ISP Draft EIR/S: Draft Replacement for Table 3

Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Spartina Control Program
April 2003

Table 3.6-1: Summary of Potential Human Health and Safety Effects
Impact	Manual Removal (Hand pulling and manual excavation)	Mechanical Removal (Excavation, dredging, and shredding)	Pruning, Hand-mowing, and Smothering	Flooding (Diking, drowning, salinity variation)	Burning	Herbicide Application	Beneficial Effects
HS-1: Worker Injury from Accidents Associated with Manual and Mechanical Cordgrass Treatment.	All Alternatives: Minor worker injuries are possible during treatment activities.	All Alternatives: Minor worker injuries are possible during treatment activities.	All Alternatives: Minor worker injuries are possible during treatment activities.	All Alternatives: Minor worker injuries are possible during treatment activities.	All Alternatives: Minor worker burns are possible during treatment activities.	Alternatives 1 & 3: Minor worker injuries are possible during manual spraying activities.	N/A
HS-2: Worker Health Effects from Herbicide Application.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	Alternatives 1 & 3: Significant but mitigable worker health effects are possible from worker inhalation and contact with herbicides during treatment activities.	N/A
HS-3: Health Effects to the Public from Herbicide Application.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	No impact.	Alternatives 1 & 3: Significant but mitigable public health effects are possible from worker inhalation and contact with herbicides during treatment activities. Alternative 2: No impact.	N/A

Impact

Manual Removal
(Hand pulling and manual excavation)

Mechanical Removal
(Excavation, dredging, and shredding)

Pruning, Hand-mowing, and Smothering

Flooding
(Diking, drowning, salinity variation)

Burning

Herbicide Application

Beneficial Effects

HS-4: Health Effects to Workers or the Public from Accidents Associated with Treatment.

No impact.

All Alternatives: Minor public health effects are possible from accidental releases of fuels during treatment activities.

All Alternatives: Minor public health effects are possible from accidental fires and releases of fuels during treatment activities.

Alternatives 1 & 3: Significant but mitigable public health effects are possible from accidental spills of herbicides during treatment activities.

Alternative 2: No impact.

N/A