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San Bruno draft EIR finds significant health‑risk and nighttime‑noise impacts, offers mitigation but not full avoidance
Summary
The draft environmental impact report for the Tanforan redevelopment identifies two significant and unavoidable impacts — long‑term toxic air exposure for nearby residents and noise from nighttime concrete pours — while listing mitigation measures; the public review period runs through Aug. 11.
San Bruno City consultants told residents at a July 29 public review meeting that the draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the proposed Tanforan mall redevelopment identified two impacts the report judged to be significant and unavoidable: long‑term toxic air contaminant exposure to sensitive receptors and repeated nighttime construction noise.
Heidi Macassan, an ICF consultant who presented the EIR analysis, said the draft EIR’s air‑quality finding (labeled impact 8q3 in the report) was driven by the combined effects of construction and long‑term operation. She described diesel particulate matter from off‑road equipment and PM2.5 from earthmoving during…
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