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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-91 the activities and impacts identified in the PEIR as the conditions for removing biomass are consistent with the analysis in the PEIR. SPRs AD-3 and UTIL-1 would be implemented. SPR AD-3 requires the project proponent to design and implement the Project consistent with local plans and ordinances, and SPR UTIL- 1 requires the project proponent to prepare a Solid Organic Waste Disposition Plan to guide biomass disposal. The PEIR found that while some localities within the state may currently have the requisite infrastructure to process woody biomass or may develop this capacity in the near future, it cannot be guaranteed that all localities across the state would develop the capacities to process excess solid organic waste produced from treatment activities within the timeframes of the proposed activities. Because no feasible mitigation is available, and to avoid downplaying potential future impacts given uncertainties around market response, the PEIR classified the impact as potentially significant and unavoidable. This classification stands despite the possibility that treatment capacity could scale sufficiently to accommodate most or all individual treatments. The Pleasanton Garbage Service Inc. and additional biomass-processing facilities are located within 5 miles of the proposed project. Therefore, the impact to solid waste disposal is less than significant. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe impact than identified in the PEIR. The proposed project includes land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area, which constitutes a change to the geographic extent presented in the PEIR. However, the environmental conditions outside the treatable landscape are essentially the same as those within the treatable landscape because they are adjacent to the treatable landscape, would generate a similar amount of solid waste, and would use the same biomass disposal methods. SPRs AD-3 and UTIL-1 would be implemented to ensure consistency with local plans and ordinances and ensure implementation of a Solid Organic Waste Disposition Plan. This proposed project reflects a lesser impact than the statewide program, and the determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe impact than identified in the PEIR. 4.15.1.3. Impact UTIL-3 Project treatments as a result of vegetation removal within the project site would generate biomass, which would be disposed of by natural decomposition (e.g., chip and broadcast, lop and scatter), hauling off-site, and pile burning. The CalVTP PEIR found solid waste impacts to be less than significant because vegetation treatments produce minimal waste, reuse most biomass, and follow all disposal regulations through SPRs. The Project is within the scope of activities and impacts identified in the PEIR, as it uses the same methods of biomass generation that are outlined in the PEIR. Biomass from the Project not disposed on-site would be hauled off-site to the nearest appropriate facility (Pleasanton Garbage Service, Inc.) and would not be placed in a landfill. The Project would be in compliance with federal, state, and local goals related to solid