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B. Impact TR-2. Intersections not within Pleasanton. Additional Dublin Intersections The Staples Ranch Traffic Report demonstrates that impacts to additional City of Dublin intersections would be less than significant under the Deferred Extension and the Concurrent Extension. (Staples Ranch Traffic Report, page 57). The Concurrent Extension therefore does not result in a new significant impact. (ii) Concurrent Extension Impact Number 4 The Final EIR indicates that the Concurrent Extension would not alter the level of service rating of any intersections within the City of Livermore (Final EIR, pages 3-22, 3-23). However, based on new information supplied in the Final EIR, the City has disclosed that the Concurrent Extension will result in increased delays at Intersection No. 13 under the AM and PM peak hour for the Project upon full buildout of the EI Charro Specific Plan. (Final EIR page 3-22, 3-23, Response to Comment 3.2). The Staples Ranch Traffic Report draws the same conclusion with regard to conditions under the Ice Center Alternative. (See, Staples Ranch Traffic Report, Table 40). As stated in the Final EIR, the same mitigation measure that applies under the Deferred Extension, TR-2.2, would mitigate the delays resulting from the Concurrent Extension. (Final EIR, page 3-22). As with the Deferred Extension, these impacts would remain significant and unavoidable. Because the impact is the same under both the Concurrent Extension and the Deferred Extension, the Concurrent Extension does not constitute a "new significant impact". In addition, the Draft EIR indicates that the Ice Center Alternative would significantly impact Intersection 13 at the cumulative level (Draft EIR, pages 5-37 and 5-38.) Under the Ice Center Alternative the Concurrent Extension therefore would result in an increase in the intensity of an impact at an earlier date than the Draft EIR anticipated with the Deferred Extension, but the increase in intensity is the same. The Draft EIR also explains that this impact would be subject to the same mitigation measure as under the Project. Because this increase and its corresponding mitigation have already been identified in the Draft EIR, it does not constitute an "increase in the severity of an environmental impact" that requires recirculation. Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan Amendment and Staples Ranch Project linvironmental Impact Report Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations Page 37 of 47