BLOOMINGTON INDUSTRIAL FACILITY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SCH No. 2016031085 Lead Agency: San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department Consultant: December 2016 BLOOMINGTON INDUSTRIAL FACILITY Draft ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SCH No. 2016031085 Lead Agency San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department 385 North Arrowhead Avenue, First Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415-0187 Contact: Kevin White Consultant: Michael Baker International 3536 Concours, Suite 100 Ontario, California 91764 Contact: Christine Jacobs-Donoghue December 2016 CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1.0-1 PROJECT LOCATION ............................................................................................................ 1.0-1 PROJECT UNDER REVIEW .................................................................................................... 1.0-2 AREAS OF CONTROVERSY .................................................................................................... 1.0-3 UNAVOIDABLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ................................................................................... 1.0-4 ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 1.0-5 2 INTRODUCTION PROPOSED PROJECT ........................................................................................................... 2.0-1 EIR SCOPE, ISSUES, AND CONCERNS ..................................................................................... 2.0-2 SCOPING MEETING ........................................................................................................... 2.0-3 SCOPING RESULTS ............................................................................................................. 2.0-3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS ...................................................................................... 2.0-5 REPORT ORGANIZATION ..................................................................................................... 2.0-6 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE ........................................................................................... 2.0-8 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT LOCATION, SETTINGS, AND SURROUNDING LAND USES ................................................ 3.0-1 SURROUNDING LAND USES ................................................................................................. 3.0-9 LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND ZONING ................................................................................. 3.0-9 EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................... 3.0-13 PROPOSED PROJECT ......................................................................................................... 3.0-13 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................ 3.0-14 DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS AND APPROVALS .......................................................................... 3.0-21 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................ 4.0-1 4.1 AIR QUALITY................................................................................................ 4.1-1 4.2 CULTURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................. 4.2-1 4.3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ........................................................................ 4.3-1 4.4 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ........................................................... 4.4-1 4.5 LAND USE ................................................................................................... 4.5-1 4.6 NOISE......................................................................................................... 4.6-1 San Bernardino County December 2016 i Bloomington Industrial Facility Table of Contents Draft EIR 4.7 TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION .............................................................. 4.7-1 5 OTHER CEQA REQUIRED TOPICS CEQA REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................... 5.0-1 SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS ............................................................................. 5.0-1 SIGNIFICANT AND IRREVERSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES .................................................... 5.0-2 LONG-TERM COMMITMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES ............................................................ 5.0-2 ENERGY CONSUMPTION ..................................................................................................... 5.0-3 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .................................................................................................. 5.0-3 REGULATORY SETTING ........................................................................................................ 5.0-7 STANDARDS OF SIGNIFICANCE .............................................................................................. 5.0-8 PROJECT IMPACTS AND MITIGATION .................................................................................... 5.0-9 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 5.0-9 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ..................................................................................................... 5.0-13 6 EFFECTS FOUND NOT TO BE SIGNIFICANT AESTHETICS ................................................................................................................. 6.0-1 AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES............................................................................. 6.0-4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 6.0-5 GEOLOGY AND SOILS ........................................................................................................... 6.0-9 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ...................................................................................... 6.0-11 MINERAL RESOURCES ....................................................................................................... 6.0-15 NOISE ............................................................................................................... 6.0-16 POPULATION AND HOUSING ............................................................................................... 6.0-17 PUBLIC SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 6.0-18 RECREATION ............................................................................................................... 6.0-19 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 6.0-20 7 GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS ............................................................................................... 7.0-1 REMOVAL OF A BARRIER TO GROWTH .................................................................................... 7.0-2 ECONOMIC GROWTH .......................................................................................................... 7.0-3 POPULATION GROWTH ........................................................................................................ 7.0-3 ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRECEDENT SETTING ACTION .................................................................. 7.0-3 San Bernardino County December 2016 ii Bloomington Industrial Facility Table of Contents Draft EIR ENCROACHMENT ON OPEN SPACE ......................................................................................... 7.0-4 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................. 7.0-4 8 ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 8.0-1 ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT ............................................................................ 8.0-2 ALTERNATIVE 1: “NO PROJECT” ALTERNATIVE ....................................................................... 8.0-5 ALTERNATIVE 2: “REDUCED DENSITY” ALTERNATIVE ............................................................... 8.0-8 ALTERNATIVE 3: “COMMERCIAL USE” ALTERNATIVE ............................................................. 8.0-11 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED BUT REJECTED ......................................................................... 8.0-14 ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE ........................................................................ 8.0-15 9 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 9.0-1 10 PREPARERS AND PERSON’S CONSULTED ............................................................. 10.0-1 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.0-1: COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES ....................................................................... 1.0-5 TABLE 1.0-2: PROJECT OBJECTIVES CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS ..................................................... 1.0-6 TABLE 1.0-3: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SUMMARY ................................................................ 1.0-9 TABLE 2.0-1: CEQA REQUIRED SECTIONS AND LOCATION IN DRAFT EIR .................................... 2.0-7 TABLE 3.0‐1: PROJECT ASSESSOR