AgdaPkt 2016-04-25 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.B. - Page 48 2 Environmental Analysis regulations set fuel standards,impose limits on idling for construction equipment, and limit emissions from diesel engines,including construction equipment. The CARB Off-Road regulations require reporting individual equipment and engine information and set declining fleet-wide emissions limits for contractors beginning in 2014. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) formulates policies and adopts regulations for the control of air pollution within the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay, including San Mateo County: The BAAQMD Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan (CAP) provides a control strategy to reduce ozone,particulate matter,air toxics, and greenhouse gases to achieve state standards. The BAAQMD also permits stationary sources, develops emission inventories, and collects air-monitoring data. BAAQMD has adopted air quality guidelines that assist lead agencies in evaluating the significance of projects in the San Francisco Bay Air Basin under CEQA. The BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines include significance thresholds,assessment methodologies,and mitigation strategies for criteria pollutants, air toxics, odors, and greenhouse gas emissions,based upon the scientific and other factual data prepared in developing these guidelines. On March 5,2012, the Superior Court of Alameda County issued a judgment finding that the air district had failed to comply with CEQA when it adopted the new thresholds in 2010 and ordered the BAAQMD to cease dissemination of the threshold until it had complied with CEQA. The City notes that the court ruling did not address the merits of the 2010 thresholds or the factual and scientific information used to develop the guidelines. The City has carefully considered the thresholds prepared by BAAQMD and regards them as the best information available for the air basin. Therefore, the analyses in this Initial Study are based upon the methodologies in the 2010 BAAQMD CEQA Air Quality Guidelines,and the City exercises its discretion to use these thresholds for determining the significance of air quality impacts from the proposed project. The BAAQMD defines sensitive receptors as "facilities or land uses that include members of the population that are particularly sensitive to the effects of air pollutants, such as children,the elderly, and people with illnesses" (BAAQMD,2010). Nearby sensitive receptors include the residences at One Marina,approximately 400 feet northeast of the pump station area, and the residential mixed-use units in the North Main Street Specific Plan area, approximately 450 feet south of the Main Street portion of the project area. Both projects are currently under construction and are expected to be partially occupied during construction activities. Other sensitive receptors within 1,000 feet of the project are the houseboats along Redwood Creek, approximately 675 feet east of the project, and the Marina Points neighborhood at the end of Bair Island Road,more than 900 feet from the project. The residential areas along Brewster Avenue in the Centennial neighborhood are more than 1,500 feet from the project. 2-8 US 101 Pedestrian Undercrossing and Bair Island Road Storm Drain Pump Station Project