herbicide treatment areas. Herbicide application would not take place within 24 hours of a rain event. The inclusion of approximately 93 acres of land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area constitutes a change to the geographic extent presented in the PEIR. However, the potential of exposure to herbicides is essentially the same within and outside the treatable landscape. Therefore, the impact related to the potential for the Project to result in a significant health hazard from the use of herbicides is also the same. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe significant impact than what was covered in the PEIR. 4.9.1.3. Impact HAZ-3 The Project would include mechanical treatments that could result in ground disturbance, which could expose workers, the public, or the environment to hazardous materials if a contaminated site is present within the project area. Additionally, prescribed burning activities could lead to unexpected ignitions should flammable hazardous waste be present, which could expose workers to risks associated with unexpected fire or explosions. The PEIR identified the potential for treatment activities to disturb contaminated sites that could expose workers, the public, or the environment to hazardous materials as potentially significant. This impact was identified as potentially significant in the PEIR because hazardous materials sites could be present within treatment sites, and soil disturbance or burning in those areas could expose people or the environment to hazards. In evaluating the potential for effects related to the proposed project, database searches for hazardous materials sites within the project area were conducted as directed by MM HAZ-3. There are no sites located inside of, or within 0.25 miles of, the project area (DTSC 2025a, 2025b, 2025c; SWRCB 2025a, 2025b; CalEPA 2025a, 2025b). The proposed project would not involve ground disturbance that would have the potential to disturb contaminated sites outside of the