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8. RESOLUTION NO. __________ - FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR\nBERTHS 191-194 ECOCEM LOW-CARBON CEMENT PROCESSING FACILITY PROJECT\n(APP NO. 180628-109/STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2022030294)\nSummary: Staff requests certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the\nBerths 191-194 Ecocem Materials Ltd (Ecocem) Low-Carbon Cement Processing Facility Project\n(Project) prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The\nproposed Project would construct and operate a new dry bulk processing facility at Berth 191 and\non the backlands adjacent to Berths 192-194. The facility would import raw materials by ship and\ntruck, produce a low-carbon intensity binder (ground granulated blast furnace slag [GGBFS]), and\nload third-party trucks that would transport the GGBFS to local consumers. As part of the proposed\nProject, Ecocem has also applied for a new 32-year permit. In this action, the Board of Harbor\nCommissioners (Board) will need to independently review and consider the Final EIR and, if\ndeemed adequate under CEQA, certify the Final EIR; adopt specific Findings of Fact (FOF)\nregarding the significant environmental impacts; adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations\n(SOC); and adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP). With the application of\nmitigation, lease measures, and a standard condition, significant and unavoidable impacts and\nconsiderable contributions to significant cumulative impacts would remain in the areas of air quality\nand meteorology as well as noise. The Harbor Department will be financially responsible for the\nrepairs at Berth 191. All other portions of the proposed Project are the financial responsibility of\nEcocem Materials Ltd.\n8. (Continued)\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Berths\n191-194 Low-Carbon Cement Processing Facility Project and that the document: (a) has been\ncompleted in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code\n§21000 et seq.), with the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs.\n§15000 et. seq.), and the City of Los Angeles California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines; (b)\nwas presented to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for review and was reviewed and considered\nby the Board prior to approving the proposed Project; and (c) reflects the independent judgment\nand analysis of the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department as the Lead Agency; (2) find that, in\naccordance with the information contained in the Final Environmental Impact Report, the Proposed\nProject will have significant environmental effects on air quality, meteorology and noise, as defined\nby Public Resources Code Sections 21068, 21080, 21082.2, and 21083 and the State California\nEnvironmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15064, 15064.4, 15064.5, and 15382; (3) find that,\nin accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section\n15091(a)(1), changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the Berths 191-194\nEcocem Low-Carbon Cement Processing Facility Project that substantially lessens or avoids one\nor more of the significant adverse environmental impacts identified in the Final Environmental\nImpact Report; (4) find that, in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental\nQuality Act Guidelines Section 15091(a)(3), specific economic, legal, social, technological, or other\nconsiderations make infeasible certain mitigation measures such that environmental impacts\nremain significant and unavoidable; (5) find that all information added to the Final Environmental\nImpact Report after public notice of the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for\npublic review but before certification, merely clarifies, amplifies, or makes insignificant modifications\nin an adequate Environmental Impact Report, and recirculation is not necessary; (6) find that, in\naccordance with Public Resources Code Section 21081(b) and California Environmental Quality Act\nGuidelines Section 15093, the benefits outweigh the significant and unavoidable environmental\nimpacts; (7) adopt the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations; (8) adopt the\nMitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as required by Public Resources Code Section\n21081.6. The Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program is designed to ensure compliance with\nthe mitigation and lease measures and a standard condition adopted to mitigate or avoid significant\neffects on the environment, and identifies the responsibilities of the City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment, as Lead Agency, to monitor and verify project compliance with those mitigation and\nlease measures and a standard condition; (9) approve the Berths 191-194 Ecocem Low-Carbon\nCement Processing Facility Project identified in the Final Environmental Impact Report including all\nfeasible mitigation measures, lease measures and a standard condition with consideration of the\nFindings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and\nReporting Program; (10) direct the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department to incorporate by\nreference the Final Environmental Impact Report, mitigation measures, lease measures, standard\ncondition, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program into any and all lease agreements or\nassignments encompassed in the approved Project; (11) authorize the Environmental Management\nDivision to file the Notice of Determination with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the State\nClearinghouse; and (12) adopt Resolution No. _______.