AgdaPkt 2016-04-25 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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7.B. - Page 74 2 Environmental Analysis 100-year period,a pound of methane has 21 times the global warming effect of a pound carbon dioxide. The identification of a greenhouse gas in terms of its global warming potential is its "carbon dioxide equivalent." California has adopted Assembly Bill (AB) 32,the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which requires the reduction of GHG emissions in California in order to reduce potential climate change impacts, reduce dependence on oil, diversify energy sources, save energy, create new jobs, and enhance public health. AB 32 provides for programs to reduce emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020,including the Low Carbon Fuel Standard,which incorporates 10 percent biofuels in state petroleum products; the Renewable Electricity Standard,which requires 33 percent renewable energy in electricity sold in California; regional transportation targets; and the cap and trade program,which plans to reduce emissions from electric utilities,large industrial sources,refineries, and distributions of transportation and natural gas sources by 15 percent. SB 375 (2008). This bill requires coordination between transportation planning and land use planning. The bill directs CARB to develop regional greenhouse gas emission reduction targets from automobile and light truck sectors by 2020 and 2035. CARE is working with California's 18 metropolitan planning organizations to align their regional transportation,housing, and land use plans and prepare a "sustainable communities strategy" to reduce vehicle miles traveled in their respective communities. State CEQA Guidelines. The Office of Planning and Research adopted amended CEQA Guidelines concerning greenhouse gas emissions on March 18,2010. The new guidelines require estimation and analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from proposed projects and give lead agencies the discretion to determine the type of methodology to use to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions. The amended guidelines provide guidance on determining the significance of a project's greenhouse gas emissions as well as appropriate mitigation measures. The factors to be considered include the extent to which a project increases or reduces greenhouse gases compared to the existing setting, comparison to a threshold of significance that the lead agency determined applies to the project,and compliance with adopted local, regional, or statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction plans. BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines. The 2010 BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines set numeric significance thresholds for operational emissions from stationary sources and for projects other than stationary sources. The BAAQMD has not set a numeric threshold for construction emissions,but encourages implementation of BMPs for limiting greenhouse gas emissions during construction. The BAAQMD significance threshold for stationary sources is 10,000 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year. The BAAQMD has three alternative significance thresholds for land use projects other than stationary sources,which includes residential, commercial,and public land use facilities (see Appendix J). The proposed emergency generator for the storm drain pump station would require a BAAQMD Permit to Operate,and,because of this permit, the BAAQMD classifies the project as a stationary source. The 2010 BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines are subject to challenge and a court order, but the City is exercising its discretion to use the greenhouse gas significance thresholds 2-34 US 101 Pedestrian Undercrossing and Bair Island Road Storm Drain Pump Station Project