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Exhibit A - Scope of lVork the proposed development areas will be subject to setting, EIP will perform a literature search and flood hazards. Changes in potential stormwater records check to include the National Register of runoff and water quality will be qualitatively de- Historic Places, the California Archaeological In- scribed. In general, we will address potential ventory, the State Office of Historic Preservation, changes in surface water and groundwater quality the Native American Heritage Commission, and as a result of proposed new development and in- local historical societies. EIP will also review the creased runoff at a broad, qu~tafive level. EIP existing General Plan and other data available will discuss the applicability of relevant water qual- from other environmental investigations in the ity regulations to reduce potential effects. These area. requirements would include, but would not be limited to, the National Pollution Discharge Direct and indirect impacts will be identified for E1Lmination System (NPDES) permit require- known cultural resources. Impact significance will ments for construction, local erosion and be determined using the criteria contained in the sedimentation control requirements, and NPDES State CEQA Guidelines. Examples of impacts permits for small municipalities. EIP will also would include total destruction of a significant review recent permitting requirements established resource (prehistoric site, building, or subsurface by the Alameda County Clean Water Program to resource) through demolition or removal; impair- ensure that projected stormwater runoff under the ment or damage of a resource through General Plan Update does not exceed the construction or severe alteration; visual impacts to County's established thresholds, a standing structure; and, in the case of Native American values, damage to archaeological re- Biological Resources. An inventory of wildlife and sources including buried deposits, burials, or vegetation will be included in the EIR, based on sacred objects. review of the exiting General Plan and other data available from other environmental investigations Potential impacts will be ranked by degree of se- in the area. Additionally, EIP will check with the verity. Possible mitigation measures (i.e., redesign, Califorma Natural Diversity Database in determin- resitmg, research and data recovery) will be pro- lng the presence or absence of sensitive plant and vided for each type of level of impact and for each wildlife species within proposed development ar- category of resource type (i.e., National Register eas under the General Plan. Data from the City building, buried prehistoric deposit, California and from EIP's data collection effort will be used State Landmarks, historic deposits). to analyze and quantify potential impacts of the proposed new development and related construc- Hagardous Materials. New industrial and commer- tion activities on biological resources. Impacts to cial development that could occur under the individual community types and populations of General Plan Update will use hazardous materials sensitive plant and wildlife species will be quanti- that could expose existing or future residents to fled where possible. Loss of native trees will be risks. At the same time, proposed new residential documented. Indirect impacts to onsite resources development ~ increase the number of residents and adjacent habitats resulting from future con- who could be exposed to hazards associated with struction activities will also be analyzed, including existing and future industrial and commercial de- an assessment of drainage, runoff, and general velopment. For the most part, such hazards are human disturbance impacts such as construction thoroughly regulated by the State, federal and traffic, invasive non-native plant species, and in- county governments. We will describe the types creased human use. of uses that typically use substantial amounts of hazardous materials, and where such uses are cur- We will recommend potential mitigation measures rently located (note that toxic ak contaminants and potential permit requirements for all identified will be discussed in the ak quality chapter). Based significant impacts. Mitigation requirements will on existing information, such as the State's Cot- be assessed based on the areas and acreages to be tese L/st, known contaminated sites and affected, if any. underground storage tanks will be identified. Cultural and Historic Resources. In order to present We will evaluate the potential for new develop- an adequate description of the existing cultural merit under the General Plan Update to store, City of Pleasanton General Plan Update EIR - EIP Assodates A-6