LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CERTIFY THE FINAL ENVIRONM PDF

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November 18, 2014 ATTACHMENT B DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CERTIFY THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS ADOPT THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM ADOPT THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN CAPITAL PROJECT NOS. 69698 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (See Attached) Final Environmental Impact Report includes the following documents:  Draft Environmental Impact Report, including Technical Appendices dated September 2014  Response to Comments and Errata dated November 2014 F E I R INAL NVIRONMENTAL MPACT EPORT SCH# 2014051061 LAC+USC M C EDICAL ENTER C M P AMPUS ASTER LAN PREPARED FOR: County of Los Angeles 900 South Fremont Avenue Alhambra, California 91803 PREPARED BY: I NOVEMBER 2014 ICF International. 2014. Final Environmental Impact Report. LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan. November. (ICF 00127.14.) Los Angeles, CA. Prepared for the County of Los Angeles, Alhambra, CA. Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ ES-‐1 Introduction and Background ............................................................................................................ ES-‐1 Proposed Project Summary ............................................................................................................... ES-‐1 Project Location ................................................................................................................... ES-‐1 Proposed Project .................................................................................................................. ES-‐3 Alternatives Considered ....................................................................................................... ES-‐3 Issues to Be Resolved ........................................................................................................................ ES-‐5 Areas of Controversy ......................................................................................................................... ES-‐5 Chapter 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1-‐1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................ 1-‐1 1.2 Overview of the CEQA EIR Process ........................................................................................ 1-‐2 1.2.1 Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period ............................................................... 1-‐2 1.2.2 Draft EIR Public Review and Comment Period ......................................................... 1-‐2 1.2.3 Preparation of the Final EIR and Project Approval ................................................... 1-‐3 1.3 About This EIR ........................................................................................................................ 1-‐4 1.3.1 Program EIR .............................................................................................................. 1-‐4 1.3.2 Organization and Content of This EIR ....................................................................... 1-‐5 Chapter 2 Project Description ......................................................................................................... 2-‐1 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 2-‐1 2.2 Project Location and Environmental Setting Overview ......................................................... 2-‐1 2.2.1 Surrounding Land Uses ............................................................................................. 2-‐1 2.2.2 Existing General Plan and Zoning ............................................................................. 2-‐1 2.3 Overview of Existing Campus Facilities .................................................................................. 2-‐4 2.3.1 Site Attributes, Existing Buildings, and Current Utilization ...................................... 2-‐4 2.4 Proposed Project .................................................................................................................... 2-‐7 2.4.1 Master Plan Objectives ............................................................................................. 2-‐7 2.4.2 Elements of the Master Plan .................................................................................... 2-‐7 2.5 Construction Scenario .......................................................................................................... 2-‐15 2.6 Project Approvals ................................................................................................................. 2-‐16 2.7 Related Projects ................................................................................................................... 2-‐16 Chapter 3 Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................ 3-‐0-‐1 3.1 Aesthetics ............................................................................................................................ 3.1-‐1 3.1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.1-‐1 3.1.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.1-‐1 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐i Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents 3.1.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.1-‐4 3.1.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.1-‐17 3.1.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.1-‐28 3.2 Air Quality .................................................................................................................... 3.2-‐1 3.2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.2-‐1 3.2.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.2-‐1 3.2.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.2-‐9 3.2.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.2-‐12 3.2.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.2-‐26 3.3 Biological Resources ........................................................................................................... 3.3-‐1 3.3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.3-‐1 3.3.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.3-‐1 3.3.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.3-‐4 3.3.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.3-‐11 3.3.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.3-‐16 3.4 Cultural Resources .............................................................................................................. 3.4-‐1 3.4.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.4-‐1 3.4.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.4-‐1 3.4.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.4-‐4 3.4.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.4-‐24 3.4.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.4-‐32 3.5 Geology/Soils ...................................................................................................................... 3.5-‐1 3.5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.5-‐1 3.5.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.5-‐1 3.5.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.5-‐2 3.5.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ............................................................................. 3.5-‐9 3.5.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.5-‐15 3.6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions ................................................................................................. 3.6-‐1 3.6.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.6-‐1 3.6.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.6-‐1 3.6.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.6-‐6 3.6.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ............................................................................. 3.6-‐9 3.6.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.6-‐15 3.7 Hazards and Hazardous Materials ...................................................................................... 3.7-‐1 3.7.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.7-‐1 3.7.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.7-‐1 3.7.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.7-‐6 3.7.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.7-‐19 3.7.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.7-‐25 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐ii Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents 3.8 Hydrology and Water Quality ............................................................................................. 3.8-‐1 3.8.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.8-‐1 3.8.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.8-‐1 3.8.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.8-‐3 3.8.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.8-‐10 3.8.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.8-‐19 3.9 Land Use/Planning .............................................................................................................. 3.9-‐1 3.9.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3.9-‐1 3.9.2 Regulatory Setting ................................................................................................. 3.9-‐1 3.9.3 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 3.9-‐6 3.9.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ............................................................................. 3.9-‐7 3.9.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.9-‐14 3.10 Noise ................................................................................................................................. 3.10-‐1 3.10.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.10-‐1 3.10.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.10-‐6 3.10.3 Environmental Setting ....................................................................................... 3.10-‐11 3.10.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ......................................................................... 3.10-‐13 3.10.5 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................... 3.10-‐29 3.11 Population/Housing .......................................................................................................... 3.11-‐1 3.11.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.11-‐1 3.11.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.11-‐1 3.11.3 Environmental Setting ......................................................................................... 3.11-‐3 3.11.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.11-‐7 3.11.5 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................... 3.11-‐10 3.12 Public Services ................................................................................................................... 3.12-‐1 3.12.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.12-‐1 3.12.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.12-‐1 3.12.3 Environmental Setting ......................................................................................... 3.12-‐3 3.12.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ......................................................................... 3.12-‐13 3.12.5 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................... 3.12-‐17 3.13 Recreation ......................................................................................................................... 3.13-‐1 3.13.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.13-‐1 3.13.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.13-‐1 3.13.3 Environmental Setting ......................................................................................... 3.13-‐3 3.13.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ........................................................................... 3.13-‐4 3.13.5 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 3.13-‐9 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐iii Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents 3.14 Transportation/Traffic ...................................................................................................... 3.14-‐1 3.14.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.14-‐1 3.14.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.14-‐1 3.14.3 Environmental Setting ......................................................................................... 3.14-‐3 3.14.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ......................................................................... 3.14-‐11 3.14.5 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................... 3.14-‐32 3.15 Utilities and Service Systems ............................................................................................ 3.15-‐1 3.15.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3.15-‐1 3.15.2 Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................... 3.15-‐1 3.15.3 Environmental Setting ......................................................................................... 3.15-‐7 3.15.4 Environmental Impact Analysis ......................................................................... 3.15-‐14 3.15.5 Cumulative Impacts ........................................................................................... 3.15-‐25 Chapter 4 Other Analyses Required by CEQA .................................................................................. 4-‐1 4.1 Significant Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts ..................................................... 4-‐1 4.2 Impacts Found to Be Less than Significant ............................................................................. 4-‐2 4.3 Growth-‐Inducement and Indirect Impacts ............................................................................ 4-‐5 4.4 Irreversible Environmental Changes ...................................................................................... 4-‐6 Chapter 5 Alternatives Analysis ....................................................................................................... 5-‐1 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5-‐1 5.2 CEQA Alternatives .................................................................................................................. 5-‐1 5.2.1 Alternative A – No Project ........................................................................................ 5-‐2 5.2.2 Alternative B – Reduced Development Alternative ................................................. 5-‐2 5.2.3 Alternative C – Individual Development Zone Construction Alternative ................. 5-‐2 5.2.4 Alternatives Considered but Rejected as Infeasible ................................................. 5-‐5 5.2.5 Initial Master Plan Options ....................................................................................... 5-‐6 5.3 Evaluation of CEQA Alternatives .......................................................................................... 5-‐11 5.3.1 Alternative A – No Project Alternative ................................................................... 5-‐11 5.3.2 Alternative B – Reduced Development Alternative ............................................... 5-‐11 5.3.3 Alternative C – Individual Development Zone Construction Alternative ............... 5-‐13 5.3.4 Project Objectives Met ........................................................................................... 5-‐16 5.3.5 Comparison of CEQA Alternatives .......................................................................... 5-‐16 5.3.6 Environmentally Superior Alternative .................................................................... 5-‐18 Chapter 6 Responses to Comments ................................................................................................. 6-‐1 Comments and Responses ..................................................................................................... 6-‐1 List of Commenters ................................................................................................................ 6-‐1 Comment Letters Sent After the Close of the Public Comment Period ............................... 6-‐37 Chapter 7 List of Preparers .............................................................................................................. 7-‐1 Chapter 8 References ...................................................................................................................... 8-‐1 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐iv Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents APPENDICES Appendix A: Notice of Preparation and Initial Study Checklist Appendix B: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Calculations Appendix C: Paleontological Literature Search Appendix D: Preliminary Geotechnical Evaluation Appendix E: Hazardous Materials Assessment Appendix F: Memorandum of Water Resources and Hydrology Sections of LAC+USC Medical Center EIR and Memorandum of Hydrology Modeling Results Appendix G: Traffic Study for the LAC+USC Medical Center Master Plan Project Environmental Impact Report Appendix H: Transportation Energy Calculations for LAC+USC Master Plan Appendix I: Public Hearing Transcripts LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐v Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents Tables ES-‐1 Summary of Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Project .......................................................... ES-‐7 2-‐1 Summary of Proposed Master Plan Land Uses .................................................................................. 2-‐15 2-‐2 Related Projects List .......................................................................................................................... 2-‐17 3.2-‐1 Federal and State Ambient Air Quality Standards ............................................................................ 3.2-‐2 3.2-‐2 Federal and State Attainment Status for Los Angeles County Portion of the South Coast Air Basin ....... 3.2-‐3 3.2-‐3 Air Quality Data from Los Angeles – North Main Street Station (ARB 70087) ................................ 3.2-‐11 3.2-‐4 SCAQMD Significance Thresholds (pounds per day) ...................................................................... 3.2-‐15 3.2-‐5 Estimate of Unmitigated Regional Construction Emissions associated with Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ........................................................................................................ 3.2-‐18 3.2-‐6 Estimate of Mitigated Regional Construction Emissions associated with Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ........................................................................................................ 3.2-‐18 3.2-‐7 Estimate of Unmitigated Regional Operational Emissions associated with Existing Uses and Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ............................................................................... 3.2-‐19 3.2-‐8 Estimate of Unmitigated Localized Construction Emissions associated with Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ........................................................................................................ 3.2-‐22 3.2-‐9 Estimate of Mitigated Localized Construction Emissions associated with Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ........................................................................................................ 3.2-‐22 3.2-‐10 Estimate of Unmitigated Localized Operational Emissions associated with Existing Uses and Buildout of the Master Plan (pounds per day) ............................................................................... 3.2-‐24 3.2-‐11 Estimate of Health Risk from Existing Uses and Buildout of the Master Plan ................................ 3.2-‐25 3.2-‐12 Modeled Carbon Monoxide Levels Measured at Receptors in the Vicinity of Affected Intersections during Peak Periods. ................................................................................................. 3.2-‐25 3.3-‐1 Potentially Occurring Special-‐Status Species .................................................................................... 3.3-‐8 3.4-‐1 Properties Previously Determined Ineligible for the NRHP and Not Listed in the CRHR ................ 3.4-‐14 3.4-‐2 Properties Previously Determined Eligible for the NRHP and Listed in the CRHR .......................... 3.4-‐15 3.4-‐3 Properties Eligible for the CRHR (constructed in 1965 or earlier) .................................................. 3.4-‐17 3.4-‐4 Properties Not Eligible for the CRHR (constructed in 1965 or earlier) ........................................... 3.4-‐21 3.4-‐5 Fossil Localities Near the Project Site in the Quaternary Older Alluvium ...................................... 3.4-‐22 3.4-‐6 Fossil Localities Near the Project Site in the Puente Formation ..................................................... 3.4-‐23 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐vi Final Environmental Impact Report County of Los Angeles Contents 3.4-‐7 Paleontological Sensitivity Rankings ............................................................................................... 3.4-‐28 3.5.1 Principal Regional Active Faults ........................................................................................................ 3.5-‐4 3.6-‐1 Lifetimes, Global Warming Potentials, and Abundance of Several Significant Greenhouse Gases ......... 3.6-‐7 3.6-‐2 Estimate of Total Construction GHG Emissions (metric tons) ........................................................ 3.6-‐12 3.6-‐3 Estimate of Existing and Master Plan Operational GHG Emissions (metric tons per year) ............ 3.6-‐12 3.7-‐1 Hazardous Storage Areas Observed during Site Reconnaissance .................................................... 3.7-‐7 3.7-‐2 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Review .............................................................................................. 3.7-‐10 3.7-‐3 State LUST Database Review .......................................................................................................... 3.7-‐13 3.7-‐4 Site UST Database Review .............................................................................................................. 3.7-‐15 3.7-‐5 Adjacent Properties in UST Database ............................................................................................. 3.7-‐15 3.8-‐1 Pollutants of Concern by Land Use ................................................................................................... 3.8-‐4 3.8-‐2 Los Angeles River Reach 2 303(d) List .............................................................................................. 3.8-‐5 3.8-‐3 Tier 3 Pollutants of Concern for the Los Angeles River Watershed Management Area ................... 3.8-‐5 3.8-‐4 Summary of Pollutants and Pollutions of Concern ........................................................................... 3.8-‐6 3.9-‐1 Proposed Project’s Consistency with Applicable Land Use Plans ................................................... 3.9-‐10 3.10-‐1 Definitions of Acoustical Terms ...................................................................................................... 3.10-‐1 3.10-‐2 Typical A-‐Weighted Sound Levels ................................................................................................... 3.10-‐3 3.10-‐3 Land Use Noise Compatibility Guidelines ....................................................................................... 3.10-‐8 3.10-‐4 City of Los Angeles Assumed Minimum Ambient Noise Levels .................................................... 3.10-‐10 3.10-‐5 Summary of Noise Measurements ............................................................................................... 3.10-‐12 3.10-‐6 Construction Phasing and Equipment Noise Levels ...................................................................... 3.10-‐17 3.10-‐7 Distance to Traffic Noise Contours from Roadways Affecting the Project Site ............................ 3.10-‐19 3.10-‐8 Estimated Traffic Noise Levels ...................................................................................................... 3.10-‐24 3.10-‐9 Construction Phasing and Equipment Noise Levels ...................................................................... 3.10-‐27 3.10-‐10 Estimated Noise Increases Due to Project Construction .............................................................. 3.10-‐28 3.11-‐1 Existing (2010) Regional and Local Population Characteristics—Race and Ethnicity ..................... 3.11-‐5 3.11-‐2 Existing (2010) Regional and Local Housing Characteristics—Occupancy Rate ............................. 3.11-‐6 3.11-‐3 Existing (2010) Regional and Local Housing Characteristics—Occupancy Type ............................. 3.11-‐6 3.11-‐4 Projected Regional Population, Housing and Employment ............................................................ 3.11-‐7 LAC+USC Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project November 2014 TOC-‐vii Final Environmental Impact Report

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