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Board affirms categorical exemption for 317 Cortland project despite neighborhood contamination concerns; Department of Public Health to require vapor controls,
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on Sept. 25 affirmed the Planning Department's categorical exemption for a mixed-use development at 317 Cortland Street despite neighborhood soil-gas concerns tied to a former dry cleaner, and DPH required an active vapor-collection system and ongoing monitoring.
The Board of Supervisors on Sept. 25 affirmed the Planning Department's determination that a proposed three-story mixed-use building at 317 Cortland Street is categorically exempt from CEQA review, despite neighborhood concerns about volatile contamination from a former dry cleaner at 331 Cortland.
Appellants and nearby residents presented soil-gas and vapor data indicating perchloroethylene (PCE) detections in the vicinity and urged the board to deny the categorical exemption and require a full environmental review. They argued that high soil-gas concentrations and the potential for vapor migration constituted "unusual circumstances" that would preclude a categorical exemption.
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