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Section 4.0 – Environmental Setting and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />City of Redwood City 47 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />Sandpiper Elementary School Facilities Expansion November 2016 <br />4.7.2 Environmental Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS <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 <br />Impact <br />Beneficial <br />Impact <br />Information <br />Source(s) <br />Would the project: <br />1) Generate greenhouse gas <br />emissions, either directly or <br />indirectly, that may have a <br />significant impact on the <br />environment? <br /> 1,7 <br />2) Conflict with an applicable plan, <br />policy or regulation adopted for the <br />purpose of reducing the emissions <br />of greenhouse gases? <br /> 1 <br /> <br /> <br />4.7.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts <br /> <br />4.7.3.1 Thresholds of Significance <br /> <br />As discussed in Section 4.3.3.1 Air Quality, Thresholds of Significance, the determination of whether <br />a project may have a significant effect on the environment is made by the lead agency, based upon <br />substantial evidence. The City considers the BAAQMD thresholds to be based on the best <br />information available for the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin and supported by substantial <br />evidence. Scientific information supporting the thresholds was documented in BAAQMD’s <br />proposed thresholds of significance analysis.17 Accordingly, this IS uses the thresholds and <br />methodologies from BAAQMD’s May 2011 CEQA Air Quality Guidelines to determine the <br />potential air quality and GHG emissions impacts of the proposed project. <br /> <br />4.7.3.2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Checklist Question 1) <br /> <br />Operation Emissions <br /> <br />The GHG emissions associated with project operation would mostly result from the incremental <br />increase in fuel used to transport to and from school the additional 220 students and associated staff <br />that would be accommodated by the project, and the energy used to power the proposed two-story <br />modular classroom building and the Kindergarten classroom. <br /> <br /> <br />17 BAAQMD. California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Update Proposed Thresholds of Significance. <br />December 2009. <br />7.A. - Page 78