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Planning Commission certifies Final EIR for New Irvington Tunnel, notes unavoidable impacts
Summary
The Planning Commission certified the Final Environmental Impact Report for the New Irvington Tunnel (SFPUC) and acknowledged significant unavoidable program‑level impacts; staff said SFPUC must adopt a CEQA statement of overriding considerations if the commission’s certification is used to approve the project.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted on Nov. 5 to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed New Irvington Tunnel, a project by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission intended to increase regional water reliability.
Planning Department environmental analyst Steven Smith told commissioners the draft EIR was published June 1, 2009, and that staff had circulated a comments‑and‑responses document (Oct. 23) and errata (Oct. 28) correcting typographical matters…
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