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Sequoia Ecological Consulting,Inc. CaIVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum111111 C 34 Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction J November 2025 The Project Proponent finds that GHG emissions from the use of vehicles and mechanical equipment, prescribed herbivory, herbicide application, and prescribed burning during initial and maintenance treatments cannot be avoided because they are necessary for effective treatments. Implementation of MM GHG-2 would reduce GHG emissions associated with pile burning by burning when fuels have a higher fuel moisture content, reducing the total area burned by mosaic burning and isolating and leaving large fuels unburned, and by scheduling burns before new fuels appear. Treatment activities would contribute to annual GHG emissions generated under the CaIVTP. Methods for reducing GHG emissions from burns would be integrated into SPR AQ-3 (Burn Plan), as described in MM GHG-2.The Project Proponent incorporated all feasible and applicable measures to prevent and minimize this potential impact, pursuant to MM GHG-2. The Project Proponent finds that mitigating this impact below a level of significance is not feasible. The Project Proponent concludes, however, that the benefits of the CaIVTP and the proposed project outweigh the significant unavoidable impacts of the Program and the proposed vegetation treatment project, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations, below. Transportation Impact TRAN-3: Result in a Net Increase in vehicle miles traveled(VMT)for the Proposed CaIVTP DX MM AQ-1: Implement On-Road Vehicle and Off-Road Equipment Exhaust Emission Reduction Techniques Although the PEIR determined that individual vegetation treatments would likely be less than significant, the overall impact was identified as potentially significant and unavoidable in the PEIR because implementation of the CaIVTP would result in a net increase in VMT attributable to the Program as a whole. Because the project would generate VMT during implementation, it would contribute to the environmental significance conclusion in the PEIR; therefore, this impact is considered significant and unavoidable. No SPRs apply to this impact. The Project Proponent would implement MM AQ-1 to the extent feasible. MM AQ-1 would reduce the impact by encouraging workers to carpool and/or use public transportation. However, due to the required equipment and number of employees (i.e.,the primary trip-generators associated with vegetation treatments)associated with the project, it would not be feasible to reduce VMT substantially.The Project Proponent incorporated all feasible and applicable measures to prevent and minimize this potential impact. The Project Proponent finds that mitigating this impact below a level of significance is not feasible. The Project Proponent concludes, however, that the benefits of the CaIVTP and the proposed project outweigh the significant unavoidable impacts of the Program and the proposed vegetation treatment project, as set forth in the Statement of Overriding Considerations, below.