MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION HERCULES LLC/PROLOGIS PIPELINE REMOVAL PROJECT March 2014 Lead Agency: California State Lands Commission 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100 South Sacramento, California 95825 Applicant: Hercules LLC/Prologis Pier 1, Bay 1 San Francisco, California 94111 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Table of Contents Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... iv LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................... iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................. v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................... ES-1 1.0 PROJECT AND AGENCY INFORMATION ........................................................... 1-1 1.1 PROJECT TITLE ........................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 LEAD AGENCY AND PROJECT APPLICANT .............................................. 1-1 1.3 PROJECT LOCATION .................................................................................. 1-1 1.4 ORGANIZATION OF MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION ................... 1-3 1.5 PROJECT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ........................................... 1-3 1.6 PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT .............................................................. 1-7 1.7 APPROVALS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS................................. 1-7 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 NEED FOR PROJECT .................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 PROJECT LOCATION .................................................................................. 2-1 2.3 SETTING ....................................................................................................... 2-1 2.3.1 Offshore ............................................................................................ 2-1 2.3.2 Onshore ............................................................................................ 2-2 2.4 PROJECT OVERVIEW ................................................................................. 2-4 2.5 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, PERMITS, AND EQUIPMENT .. 2-5 2.6 WASTEWATER PIPELINE REMOVAL WORK DESCRIPTION ................... 2-7 2.6.1 Onshore Portion of the Pipeline Removal Work ................................ 2-7 2.6.2 Pipeline Removal in San Pablo Bay (CSLC Jurisdiction) ................ 2-10 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND CHECKLIST .............................................. 3-1 3.1 AESTHETICS .............................................................................................. 3-15 3.1.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-15 3.1.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-16 3.1.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-16 3.1.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-17 3.2 AGRICULTURE AND FOREST RESOURCES ........................................... 3-18 3.2.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-18 3.2.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-19 3.2.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-19 3.2.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-20 3.3 AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .............................. 3-21 3.3.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-21 3.3.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-24 3.3.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-25 3.3.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-26 3.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ....................................................................... 3-27 3.4.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-27 March 2014 i Hercules LLC/Prologis Pipeline Removal Project MND Table of Contents 3.4.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-29 3.4.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-29 3.4.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-34 3.5 CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL ..................................................... 3-35 3.5.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-35 3.5.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-36 3.5.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-36 3.5.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-37 3.6 GEOLOGY AND SOILS .............................................................................. 3-38 3.6.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-38 3.6.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-43 3.6.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-43 3.6.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-45 3.7 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS .............................................. 3-46 3.7.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-46 3.7.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-47 3.7.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-47 3.7.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-51 3.8 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ....................................................... 3-52 3.8.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-53 3.8.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-54 3.8.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-54 3.8.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-57 3.9 LAND USE AND PLANNING ...................................................................... 3-58 3.9.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-58 3.9.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-59 3.9.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-59 3.9.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-60 3.10 MINERAL RESOURCES ............................................................................. 3-61 3.10.1 Environmental Setting ...................................................................... 3-61 3.10.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-61 3.10.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-61 3.10.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-62 3.11 NOISE ......................................................................................................... 3-63 3.11.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-63 3.11.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-64 3.11.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-65 3.11.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-67 3.12 POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................................................... 3-68 3.12.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-68 3.12.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-68 3.12.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-68 3.12.4 Mitigation Summary......................................................................... 3-69 3.13 PUBLIC SERVICES .................................................................................... 3-70 3.13.1 Environmental Setting ..................................................................... 3-70 3.13.2 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................... 3-71 March 2014 ii Hercules LLC/Prologis Pipeline Removal Project MND Table of Contents 3.13.3 Impact Analysis ............................................................................... 3-71 3.13.4 Mitigation Summary........................................................................