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<br /> <br />Red Morton Community Park Sports Lighting Initial Study <br />City of Redwood City 29 June 2015 <br />diesel exhaust and wood smoke. Long-term and short-term exposure to PM2.5 can cause a wide range <br />of health effects. In addition to anthropogenic sources, there are also natural or “biogenic” sources of <br />some pollutants. For example, some species of trees and vegetation emit volatile organic compounds <br />(VOCs) that contribute to formation of ozone in the atmosphere.6 <br /> <br />Common stationary source types of TACs and PM2.5 include gasoline stations, dry cleaners, and <br />diesel backup generators which are subject to permit requirements. The other, often more significant, <br />common source is motor vehicles. <br /> <br />4.3.1.5 Sensitive Receptors <br /> <br />BAAQMD defines sensitive receptors as facilities where sensitive receptor population groups <br />(children, the elderly, the acutely ill and the chronically ill) are likely to be located. These land uses <br />include residences, schools, playgrounds, child-care centers, retirement homes, convalescent homes, <br />hospitals, and medical clinics. The sensitive receptors nearest to the project site are Red Morton <br />Community Park itself, and the residences surrounding the park on Myrtle Street, Madison Avenue, <br />Valota Road, Roosevelt Avenue, and King Street. <br /> <br />4.3.1.6 Regulatory Setting and Programs <br /> <br />Federal, state, and regional agencies regulate air quality in the Bay Area Air Basin. At the federal <br />level, the USEPA is responsible for overseeing implementation of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA). <br />The CARB is the state agency that regulates mobile sources throughout the state and oversees <br />implementation of the state air quality laws and regulations, including the California Clean Air Act. <br />The primary agency that regulates air quality in the project area is BAAQMD. BAAQMD has permit <br />authority over stationary sources, acts as the primary reviewing agency for environmental <br />documents, and develops regulations that must be consistent with or more stringent than, federal and <br />state air quality laws and regulations. <br /> <br />BAAQMD prepared and adopted the Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan (CAP). This CAP updates the <br />most recent ozone plan, the 2005 Ozone Strategy. Unlike previous Bay Area CAPs, the 2010 CAP is <br />a multi-pollutant air quality plan addressing four categories of air pollutants: <br /> <br /> Ground-level ozone and the key ozone precursor pollutants (reactive organic gases and <br />nitrogen oxide), as required by State law; <br /> Particulate matter, primarily PM2.5, as well as the precursors to secondary PM2.5; <br /> Toxic air contaminants (TACs); and <br /> Greenhouse gases. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6 BAAQMD. 2010. Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan. p. 1-9. <br />8.A. - Page 46