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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 4 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Environmental Consequences PAGE 4-127 4.4 LAND USE Land use impacts would occur as a result of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the proposed Project and would be caused by the displacement or alteration of existing uses. 4.4.1 Methods and Impact Types 4.4.1.1 Analysis Methods The methodology used to assess impacts on land use included: • Identifying the types of proposed Project effects on land uses; • Evaluating the sensitivity of specific land uses to change; • Developing criteria for assessing impact intensity; • Assessing impacts based on required design features (RDFs); • Introducing specific mitigation measures in specific locations to reduce impacts; • Evaluating residual impacts; and • Comparing Action Alternatives based on land use impacts. 4.4.1.2 Impact Criteria Resource sensitivity was considered in determining how susceptible to change land uses would be from the introduction of the proposed Project. Land use impacts were based on sensitivity and potential change that could occur to land uses as a result of Project construction. Sensitivity is a measure of the probable responses that a land use would have to the direct and indirect impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposed Project. Refer to Table 4.4-1 for land use resource sensitivity. Potential change describes the physical, operational, or social changes that could potentially occur to a land use. Changes are brought about by: • Acquisition of land or property rights to develop the proposed Project; • Construction of the Project; • The physical presence and operation of the Project; and • Managing the right-of-way (ROW) corridor and maintaining the Project. The potential for change from introducing the proposed Project differs from one land use category to another with respect to what might be altered and to what extent. This potential for change is predicted by evaluating the environmental conditions, the Project description, and RDFs. 4.4.1.3 Impact Types Physical impacts to land uses were assessed along the centerline of each of the route segments for the inventoried land use categories. The impact types identified for land uses along the centerlines of Action Alternative route segments include any impact that: • Displaces, alters, or otherwise physically affects any existing, developing, or planned residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional use or activity. • Displaces, alters, or otherwise physically affects any existing agricultural use or activity. • Alters or otherwise physically affects any established, designated or planned park, recreation, preservation, or educational use area or activity.