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Section 4.0 – Environmental Setting and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />City of Redwood City 22 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Sandpiper Elementary School Facilities Expansion November 2016 <br />4.3.2 Environmental Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />AIR QUALITY <br /> Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No Impact Beneficial <br />Impact <br />Information <br />Source(s) <br />Would the project: <br />1) Conflict with or obstruct <br />implementation of the applicable air <br />quality plan? <br /> 1,7 <br />2) Violate any air quality standard or <br />contribute substantially to an <br />existing or projected air quality <br />violation? <br /> 1,7 <br /> 3) Result in a cumulatively <br />considerable net increase of any <br />criteria pollutant for which the <br />project region is classified as non- <br />attainment under an applicable <br />federal or state ambient air quality <br />standard including releasing <br />emissions which exceed <br />quantitative thresholds for ozone <br />precursors? <br /> 1,7 <br />4) Expose sensitive receptors to <br />substantial pollutant concentrations? <br /> 1,7 <br />5) Create objectionable odors affecting <br />a substantial number of people? <br /> 1 <br /> <br /> <br />4.3.3 Air Quality Impacts <br /> <br />As previously discussed at the beginning of Section 4.0, on December 17, 2015, the California <br />Supreme Court issued an opinion in “CBIA vs. BAAQMD” holding that CEQA, with several specific <br />exceptions, is primarily concerned with the impacts of a project on the environment and generally <br />does not require agencies to analyze the impact of existing conditions on a project’s future users or <br />residents unless the project risks exacerbating those environmental hazards or risks that already <br />exist. One exception relates to school projects. CEQA requires agencies to evaluate a project site‘s <br />environmental conditions to determine if school sites are located in close proximity to freeways or <br />other operations that might emit hazardous air emissions. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />7.A. - Page 53