5.15 utilities and service systems

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5.15 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS Existing conditions information presented in this section is based on project-specific facilities reports and coordination with affected public utility agencies. This section addresses the following utilities, with the service provider noted parenthetically:

Wastewater Collection and Treatment (Anaheim Public Works Department and Orange County Sanitation District)

Water Supply and Distribution Systems (Anaheim Public Utilities Department)

Solid Waste (Republic Waste Services, DBA Anaheim Disposal, and Anaheim Public Works Department)

Electricity (Anaheim Public Utilities Department)

Natural Gas (Southern California Gas Company)

Storm drainage systems and impacts to such systems are discussed in Section 5.7, Hydrology and Water Quality, of this Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) and are not discussed further in this section.

5.15.1 Wastewater Collection and Treatment The analysis in this section is based on the following technical report:

Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Infrastructure Technical Report for Hydrology, Sewer, Water, & Water Quality, March 28, 2018, Fuscoe Engineering, Inc.

The referenced document is included in Appendix G.

5.15.1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

Regulatory Setting

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State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer System requires a public agency that owns or operates a sewer system to develop and implement a sewer system management plan so that the sanitary sewer infrastructure is adequately operated, maintained, repaired, and upgraded.

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City of Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 10.12, Sanitation Charges, provides provisions for sanitation charges, including maintenance of the wastewater collection and disposal system and indicates that the City


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Council has the authority establish and collect a fee by resolution for residential, commercial and industrial establishments.

Existing Sewer Facilities

The City of Anaheim’s local sanitary sewer collection system serves the Project Area and vicinity and is tributary to the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD). The OCSD services a 479-square-mile area of northwestern and central Orange County. OCSD operates over 500 miles of sewer lines, offsite pumping stations, two regional wastewater treatment plants, and an ocean disposal system.

Sewage is collected by City collector facilities and conveyed to trunk sewers owned and maintained by the OCSD, which treats the sewage at regional facilities. The existing sewer system was constructed during the 1950s and 1960s and was designed to meet the City’s needs and anticipated growth projections identified at that time. Since then, additional sewer trunks and collectors have been added to accommodate emerging land uses and continued growth. Figure 5.15-1, Existing Sewer System, provides a summary of the existing City of Anaheim sewer system facilities within the Project Area, and brief descriptions are provided below. The sewer system description within the Project Area boundary has been grouped as areas north and south of the Carbon Creek channel for simplification. As shown in Figure 5.15-1 and Table 5.15-1, the area north of Carbon Creek channel is served primarily by City pipelines ranging from 8 inches to 18 inches that ultimately tie into the 21-inch OCSD trunk line along Western Avenue.

The area south of Carbon Creek is served primarily by 8-inch to 15-inch City lines along Beach Boulevard, Orange Avenue, and Ball Road. Sewer flows ultimately tie into downstream OCSD trunk lines, including the Hoover-Western trunk line.

Table 5.15-1 Existing Sewer Facilities within the Project Area Beach Boulevard Specific Area Acreage Existing Sewer Facilities

North of Carbon Channel 136 18-inch City line along Lincoln Avenue 10-inch City line along Paso Robles Drive 8-inch City lines along internal streets

South of Carbon Channel 147 8-inch to 10-inch City lines along Beach Boulevard 12-inch to 15-inch City lines along Ball Road

Source: Fuscoe 2018.

Orange County Sanitation District Sewer System

OCSD provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services for approximately 2.5 million people in central and northwest Orange County, including the City of Anaheim and the Project Area. Although there are no OCSD sewer facilities within the Specific Plan boundary, the City of Anaheim sewer lines ultimately discharge to OCSD facilities.

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Sewer flows from the Project Area would be treated by the OCSD Plant No. 1 at 10844 Ellis Avenue in Fountain Valley, about nine miles south of the Project Area, four miles northeast of the ocean and Plant No. 2 at 22212 Brookhurst Street in Huntington Beach, approximately 12 miles to the south. The Plant No. 1 receives wastewater from six major trunk sewer pipes and provides advanced primary and secondary treatment. The combined maximum secondary treatment capacity of both Plant No. 1 and Plant No. 2 is 332 million gallons per day (mgd), and they currently operate with an average daily influent of 199 mgd. There are no plans for expansion of the treatment capacity of either plant.

Existing Sewer Flows

Sewer generation factors were provided in the Combined West Anaheim Area Master Plan of Sanitary Sewers (MPSS) for estimating existing sewer flows based on existing land use. For each land use within the development areas of the Proposed Project, sewer generation was estimated to provide a baseline condition and to allow for comparisons against proposed land use changes under the Proposed Project. Acreages of the existing development (i.e., residential, commercial, etc.) were utilized along with their corresponding flow factors to develop existing condition flow rates.

Table 5.15-2 provides a summary of the existing wastewater flows for each land use subject to change. As shown, under the existing conditions, average daily sewer flows are estimated at 0.30 mgd throughout the Project Area. The area north of Carbon Creek Channel has an existing sewer flow of approximately 0.15 mgd, and the area south of Carbon Creek Channel has an existing sewer flow of 0.15 mgd.

Table 5.15-2 Existing Condition Average Daily Sewer Flows within the Project Area

Project Area Acreage Number of Dwelling Units Non-Residential SF Average Sewer Flow gpd mgd

North of Carbon Channel 136 724 315,371 148,064 0.15 South of Carbon Channel 147 753 966,753 148,250 0.15

Total 283 1,477 1,282,124 296,314 0.3 Source: Fuscoe 2018. gpd = gallons per day mgd = million gallons per day

Existing Sewer Capacity Assessment

Combined West Anaheim Area Master Plan of Sanitary Sewers

The Project Area was included in the MPSS (November 2001). The MPSS—updated in March 2005 and addendum added in June 2006—is the guiding document to highlight capital improvements to the existing sewer system. The study area of the MPSS encompasses approximately 7,450 gross acres, including the Project Area. The areas are composed of residential, commercial and industrial land uses. The 2005 update to the MPSS highlighted areas that required replacement of sewer lines within the Project Area. The MPSS also included an analysis of which lines need to be replaced in a “built out” condition based on the full buildout of the existing General Plan (approved in 2004) and regional growth projections.




Throughout the Project Area, the MPSS highlighted several segments of sewer lines that require upgrades under existing conditions to meet recommended flow design criteria. The total length of upgrades for the Project Area is approximately 11,750 linear feet for the existing condition. The total length of upgrades for the Project Area is approximately 12,500 linear feet when accounting for the buildout condition based on the 2004 City of Anaheim General Plan. Most replacements include increasing the existing lines of 8 to 12 inches in diameter to proposed lines of 10 to 18 inches in diameter. The City of Anaheim has confirmed that all of the segments that were listed as deficient within the Project Area have been upgraded to the recommended sizes. Another update to the MPSS is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Sewer Analysis

In addition to the analysis performed in the MPSS, the City of Anaheim retained GHD to study any other potential impacts the Proposed Project may have on the sewer system. The MPSS analyzed a buildout condition that is driven by the 2004 General Plan. However, the Proposed Project changes the existing 2004 General Plan land uses for approximately 56 acres within the Project Area to include higher densities.

Therefore, the GHD sewer study included analysis of existing, 2004 General Plan buildout and build-out under the Proposed Project by evaluating sewer pipe alignments, elevations, connections, and manholes from previous models, field measurements, and as-built drawings. The information was fed into a computer model and various scenarios were modeled. This sewer study concluded that there are currently no deficiencies within the existing sewer system.

Orange County Sanitation District Sewer System

Capital improvements projects are reported each year throughout the OCSD sewer system. There are currently no major trunk-line sewer projects downstream of the Proposed Project. A project near the Specific Plan boundary called the Rehabilitation of Western Regional Sewers is projected to commence in 2019. The Rehabilitation of Western Regional Sewers project will rehabilitate or replace approximately 17 miles of existing sewer pipelines in six incorporated cities and the unincorporated area of Rossmoor. Ongoing analysis of the sewer system within OCSD’s jurisdiction ensures long-term functionality of the sewer lines under growing populations and changes to land uses.

5.15.1.2 THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE

According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines and the City of Anaheim Environmental Checklist, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project:

U-1 Would exceed wastewater treatment requirements of the applicable Regional Water Quality Control Board.

U-2 Would require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental effects.




U-5 Would result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that is has inadequate capacity to serve the project's projected demand in addition to the provider's existing commitments.

5.15.1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Projected Wastewater Flow

The Proposed Project would result in increased multifamily residential, commercial, and mixed land uses, and therefore would increase the wastewater flow. A total increase of 3,651 dwelling units and approximately 907,321 square feet of nonresidential uses are proposed under the ultimate buildout. Table 5.15-3 provides proposed sewer demand flows, and additional details are included in Appendix G of the DEIR. As shown, full implementation of the land use changes has the potential to increase sewer flows by 660,282 gallons per day (gpd) or 0.66 mgd within the Project Area. Figure 5.15-2, Projected Sewer Demand, highlights areas that would experience increased sewer flows from land use changes. The increases would generally flow southerly along the Beach Boulevard corridor, potentially impacting numerous city sewer lines. Approximately 60 percent of the increase in sewer flows would occur in the areas north of Carbon Creek Channel, where an increase of 396,094 gpd or 0.40 mgd is projected. Over 90 percent of the projected sewer flows would originate from residential land uses in the Residential Low-Medium, Medium, Mixed-Use Medium, and Mixed-Use High land uses.

Sewer flows would ultimately connect into OCSD sewer trunk lines to the west and south of the Project Area boundary.

Table 5.15-3 Proposed Conditions Average Daily Sewer Flows

Project Area # of DU Nonresidential SF1 Project Average Daily Flow (gpd)

Existing Average Daily Flow (gpd)

Change in Sewer Flows (gpd)

Percent Increase

North of Carbon Channel 2,875 798,377 544,158 148,064 396,094 268 South of Carbon Channel 2,253 1,391,068 412,438 148,250 264,188 178

Total 5,128 2,189,445 931,866 296,314 660,282 223 Source: Fuscoe 2018. GPD = Gallons per day, DU = Dwelling Unit; SF = Square feet 1 Nonresidential includes commercial, retail, and mixed land uses.

The applicable thresholds are identified in brackets after the impact statement.

Impact 5.15-1: The Proposed Project would not result in exceedance of wastewater treatment requirements of the applicable Regional Water Quality Control Board. [Threshold U-1]

Impact Analysis: OCSD provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services for approximately 2.5 million people in Orange County, including the City of Anaheim and the Project Area. Two wastewater treatment plants in the OCSD system provide treatment of sewage before partially treated wastewater is sent to the Groundwater Replenishment System in Fountain Valley for recycling and groundwater recharge or discharged into the ocean. In 2015-2016, sewer flows were approximately 184 mgd, and the treatment




capacity of the two wastewater treatment plants within the OCSD system is 300 mgd (OCSD 2017). Therefore, the addition of 0.66 mgd of sewer flows generated from the Proposed Project would not result in the need for new wastewater treatment capacity or facilities. The Project Area is already developed with various urban uses, and implementation of the Proposed Project would encourage sustainable and green technologies that would not exceed the requirements of the Santa Anan Regional Water Quality Control Board. Moreover, developments under the Proposed Project would be required to comply with the State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer Systems, so that the Proposed Project would not result in a discharge of untreated or partially treated wastewater. The Proposed Project would not result in exceedance of wastewater treatment requirement, and impacts would be less than significant.

Impact 5.15-2: The Proposed Project would result in deficient sewer capacities within the Project Area but would not result in the construction of new wastewater treatment facilities. [Thresholds U-2 [part] and U-5]

Impact Analysis:

City of Anaheim Facilities

The GHD sewer study concluded that the sewer system has no deficiencies in the existing condition and the buildout condition under the 2004 General Plan. However, with implementation of the Proposed Project, the modeled results showed that there would be two deficient areas in the Project Area—on the west side of Beach Boulevard north of Ball Road between Manholes SW10420 and SW10421 and between Manholes SW10421 and SW10422. These are depicted in Figure 5.15-3, Projected Sewer System Deficiencies and Recommended Improvements. The total length of pipe found to be deficient was 650 linear feet—the 325-foot pipeline segment between SW10420 and SW10421 had a 203 gpd peak flow rate, and the 325 feet segment between SW10421 and SW10422 had a 212 gpd peak flow rate. As shown in Figure 5.15-3, these two sewer segments require an increase in size from 8 inches to 10 inches to handle the proposed sewer increases. Two additional 8-inch segments are nearing maximum capacity and are also recommended to be increased to 10 inches.

However, the City has a procedure in place to address deficient sewer segments downstream of new developments. The procedure includes updating the MPSS to include the deficient sewer segments and the associated costs to improve the segments. Once these segments and their respective costs have been added into the MPSS, sewer impact fees can be adjusted to account for the necessary improvements. These adjusted impact fees would then apply to costs associated with new developments and redevelopment projects within the sewer service area, including the Project Area, and would be paid for by the developers. Therefore, provided that the MMPS is updated to include the deficient segments for future improvement and appropriate development fees are assessed, impacts to local sewer facilities would not result in significant impact.

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LAND USE CHANGE NORTH OFCARBON CREEK CHANNEL

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LAND USE CHANGE SOUTH OFCARBON CREEK CHANNEL

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Sewer Flows:+264,188 GPD

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OCSD Facilities

Because sewage collected by the local facilities would ultimately connect to the OCSD sewer trunk lines west and south of the Project Area, the proposed increases in sewer flows could also impact OCSD lines. However, as stated above in Section 5.15.1.1 under the Existing Sewer Capacity Assessment, Orange County Sanitation District Sewer System, Rehabilitation of Western Regional Sewers capital improvement project is projected to commence in 2019, which would rehabilitate or replace a total of 17 miles of existing sewer pipelines in six cities and unincorporated Orange County. OCSD provides ongoing analysis of the sewer system within its jurisdiction, ensuring the long-term functionality of the OCSD’s facilities. The Proposed Project would result in less than significant impacts to OCSD sewer facilities.

5.15.1.4 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

The Proposed Project would increase flows to the area sewer system, resulting in two deficient sewer segments. Development of other, cumulative projects per the General Plan build-out would also incrementally increase demand on sewer facilities, including treatment demands in the City and the OCSD service area. However, the City has a procedure to address deficient sewer segments downstream of new developments, where the MPSS is updated to include the deficient sewer segments and the associated costs to improve the segments. OCSD also provides ongoing analysis of the sewer system within its jurisdiction, ensuring the long-term functionality of the OCSD’s facilities. As both the City and OCSD have existing procedures to monitor and update the existing facilities, impacts from the Proposed Project and other projects adopted in the General Plan would not result in individually limited but cumulatively considerable sewer facilities impacts.

5.15.1.5 EXISTING REGULATIONS

State Water Resources Control Board Order No. 2006-0003-DWQ, Statewide General Waste Discharge Requirements for Sanitary Sewer System

City of Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 10.12 Sanitation Charges

5.15.1.6 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE BEFORE MITIGATION

Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, the following impacts would be less than significant: 5.15-1.

Without mitigation, the following impacts would be potentially significant:

Impact 5.15-2 The Proposed Project would result in deficient sewer capacities within the Project Area but would not result in the construction of new wastewater treatment facilities.




5.15.1.7 MITIGATION MEASURES

Impact 5.15-2

USS-1 The City of Anaheim shall update the Combined West Anaheim Area Master Plan of Sanitary Sewers to include the deficient sewer segments as identified in the Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Sewer Analysis or latest updates for the Beach Boulevard Specific Plan, and the associated costs to improve the deficient segments.

USS-2 Prior to issuance of demolition, grading, or building permits, whichever occurs first, the developer/applicant shall pay sewer impact fees per the updated Combined West Anaheim Area Master Plan of Sanitary Sewers described in Mitigation Measure USS-1.

5.15.1.8 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE AFTER MITIGATION

The mitigation measures identified above would reduce potential impacts associated with sewer capacity to a level that is less than significant. Therefore, no significant unavoidable adverse impacts relating to wastewater remain.

5.15.2 Water Supply and Distribution Systems The analysis in this section is based in part on the following technical reports:

City of Anaheim 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, Arcadis, June 2016.

Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Infrastructure Technical Report for Hydrology, Sewer, Water, and Water Quality, Fuscoe Engineering, Inc., March 28, 2018 (included as Appendix G to this DEIR).

Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment, Psomas, March 2018 (included as Appendix H to this DEIR).

The Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) is available for review at the City of Anaheim Public Utilities Department or on the City’s website at www.anaheim.net.

5.15.2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

Regulatory Setting

The Urban Water Management Planning Act (California Water Code, Division 6, Part 2.6, §§ 10610 et seq.) was enacted in 1983 and applies to municipal water suppliers that serve more than 3,000 customers or supply more than 3,000 afy of water. The UWMP Act requires these suppliers to prepare and update their UWMPs every five years to demonstrate an appropriate level of reliability in supplying anticipated short-term and long-term water demands during normal, dry, and multiple-dry years. The UWMP Act specifies the data necessary to document the existing and projected future water demand over a 20-year projection and requires that the projected demands be presented in 5-year increments for the 20-year projection.




The City of Anaheim adopted the City of Anaheim 2015 Urban Water Management Plan in June 2016. The UWMP evaluates City-wide water supply and demand reliability for 25 years into the future and is a baseline document for the preparation of WSAs. Anaheim’s 2015 UWMP concluded there was an adequate and reliable supply of water to provide for existing demand and estimated growth through year 2040, based on information then available.

Senate Bill (SB) 610, chaptered into law on October 9, 2001, mandates that a city or county approving certain projects subject to CEQA (1) identify any public water system that may supply water for the project, and (2) request those public water systems to prepare a specified water supply assessment (WSA). Under SB 610, water assessments must be furnished to local governments for inclusion in any environmental documentation for certain projects (as defined in Water Code 10912 [a]) subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. Additionally, SB 610 requires new information to be included as part of an UWMP if groundwater is identified as a source of water available to the supplier. Information must include a description of all water supply projects and programs that may be undertaken to meet total projected water use. SB 610 prohibits eligibility for funds from specified bond acts until the plan is submitted to the state. Under SB 221, approval by a city or county of certain residential subdivisions requires an affirmative written verification of sufficient water supply. If it cannot be demonstrated that adequate water exists to serve the specific project, the project shall not be approved.

SB 1262, adopted in September 2016, amends Section 66473.7 of the Government Code to require WSAs to address certain elements regarding groundwater sustainability if the project relies in whole or in part on groundwater as a source of supply. Therefore, the WSA provides groundwater sustainability discussion pursuant to applicable sections of SB 1262.

California Green Building Standards

California Green Building Standards (CALGreen) Code, Chapter 5, Nonresidential Mandatory Measures, Division 5.3, Water Efficiency and Conservation, establishes provisions to conserve water used indoors, outdoors, and in wastewater conveyance in nonresidential development. The intent of this code requirement is to reduce potable water use in new or altered buildings by making building owners and/or tenants aware of their daily potable water consumption to encourage voluntary reduction. When the meters are installed, the building operator would have the ability to establish a water consumption baseline to monitor future water use.

California Green Building Standards Code, Chapter 4, Residential Mandatory Measures, Division 4.3, Water Efficiency and Conservation, establishes provisions to conserve water used indoors (e.g., water closets, urinals, showerheads, and faucets), outdoors such as landscape areas, and in water reuse systems in residential development.

Local

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.18, Water Conservation Ordinance No. 6332 (adopted May 19, 2015) outlines the City’s water conservation rules and regulations, which were established to “ensure the reasonable and beneficial use of water and maximize its efficient use within the City.” If it is forecast that




water demand exceeds available supplies, the City shall trigger application of its Water Conservation Ordinance, as prescribed, to require mandatory conservation measures.

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.19, Landscape Water Efficiency, and the Guidelines for Implementation of the City of Anaheim Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance, promulgated thereunder establish structure for planning designing, installing, and maintaining and managing water efficient landscapes in new construction and rehabilitated landscape projects, and provisions for water management practices and water waste prevention for existing landscapes.

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.16, Water and Electricity, allows City Council, by resolution, to establish rules and regulations for the installation charges to be collected for electricity and water services.

Existing Conditions

The Proposed Project would allow development of up to 5,128 dwelling units and 2,189,445 square feet nonresidential uses, necessitates the preparation of a WSA per SB 610. One of the minimum development thresholds per SB 610 is 500 dwelling units (or a water use equivalent of commercial or office square footage). Although the Proposed Project would be implemented by numerous development projects, which may individually have fewer than 500 units, collectively, the Proposed Project would allow development of up to 5,128 residential units and 2,189,445 square feet nonresidential uses. The WSA prepared for the Proposed Project is described below and included as Appendix H of this DEIR.

Water Supply Assessment

The City’s primary sources of water are groundwater from the Orange County Groundwater Basin (Basin) via City wells and imported surface water purchased from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The City also receives a small amount of recycled water. In fiscal year (FY) 2015, the City received approximately 76 percent of its water supply from groundwater and 24 percent from imported water. About one-tenth of 1 percent came from recycled water.

Groundwater Supply

The Basin is managed by the Orange County Water District (OCWD). Pumping from the Basin is managed through a process that uses financial incentives to encourage groundwater producers to pump a sustainable amount of water. The framework for the financial incentives is based on establishing the basin production percentage (BPP), the percentage of each producer’s total water supply that comes from groundwater pumped from the Basin. Groundwater production at or below the BPP is assessed a “replenishment assessment,” and pumping above the BPP is assessed a “basin equity assessment” in addition to the replenishment assessment, which is calculated based on MWD’s rates.

The BPP was initially established in 1969 and has ranged from 62 to 89 percent within the past 20 years with an average of 71 percent. The groundwater percentage for the City has ranged between approximately 54 and 80 percent since FY 2011.




Resolution No. 13-1-6, adopted on January 16, 2013, by the OCWD Board of Directors, stated the OCWD’s goal to develop the necessary supplies and facilities to achieve and maintain a 75 percent BPP long term. OCWD’s transition to the 75 percent BPP was due to construction of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) Initial Expansion Project, which was completed in 2015. This expansion provided an additional 31,000 acre-feet per year (afy) of water for recharging the groundwater basin. OCWD is planning to increase GWRS treatment capacity to 130 mgd through its final expansion. Although the BPP is set at 75 percent, a BPP of 70 percent was assumed in the City’s 2015 UWMP through 2040 to be conservative.

Imported Water Supply

The City of Anaheim is one of only three retail member agencies of MWD in Orange County. As a member agency, pursuant to the Metropolitan Act, the City has preferential rights to a certain percentage of water delivered to MWD each year from the State Water Project, the Colorado River Aqueduct, and other supply/storage programs. For the Orange County service area, according to MWD, demands are projected to increase approximately 14.8 percent between 2015 and 2040.

The City purchases both treated potable and untreated non-potable water from MWD. The treated water is delivered through five major feeders: 1) East Orange County Feeder No. 2; 2) Orange County Feeder; 3) Second Lower Feeder; 4) West Orange County Feeder; and 5) Allen-McColloch Pipeline. Untreated MWD water is delivered to the City's Walnut Canyon Reservoir (WCR) with a total capacity of 2,823 acre-feet (920 million gallons). This water is treated by the City's August F. Lenain Water Treatment Plant (Lenain). Lenain treats up to 15 million gallons of drinking water a day.

Recycled Water Supply

Anaheim indirectly participates in regional water recycling through the GWRS by the OCWD and OCSD. In FY 2012, the City started purchasing GWRS water directly from OCWD for use at its newly constructed Canyon Power Plan (CPP) to control and/or reduce air emissions and for landscape irrigation. GWRS water is also being used for cooling tower make-up water, toilet flushing, and landscape irrigation at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), which was recently completed. Anaheim’s sewage is part of the wastewater recycled and recharged by OCWD. In addition, the City recently constructed a small water-recycling plant adjacent to City Hall. In its initial phase, the facility can provide up to 50 afy of recycled water for landscape irrigation and toilet flushing. The facility can be expanded to produce up to 110 afy of recycled water. These direct recycled water projects are a direct result of continued efforts by the City to increase the use of recycled water to reduce dependence on imported water supplies.

Anaheim has also developed several recycled water project alternatives through its March 2011 Citywide Water Recycling Facilities Plan. The study analyzed using recycled/non-potable water from various sources for potential reuse opportunities throughout the City, and defined and prioritized feasible water recycling projects. The potential recycled water users include parks, golf courses, school yards, homeowners associations, freeway/street landscaping, and industrial facilities. Additionally, the guidelines for implementing the City’s landscape ordinance require separate irrigation services for any new landscaped area larger than a certain size. This enables easy conversion to recycled water if and when it becomes available.




Reliability of Water Supplies

The primary source of water for the City is groundwater from the Basin. OCWD is responsible for the protection of water rights to the Santa Ana River in Orange County as well as the management and replenishment of the Basin. OCWD replenishes and maintains the Basin at safe levels while significantly increasing the Basin’s annual yield by using the best available technology. Other than recycled water, OCWD primarily recharges the Basin with water from the Santa Ana River and to a lesser extent with imported raw water purchased from MWD.

MWD has taken a number of actions to secure a reliable water source for its member agencies. MWD developed a water supply allocation plan and used it in 2009, 2010, and 2015 to deal with potential shortages. Additional actions taken by MWD over the past several years have significantly increased spending on conservation, local projects, and water supply/reliability enhancements. As such, MWD, in its 2015 UWMP, which estimated its supply capability and projected demands for an average (normal) year, a single dry-year, and for multiple dry years, concluded that there is a projected surplus, even without MWD’s supplies under development and potential supplies that could further increase the projected surplus if/when implemented.

City Water Demands

In June 2016, the City adopted the City of Anaheim 2015 Urban Water Management Plan. The City’s total water demand in FY 2015 of 62,053 acre feet was 16.7 percent less than the total water demand of 72,400 acre-feet projected five years earlier in the City’s 2010 UWMP). This is believed to be primarily attributable to City water conservation efforts associated with the Water Conservation Act of 2009. The Act mandated water demand reductions of 10 percent by 2015, which the City has met, and a reduction of 20 percent by 2020, which the City is on track to meet.

In April 2015, Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-29-15 as a result of one of the most severe droughts in California’s history, requiring a collective reduction in statewide urban water use of 25 percent (relative to demands of 2013) by February 2016. Each agency in the state was given a specific reduction target by the State Department of Water Resources. Anaheim’s demand reduction was set at 20 percent. In response, the City adopted Ordinance No. 6332, on May 19, 2015, establishing provisions against water waste and implementing higher (more restrictive) stages of the water conservation ordinance. As a result, the City met the water use reduction target from June 2015 through February 2016.

Existing Project Area Water Demand

The metered water demand for the existing land uses in the Project Area by specific land use category in fiscal year 2015 is shown in Table 5.15-4, Existing Project Area Water Demand. The total demand was 672 afy, which was accounted for in the City’s 2015 UWMP. Detailed land use categories and associated demands are shown in Table 3.5 of the WSA, “Existing Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Water Demand,” in Appendix H to this DEIR.




Table 5.15-4 Existing Project Area Water Demand DUs Nonresidential Rooms or Beds Demand (afy) Demand (gpd)

1,477 1,282,124 879 672 599,296 Source: Psomas 2018.

Water Distribution System

The City’s current major water system facilities consist of 8 import connections to MWD (1 untreated water and 7 treated water connections), 18 active wells, one 920-million-gallon reservoir for untreated water, one 15 mgd water treatment plant, 13 treated water reservoirs with 38.75 million gallons of total storage capacity, permanent chlorination facilities at various sites, 9 booster pump stations, approximately 752 miles of water mains, and approximately 7,800 fire hydrants.

Under existing conditions, the Project Area is served by a variety of 2-inch to 14-inch water lines (e.g., cast iron, ductile iron, and asbestos cement) in the public streets, alleys, parks, and internal streets. A summary of the primary water lines in each land use area is shown on Figure 5.15-4, Existing Water Distribution Facilities, and summarized in Table 5.15-5, Existing Water Distribution Facilities within the Project Area.

Table 5.15-5 Existing Water Distribution Facilities within the Project Area Beach Boulevard Specific Area Acreage Existing Sewer Facilities

North of Carbon Channel 136 • 10-inch city line along Lincoln Avenue • 8-inch lines along Beach Boulevard

South of Carbon Channel 147 • 14-inch city lines along Orange Avenue • 8-inch line along Beach Boulevard • 10-inch city lines along Ball Road

Source: Fuscoe 2018.

The Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Infrastructure Technical Report (Appendix G to this DEIR) estimated water demands for each land use area within the Project Area using water demand factors from the “City of Anaheim 2009 Administrative Procedures and Guidelines for Water Improvements Plans – Development Projects.” Detailed calculations are provided in Appendix G to this DEIR. Under the existing conditions, the calculations estimated that average daily demands are estimated at 0.764 mgd. The area north of Carbon Creek Channel has an existing water demand of approximately 0.37 mgd, and the area south of Carbon Creek Channel has an existing water demand of 0.39 mgd. It should be noted that this water demand estimates were developed to provide a baseline conditions to evaluate the existing status of the water distribution system, and overestimates the actual water demands within the Project Area. Based on FY 2015 water demand metered in the Project Area, the existing Project Area water demand is 599,296 gpd as shown in Table 5.15-4.




City of Anaheim Five-Year Water Master Plan FY 2013/14-2017/18

The Anaheim Public Utilities Department’s (APUD) Five-Year Water System Plan (WSP) provides a coordinated approach for identifying and prioritizing projects and programs related to a reliable supply of high-quality water within its service area. The WSP includes projects and programs targeted at maintaining and improving the reliability of the water system production, transmission, and distribution facilities, as well as meeting future water demands and quality standards. Programs that would improve efficiency and saving future costs to the future utility system are also in the WSP. The WSP is the foundation for planning efforts for water capital projects in the City, and the first year serves as the basis for the City’s water system capital improvement plan (CIP) budget. The most current five-year WSP includes three improvement projects on and adjacent to the Project Area as described below:

Lincoln Avenue 16-inch main (in the Project Area): This project is part of the APUD’s West Anaheim fire flow main improvement program, which involves installing a 16-inch main and looping the distribution system to increase fire flow in the 220-pressure zone.

Upgrade Pressure Regulating Stations (adjacent to the Project Area): This project is to help increase fire flow and improve delivery capabilities in the 220 pressure zone. It involves the installation of secondary parallel supply valves or the installation of larger supply valves at existing pressure-regulating stations in the 220 pressure zone, and the installation of new main in Magnolia Avenue. These additions would help to increase the amount of water that can be moved from the 270 pressure zone into the 220 pressure zone during high demand (fire flow) conditions.

Western Avenue and Loma Linda Drive 8-inch Main (adjacent to the Project Area): This project is part of the APUD’s West Anaheim fire-flow main improvement program, which involves looping the distribution system and increasing fire flow in the 220 pressure zone.

Table 5.15-6 provides a summary of these three projects. Figure 5.15-5, APUD 5-Year WSP Projects Near the Project Area, shows that one project is partially in the Project Area and others are outside of the Project Area. These projects would help to meet the APUD’s objective of increasing the capacity of the delivery system to improve service levels through increased water pressures or fire flow.

Table 5.15-6 APUD 5-Year WSP Projects near Project Area Project Location Completed? Future Construction Schedule

Lincoln Avenue 16” Main North East end of SP Boundary along Lincoln Avenue No 2017/2018

Upgrade Pressure Regulating Stations 1 – 6

Outside SP boundary along Lincoln Avenue No 2017/2018

Western Avenue and Loma Linda Drive 8” Main

Adjacent to SP boundary along Orange Avenue and Western Avenue

No 2021/2022

Source: Fuscoe 2018

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According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project:

U-2 Would require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental effects.

U-4 Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project from existing entitlements and resources, or are new or expanded entitlements needed.


Projected Water Demands

According to the WSA prepared for the Proposed Project that estimated development phasing over the next 20 years or more, the estimated buildout water demand for the Proposed Project would be 1,558 acre-feet, an increase of 886 acre-feet over the FY 2015 water demand for the existing land uses (see Table 5.15-7, Estimated Proposed Project Phasing of Water Demand). For modeling purposes, buildout of the Proposed Project was estimated to occur by 2035; therefore, water demand for the year 2040 was assumed to be the same as in 2035.

Table 5.15-7 Estimated Proposed Project Phasing of Water Demand

Demand FY 2015 FY 2020 FY 2025 FY 2030 FY 2035 Existing (FY 2015) Project Area Demand 672 afy — — — —

Estimated Project Area (Proposed Project) Water Demand — 828 afy 1,139 afy 1,410 afy 1,558 afy

Demand Increase Relative to FY 2015 — 156 afy 467 afy 738 afy 886 afy Source: Psomas 2018. Notes: Estimates do not include water loss. Demand for 2040 is same as 2035. afy = acre feet per year


Impact 5.15-3: The Proposed Project would increase domestic and fire water services demands in the Project Area, requiring upgraded water distribution systems. [Threshold U-2 [part]]

Impact Analysis:

Impacts to Water Distribution Systems

As discussed in Section 5.15.2.1, APUD’s WSP provides a coordinated approach for identifying and prioritizing projects and programs required to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality water within its service area. The WSP is the foundation for planning efforts for water capital projects, and the first year serves as the




basis for the City’s water system capital improvement plan budget. Therefore, the three projects in Table 5.15-6, including the one within the Project Area, would be constructed regardless of Proposed Project implementation.

Each year, improvements identified in the WSP are reevaluated, and their priorities are adjusted to the latest water demand projections, development trends, and replacement needs, with input from the City’s Public Works, Environmental Services, and Water Field/Operations staff. Therefore, proposed increases in water demands associated with the Proposed Project would be accounted for in future planning studies to be prepared in connection with the WSP, and any impacts to water infrastructure would be addressed and placed on the capital improvement plan. As individual projects under the Proposed Project are developed incrementally, the cost of main extensions and enlargements will be paid for by the owner or developer of the properties served by these mains as required under the City’s Water Rates, Rules & Regulations, Rule No. 15. However, deficiencies in the existing water distribution system’s ability to serve future land uses have been identified. Therefore, impacts would be potentially significant.

Water Treatment Facilities Impact

The City depends on local groundwater for supply from the Basin and imported water from MWD. Reliable groundwater is provided by OCWD through the completion of GWRS Initial Expansion Project. This expansion provided an additional 31,000 acre-feet per year of water for recharging the groundwater basin. OCWD is also planning to increase GWRS treatment capacity to 130 mgd through its final expansion. Additionally, the untreated imported water is treated at the Lenain, which produces up to 15 million gallons of drinking water a day. Although the Proposed Project would increase the water demands, the WSA concluded that the increase is within the limits of total water supplied by APUD with and without the Proposed Project as projected in the City’s 2015 UWMP. Therefore, no expanded or new water treatment facilities would be required, and impacts would not be significant

Impact 5.15-4: The Proposed Project would be served by sufficient water supplies without procurement of additional water entitlements. [Threshold U-4]

Impact Analysis: The WSA for the Proposed Project evaluated the additional water demands as a result of the Proposed Project. As shown in Table 5.15-8, Projected Water Supply and Usage for the Proposed Project, additional demands estimated for the Proposed Project were added to the demands projected for the City through FY 2040 in the City’s 2015 UWMP under the normal-year, dry-year, and multiple dry-year conditions. The total water demand in FY 2015 for the City was 62,053 afy, and within the Project Area was 672 afy, which is approximately 1 percent of the City’s total water demand. The Proposed Project would increase the demand in the Project Area by 938 afy at buildout during normal years and 994 afy during dry years. The demand increase from the Proposed Project in FY 2040 is projected to be approximately 1.4 percent of the total demand estimated for the City. As shown in Table 5.15-8, the City is projected to have sufficient groundwater supplies to meet normal, single-dry year, and multiple-dry year conditions with the addition of the Proposed Project demands. Imported water from MWD has projected supply surpluses for each of these weather conditions, and the City can increase groundwater production by up to 5 percent from its available well supply without exceeding the 75 percent BPP currently set and forecast by OCWD. As shown in Table




5.15-8, the Proposed Project would require additional groundwater production. However, the groundwater supply ratio (groundwater/groundwater + imported water) resulting from the increased production would range from 70.2 to 71.4 percent, therefore, additional basin equity assessment fee would not be assessed. Therefore, the Proposed Project would be served by sufficient water supplies without procurement of additional water entitlements, and water supply impacts would be less than significant.

Table 5.15-8 Projected Water Supply and Usage for the Proposed Project

Water Sources Fiscal Year Ending

2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Normal Year Supply Imported1 18,460 19,827 19,965 19,959 19,988 Recycled 155 155 155 155 155 Local (Groundwater)2 43,671 47,160 47,776 47,913 47,980

Total Supply 62,286 67,142 67,896 68,027 68,123 Groundwater/Groundwater + Imported 70.3% 70.4% 70.5% 70.6% 70.6% Demand3 Total City Demand Without Proposed Project4 61,339 65,897 66,354 66,336 66,432 Existing Demand5 711 711 711 711 711 Additional Proposed Project Demand6 165 494 781 938 938

Total Demand 62,215 67,102 67,846 67,985 68,081 Single Dry Year Supply Imported7 19,686 21,135 21,280 21,275 21,305 Recycled 155 155 155 155 155 Local (Groundwater)8 46,183 49,881 50,535 50,680 50,751

Total Supply 66,024 71,171 71,970 72,109 72,211 Groundwater/Groundwater + Imported 70.1% 70.2% 70.4% 70.4% 70.4% Demand9 Total City Demand Without Proposed Project10 65,021 69,852 70,336 70,317 70,419 Existing Demand11 753 753 753 753 753 Additional Proposed Project Demand12 175 524 828 994 994

Total Demand 65,949 71,129 71,917 72,064 72,166 Second Multiple Dry Year Supply Imported13 19,686 21,135 21,280 21,275 21,305 Recycled 155 155 155 155 155 Local (Groundwater)14 46,109 49,839 50,482 50,634 50,706

Total Supply 65,949 71,129 71,917 72,064 72,166 Groundwater/Groundwater + Imported 70.1% 70.2% 70.3% 70.4% 70.4%

Total Demand15 65,949 71,129 71,917 72,064 72,166




Table 5.15-8 Projected Water Supply and Usage for the Proposed Project

Water Sources Fiscal Year Ending

2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Third Multiple Dry Year Supply Imported13 19,686 21,135 21,280 21,275 21,305 Recycled 155 155 155 155 155 Local (Groundwater)14 46,109 49,839 50,482 50,634 50,706 Total Supply 65,949 71,129 71,917 72,064 72,166

Groundwater/Groundwater + Imported 70.1% 70.2% 70.3% 70.4% 70.4% Total Demand15 65,949 71,129 71,917 72,064 72,166

1 Extrapolated from Table 3-7, City of Anaheim 2015 UWMP by subtracting recycled water demand to obtain Groundwater + Imported, then setting Imported to 30% of that amount

2 Volume of groundwater required to balance demand and supply assuming Imported water is equal to amount included in City's 2015 UWMP 3 All single-dry-year demand includes 5.8% non-revenue water (water loss) and is 6.0% greater than normal year demand consistent with City's 2015 UWMP 4 Single-dry-year demand based on the City's 2015 UWMP excluding existing Project Area demand as projected for that year in the 2015 UWMP. These demands

were included in the 2015 UWMP demand projections 5 Existing (FY 2015) demand based on meter read data plus 5.8% water loss 6 Additional demand based on increase in land use intensification as a result of the Proposed Project, which was not included in the 2015 UWMP. 7 Extrapolated from Table 3-7, City of Anaheim 2015 UWMP by subtracting recycled water demand to obtain Groundwater + Imported, then setting Imported to 30% of

that amount 8 Volume of groundwater required to balance demand and supply assuming Imported water is equal to amount included in City's 2015 UWMP 9 All single-dry-year demand includes 5.8% non-revenue water (water loss) and is 6.0% greater than normal year demand consistent with City's 2015 UWMP 10 Single-dry-year demand based on the City's 2015 UWMP excluding existing Project Area demand as projected for that year in the 2015 UWMP. These demands

were included in the 2015 UWMP demand projections 11 Existing (FY 2015) demand based on meter read data plus 5.8% water loss 12 Additional demand based on increase in land use intensification as a result of the Proposed Project, which was not included in the 2015 UWMP. 13 Extrapolated from Table 3-8, City of Anaheim 2015 UWMP by subtracting recycled water demand to obtain Groundwater + Imported, then setting Imported to 30% of

that amount 14 Volume of groundwater required to balance demand and supply assuming Imported water is equal to amount included in City's 2015 UWMP 15 Each multiple dry-year demand includes 5.8% non-revenue water (water loss) and is 6.0% greater than normal year demand consistent with City's 2015 UWMP


The cumulative water supply and distribution system impact area would be the APUD service area. The City’s 2015 UWMP projects water demands from the city-wide growth, and the WSA used the 2015 UWMP’s citywide growth projections in evaluating the project-specific water demands as shown in Table 5.15-8 Therefore, as described in Table 5.15-8, the total water supplies available to the City during normal, single-dry, and multi-dry year conditions within a 20-year projection would meet the projected water demand of the Proposed Project and the future growth projected within City’s water service area. No additional cumulatively significant water supply impact is anticipated.

The APUD also provides a comprehensive approach in identifying and providing water distribution system through its WSP. Through the WSP implementation, City-wide growth projections are assessed and adjusted each year so that adequate water facilities are provided within the APUD boundary. However, the Proposed Project would increase demands to the area’s water distribution system, resulting in deficient segments of water distribution infrastructure. Without mitigation, cumulative impacts of the Proposed Project, together with those generated by projected city-wide growth, are potentially significant.





SB 610 (Chapter 643, Statutes of 2001) and SB 221 (Chapter 642, Statutes of 2001).

California Green Building Standards Code, Chapter 5, Nonresidential Mandatory Measures, Division 5.3, Water Efficiency and Conservation.

California Green Building Standards Code, Chapter 4, Residential Mandatory Measures, Division 4.3, Water Efficiency and Conservation.

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.18, Water Conservation, and Water Shortage Contingency Rules and Regulations

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.19, Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance (Resolution 2010-112) and Guidelines for Implementation of the City of Anaheim Landscape Water Efficiency Ordinance.

City of Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter 10.16 Water and Electricity, and Water Rates, Rules, and Regulations


Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, the following impacts would be less than significant: 5.15-4.

Without mitigation, the following impacts would be potentially significant:

Impact 5.15-3 Implementation of the Proposed Project would require upgrades to the Project Area’s water distribution system.


Impact 5.15-3

USS-3 Prior to issuance of demolition, grading, building or water permits, whichever occurs first, the property owner/developer shall submit plans to the Public Utilities Department for review. The Public Utilities Department shall review the location of each project to determine if it is an area served by potentially deficient water facilities, as identified in the latest updated water study for the BBSP. In such a case, the property owner/developer shall perform a hydraulic analysis for the existing and proposed public water improvements to determine if the project domestic or fire flow demands will increase flows beyond those programmed in the appropriate water master plan study for the area or if the project will create a deficiency in an existing water mains. The hydraulic water analysis for the existing and proposed public water improvements shall incorporate the anticipated flow, pressure,




and any other information specific for the project to determine the conditions for final design. With the hydraulic water analysis, the property owner/developer shall submit the results of a field fire flow test and provide a written response from Anaheim Fire Department confirming the fire flow requirements for the project. The property owner/developer shall be required to guarantee mitigation of the impact to adequately serve the area to the satisfaction of the Public Utilities Department and City Attorney’s Office per Anaheim’s most current Water Rules and Regulations.


Upon implementation of Mitigation Measure USS-3, Impact 5.15-3 would be less than significant. No significant impacts associated with water supply and distribution systems have been identified.

5.15.3 Solid Waste 5.15.3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

Regulatory Setting

AB 939 (Integrated Solid Waste Management Act of 1989; California Public Resources Code 40050 et seq.) established an integrated waste-management system that focused on source reduction, recycling, composting, and land disposal of waste. AB 939 required every California city and county to divert 50 percent of its waste from landfills by the year 2000. Compliance with AB 939 is measured in part by comparing solid waste disposal rates for a jurisdiction with target disposal rates. Actual rates at or below target rates are consistent with AB 939. AB 939 also requires California counties to show 15 years of disposal capacity for all jurisdictions in the county or show a plan to transform or divert its waste.

AB 341 (Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011) increased the statewide solid waste diversion goal to 75 percent by 2020. The law also mandates recycling for commercial and multifamily residential land uses as well as schools and school districts.

AB 1826 (California Public Resources Code §§ 42649.8 et seq.) requires recycling of organic matter by businesses and multifamily residences of five of more units, generating such wastes in amounts over certain thresholds.

The California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991 was passed by the State legislature and instructs the California Integrated Waste Management Board (now known as “CalRecycle”) to draft a “model ordinance” for the disposal of construction waste associated with development projects. The model ordinance has been in effect for the County since 1994. In 2005, the County adopted a Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling and Reuse Ordinance, discussed below. This act also requires local agencies to ensure that development projects have adequate areas for the collection and loading of recyclable materials.

SB 1016 (Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008) builds on AB 939 compliance requirements by implementing a simplified measure of jurisdiction’s performance by changing to a disposal-based indicator—




the per capita disposal rate—that uses 1) a jurisdiction’s population (or in some cases employment) and (2) its disposal, as reported by disposal facilities.

Section 5.408 of the CALGreen (Title 24, California Code of Regulations, Part 11) requires that at least 65 percent of the nonhazardous construction and demolition waste from nonresidential construction operations be recycled and/or salvaged for reuse.

Existing Conditions

Republic Services provides solid waste collection and disposal for the City of Anaheim. The collected wastes are consolidated and sorted at local transfer stations and transported to disposal sites. The nearest transfer station used by Republic Services is the materials recovery facility at 2740 Coronado Street in the Project Area. The materials recovery facility processes an average of 3,200 tons of material each day. Its 800-foot-long automated and manual sorter/conveyor system separates more than 70 types of recyclables. Once the materials have passed through the sorter/conveyer system, they are bundled and transferred for immediate shipment to domestic and international markets. Nonrecyclable waste is moved to the onsite, 40,000-square-foot solid waste transfer operation for final processing and consolidation before delivery to landfills. Household toxic waste is disposed of at the County of Orange Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at 1071 North Blue Gum Street in Anaheim.

Solid waste landfill capacity is provided to Anaheim by OC Waste & Recycling. Orange County owns and operates three active landfills: Olinda Alpha Landfill at 1942 North Valencia Avenue in Brea; Frank R. Bowerman Landfill at 11002 Bee Canyon Access Road in Irvine; and Prima Deshecha Landfill at 32250 La Pata Avenue in San Juan Capistrano. Daily and total disposal capacities at these landfills are shown in Table 5.15-9, Orange County Landfills. The waste generated by t Anaheim is taken to the Olinda Alpha Landfill. The Olinda Alpha Landfill accepts a maximum of 8,000 tons per day and currently receives an average of approximately 6,000 tons per day. The landfill had an estimated remaining capacity of approximately 43.9 million cubic yards, as of June 30, 2013, and is scheduled to close on December 31, 2021. After it closes, solid waste would be disposed of at the Bowerman Landfill. The Bowerman Landfill accepts up to 11,500 tons per day and currently receives an average of approximately 5,500 tons per day. It had an estimated remaining capacity of 192.3 million cubic yards, as of June 30, 2013, with closure estimated in 2053.

To ensure that the maximum permitted daily tonnage at a particular landfill is not exceeded, waste haulers can be diverted to another OC Recycling landfill or one of the transfer stations throughout the county.




Table 5.15-9 Orange County Landfills

Landfill Daily Capacity1

(tpd) Average Daily (tpd) Disposal Capacity2

(mcy) Disposal Acres Estimated Cease

Operation Olinda Alpha (ID#30-AB-0035) 8,000 6,000 43.9

(as of 6/30/13) 420 12/31/2021

Frank R. Bowerman (ID#30-AB-0360) 11,500 5,500 192.3

(as of 6/30/13) 534 12/31/2053

Prima Deshecha (ID#30-AB-0019) 4,000 1,600 134.27

(as of 6/30/09) 699 12/31/2067

Total 23,500 13,100 362.37 1,653 – Source: Anaheim Solid Waste & Recycling 2014. tpd = tons per day; mcy = million cubic yards (1 cy = 0.6 ton refuse) 1 Maximum tonnage of disposal. 2 Available capacity at landfill.

Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal

Assembly Bill 939 (Integrated Solid Waste Management Act of 1989; California Public Resources Code 40050 et seq.) established an integrated waste-management system that focused on source reduction, recycling, composting, and land disposal of waste. AB 939 required every California city and county to divert 50 percent of its waste from landfills by the year 2000. Compliance with AB 939 is measured in part by comparing solid waste disposal rates for a jurisdiction with target disposal rates. Actual rates at or below target rates are consistent with AB 939. AB 939 also requires California counties to show 15 years of disposal capacity for all jurisdictions in the county or show a plan to transform or divert its waste.

AB 341 (Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011) increased the statewide solid waste diversion goal to 75 percent by 2020. The law also mandates recycling for commercial and multifamily residential land uses as well as schools and school districts.

AB 1826 (California Public Resources Code §§ 42649.8 et seq.), signed into law in September 2014, requires recycling of organic matter by businesses and multifamily residences of five of more units, generating such wastes in amounts over certain thresholds.

The California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991 was passed by the state legislature and instructed the California Integrated Waste Management Board (now known as “CalRecycle”) to draft a “model ordinance” for the disposal of construction waste associated with development projects. The model ordinance has been in effect for the County since 1994. In 2005, the County adopted a Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling and Reuse Ordinance, discussed below. This act also requires local agencies to ensure that development projects have adequate areas for the collection and loading of recyclable materials.

SB 1016 (Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008) builds on AB 939 compliance requirements by implementing a simplified measure of jurisdiction’s performance by changing to a disposal-based indicator—the per capita disposal rate—that uses 1) a jurisdiction’s population (or in some cases employment) and (2) its disposal, as reported by disposal facilities.




Section 5.408 of the 2013 CALGreen (Title 24, California Code of Regulations, Part 11) requires that at least 50 percent of the nonhazardous construction and demolition waste from nonresidential construction operations be recycled and/or salvaged for reuse.


According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines and the City of Anaheim Environmental Checklist, a project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project:

U-6 Would be served by a landfill with insufficient permitted capacity to accommodate the project's solid waste disposal needs.

U-7 Would not comply with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations related to solid waste.

The Initial Study, included as Appendix A, substantiates that impacts associated with the following thresholds would be less than significant:

Threshold U-7


The following impact analysis addresses thresholds of significance for potentially significant impacts of the Proposed Project. The applicable thresholds are identified in brackets after the impact statement.

Impact 5.15-5: Implementation of the Proposed Project would not adversely impact a landfill with insufficient capacity. [Threshold U-6]

Impact Analysis: Development of the Proposed Project would increase the service demands for solid waste disposal beyond existing conditions. Table 5.15-10 shows projected solid waste demands for different land uses and Table 5.15-11 shows solid waste generation from the Proposed Project. As shown in Table 5.15-11, the Proposed Project’s additional 3,651 residential units would increase the solid waste demand by 44,651 pounds per day or 22.33 tons per day. The Proposed Project allows for various nonresidential land uses. Therefore, an average of four land use types—office, commercial/retail, restaurant, and public/institutional—was used to evaluate the Project’s solid waste generation. Based on the average generation factor of 0.0318 pounds per square foot per day for the increase of 907,321 square feet of nonresidential uses at buildout, the Proposed Project would result in an increase of 28,852 pounds per day or 14.43 tons per day of wastes from non-residential uses. Therefore, at buildout, the Proposed Project is anticipated to increase solid waste generation by 36.76 tons per day.




Table 5.15-10 Solid Waste Generation Rate Land Use Type Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rate

Residential 12.23 lbs./household/day Offices 0.084 lb./sq. ft./day Commercial/Retail 0.0312 lbs./sq. ft./day Restaurants 0.005 lb./sq.ft./day Schools 1 lb./student/day Hotel/Motel 4 lbs./room/day Public/Institutional 0.007 lb./sq. ft./day Source: CalRecycling 2013.

Table 5.15-11 Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Existing and Proposed Solid Waste Generation

Land Use Existing Solid Waste Generation

Proposed Solid Waste Generation Increase

lbs/day tons/day lbs/day tons/day lbs/day tons/day

Residential 1,477 units 18,064 9.03 5,128 units 62,715 31.36 44,651 22.33 Non-Residential 1,282,124 SF 40,772 20.39 2,189,445 SF 69,624 34.81 28,852 14.43

Total -- 58,836 29.42 -- 132,339 66.17 73,503 36.76

The Olinda Alpha Landfill can accept 8,000 tons per day and currently takes in approximately 6,000 tons daily. Since this landfill has 2,000 tons of available capacity, the Proposed Project would not require additional landfill capacity. Frank R. Bowerman and Prima Deshecha landfills also have combined residual capacity of up to 8,400 tons per day. Furthermore, the City implements municipal codes and ordinances regarding solid waste and recycling services, which reduce waste and increase the diversion rate. Development in the Project Area would be required to comply with the AB 341 and AB 1826 goals and would not result in insufficient capacity at any of the Orange County landfills.

Implementation of the Proposed Project would generate construction and demolition wastes such as concrete, asphalt, wood, drywall, metals, and other miscellaneous and composite materials. However, these materials would be recycled and salvaged to the maximum extent feasible and would be hauled and diverted to appropriate recycling facilities or landfills. The Proposed Project would build out over a 20-year period, and extended construction duration would reduce the daily demolition waste to be taken to designated landfills. Hazardous materials wastes—such as asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint, and underground storage tanks—are required to be managed, handled, and disposed of by qualified personnel and in compliance with state and county requirements. Construction and demolition waste impacts to landfill capacity would be temporary and would not create a need for additional solid waste disposal facilities. Impacts related to landfills would be less than significant.





The Proposed Project and other projects in the area would result in increased solid waste generation. However, the existing OC Recycling landfill system provides adequate capacity to handle the increased solid waste volume, since the Olinda Alpha Landfill, Frank R. Bowerman Landfill, and Prima Deshecha Landfill have residual daily disposal capacity of 10,400 tons. Therefore, the Proposed Project would not result in a significant incremental impact to cause significant cumulative impacts. Compliance with the existing recycling and disposal programs would further ensure that the Proposed Project does not exceed service levels at applicable landfills. Impacts would not be cumulatively considerable.


AB 939 (Integrated Solid Waste Management Act of 1989; California Public Resources Code 40050 et seq.)

AB 1826 (California Public Resources Code §§ 42649.8 et seq.)

SB 1016 (Solid Waste Disposal Measurement Act of 2008)

Section 5.408 of the CALGreen (Title 24, California Code of Regulations, Part 11)


Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, the following impact would be less than significant: Impact 5.15-5.


No mitigation measures are necessary because there were no significant impacts identified under the applicable threshold.


No significant impacts associated with solid waste have been identified.

5.15.4 Other Utilities 5.15.4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING

Regulatory Setting

California’s Appliance Efficiency Regulations (CCR Title 20, Parts 1600–1608) contain energy performance, energy design, water performance, and water design standards for appliances (including refrigerators, ice makers, vending machines, freezers, water heaters, fans, boilers, washing machines, dryers, air conditioners, pool equipment, and plumbing fittings) that are sold or offered for sale in California. These standards are updated regularly to allow consideration of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.




The Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Nonresidential Buildings (24 CCR Part 6) were established in 1978 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California’s energy consumption. The CEC adopted the 2008 changes to the Building Energy Efficiency Standards in order to (1) “Provide California with an adequate, reasonably-priced, and environmentally-sound supply of energy” and (2) “Respond to Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which mandates that California must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.” Title 24 Part 6 of the 2013 California Building Standards Code, the 2013 California Energy Code, went into effect on July 1, 2014, and includes energy efficiency updates (CBSC 2015). Buildings that are constructed in accordance with the 2013 Building and Energy Efficiency Standards are 25 percent (residential) to 30 percent (nonresidential) more energy efficient than the 2008 standards as a result of better windows, insulation, lighting, ventilation systems, and other features.

Most recently, the CEC adopted the 2016 Building and Energy Efficiency Standards. The 2016 Standards will continue to improve upon the current 2013 Standards for new construction of, and additions and alterations to, residential and nonresidential buildings. These standards will go into effect on January 1, 2017. Under the 2016 Standards, residential buildings are 28 percent more energy efficient than the 2013 Standards, and nonresidential buildings are 5 percent more energy efficient than the 2013 Standards (CEC 2015a).

The 2016 standards will not achieve zero net energy. However, they do get very close to the state’s goal and make important steps toward changing residential building practices in California. The 2019 standards will take the final step to achieve zero net energy for newly constructed residential buildings throughout California (CEC 2015b).

CALGreen (24 CCR Part 11) is a code with mandatory requirements for new residential and nonresidential buildings throughout California. CALGreen is intended to (1) reduce GHG emissions from buildings; (2) promote environmentally responsible, cost-effective, healthier places to live and work; (3) reduce energy and water consumption; and (4) respond to the directives by the Governor. In short, the code is established to reduce construction waste, make buildings more efficient in the use of materials and energy, and reduce environmental impact during and after construction. CALGreen contains requirements for construction site selection; storm water control during construction; construction waste reduction; indoor water use reduction; material selection; natural resource conservation; site irrigation conservation; and more. The code provides for design options allowing the designer to determine how best to achieve compliance for a given site or building condition. The code also requires building commissioning, which is a process for verifying that all building systems (e.g., heating and cooling equipment and lighting systems) are functioning at their maximum efficiency.

Existing Conditions

Electricity

APUD provides electricity to the City of Anaheim, including the Project Area, serving approximately 119,000 residential and business customers. Anaheim Public Utilities’ power supply comes from resources in Anaheim and across the western United States. APUD supplies more than 3.7 million megawatt-hours a year with an annual historic system peak demand of 593 megawatts (Anaheim 2017). APUD owns the largest municipal solar photovoltaic system on top of a convention center in North America, consisting of 7,908 panels and




producing 3.5 million kilowatt-hours (kWhr) annually, enough to power 600 homes in Anaheim. To date, 128 circuit miles of overhead power lines have been placed underground since 1990. APUD ranks in the top 25 percent of utilities nationwide for electric system reliability, indicating that the City has fewer and shorter power outages than 75 percent of utilities nationwide.

Natural Gas

Southern California Gas Company (SCG) provides gas service in the City of Anaheim and has facilities throughout the City, including the Project Area.

Telephone

Various telephone service providers—such as but not limited to AT&T, Cox, and Spectrum—have multiple facilities throughout the City, including the Project Area.


Although not in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, the following additional thresholds are addressed in the impact analysis. A project would normally have a significant effect on the environment if the project:

U-8 Would result in a need for new systems or supplies or substantial alterations related to electricity.

U-9 Would result in a need for new systems or supplies or substantial alterations related to natural gas.

U-10 Would result in a need for new systems or supplies or substantial alterations related to telephone service

U-11 Would result in a need for new systems or supplies or substantial alterations related to television service/reception.

The Initial Study, included as Appendix A, substantiates that impacts associated with the following thresholds would be less than significant:

Threshold U-11



Impact 5.15-6: The Proposed Project would increase electrical services demands in the Project Area and result in a need for new or upgraded systems. [Threshold U-8]

Impact Analysis: Development pursuant to the Proposed Project would increase the electrical load on existing facilities and require upgrades to the existing system. Based on the CalEEMod default energy rates identified for the greenhouse gas emissions analysis, the existing electricity demands in the Project Area are




22,054,400 kWh/yr. With Proposed Project implementation, electricity demands would increase to 51,624,523 kWh/yr in the Project Area, an increase of 29,570,123 kWh/yr or 1.34 times more than the existing condition. Buildout of the Proposed Project would require installation of transformers, circuit breakers, cabling, and control/monitoring systems for the substation. However, the full completion would depend on the future load growth. Property owners/developers in the Project Area would be required to comply with the CalGreen Building Energy Efficiency Standards to conserve energy. Property owners/developers would also be responsible for payment of appropriate fees for service and infrastructure improvement. Therefore, it is anticipated that impacts from the Proposed Project would be within the expansion capabilities of the APUD. Therefore, the Proposed Project would not result in a significant impact related to electricity.

Impact 5.15-7: The Proposed Project would increase natural gas services demands in the Project Area and result in a need for new or upgraded systems. [Threshold U-8]

Impact Analysis: Development pursuant to the Proposed Project would increase the natural gas demand in the Project Area. The Project Area is already served by SCG, and the increased development intensities of the Proposed Project would require system upgrades. According to the CalEEMod default energy rates identified for the greenhouse gas emissions analysis, the existing natural gas demands in the Project Area are 55,460,663 thousand British Thermal Unit per year (kBTU/yr). Buildout of the Proposed Project would result in a total demand of 142,456,877 kBTU/yr, an increase of 86,996,214 kBTU/yr. However, gas service would be added to the existing system by SCG as necessary to meet the requirements of individual development projects in the Project Area. There are extensive and reliable gas services in the area, and the improvements would comply with the SCG’s policies and extension rules filed with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) when the contractual agreements are made. The availability of natural gas service is based on present gas supply and regulatory policies. As a public utility, SCG is under the auspices of the PUC and federal regulatory agencies. Should these agencies take any action that affects gas supply or the conditions under which service is available, gas service would be provided in accordance with revised conditions. Although implementation of the Proposed Project would create additional demands on natural gas supplies and distribution infrastructure, the increased demands are projected to be within the service capabilities of SCG, and impacts would be less than significant.

Impact 5.15-8: The Proposed Project would increase telephone services demands in the Project Area and result in a need for new or upgraded systems. [Threshold U-8]

Impact Analysis: Development pursuant to the Proposed Project would increase the telephone services demands in the area due to increased development density. There are a number of telephone service providers in the City, including the Project Area, that provide landline and wireless options. It is anticipated that increased development intensities in the area would require upgrades to the existing system. There are extensive telecommunication services in the area, and the improvements would comply with the PUC regulations and policies for the specific service provider under its contractual agreement. As a public utility, telecommunication services are under the auspices of the PUC and federal regulatory agencies. Although implementation of the Proposed Project would create additional demands on telecommunication distribution infrastructure, the increased demands are projected to be within the service capabilities, and impacts would be less than significant.





The Proposed Project would result in increased demand for electrical, natural gas, and telecommunication services. The projected city-wide growth per the adopted General Plan would also increase demands for these services. As the Project Area and the City is already served by individual utility service providers, no major infrastructure improvements to result in significant environmental impacts are anticipated. Additionally, the service providers already have appropriate payment mechanism in place to fund and provide necessary improvements. No significant cumulative impacts are anticipated.


California Building Energy and Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6) and California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) (Title 24, Part 11).

City of Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 10.16, Water and Electricity, Electric Rule, Rates, and Regulations


Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, the following impacts would be less than significant: 5.15-6, 5.15-7, and 5.15-8.


No mitigation measures are necessary.


No significant impacts associated with electrical, natural gas, and telecommunication services have been identified.

5.15.5 References Anaheim, City of. 2017a, November (accessed). City of Anaheim, Public Utilities Department, Resources,

About the Utilities https://www.anaheim.net/1067/About-the-Utilities.

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California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). 2013. Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates. https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/WasteCharacterization/General/Rates.

California Energy Commission (CEC). 2015a. 2016 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, Adoption Hearing Presentation. http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2016standards/rulemaking/documents/ June 10.




———. 2015b. 2016 Building Energy and Efficiency Standards Frequently Asked Questions. http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2016standards/rulemaking/documents/2016_Building_Energy_Efficiency_Standards_FAQ.pdf.

Fuscoe Engineering, Inc. 2018, March 28. Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Infrastructure Technical Report for Hydrology, Sewer, Water, and Water Quality.

Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD). 2017. OCSD Regional Sewer Service. https://www.ocsd.com/services/regional-sewer-service.

Orange County Waste & Recycling (OC Recycle). 2017, November (accessed). Waste & Recycling, Landfill Information, Fact Sheets, Active Landfills. http://www.oclandfills.com/landfill/factsheet

Psomas. 2018, March. Beach Boulevard Specific Plan Water Supply Assessment.

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