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Estimator Model version 2016.3.1 (CaIEEMod) and will include a screening level construction health risk assessment. Assess project operation period impacts. The project would generate new vehicular trips within the region. Emissions associated with long-term operations from vehicle trips and other sources will be calculated with CaIEEMod. Identify mitigation measures. LSA will identify any new mitigation measures to address any significant project or cumulative impacts that were not identified in 2003. Mitigation measures designed to reduce the project's short-term construction and long- term air quality impacts will be identified. Mitigation measures established by the BAAQMD for dust suppression will be identified to reduce construction impacts. Both an evaluation of the potential mitigation measures and a discussion of their effectiveness will be provided. c. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy. Construction and operation of the proposed project would result in the consumption of fuel and energy resulting in the emission of greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gas emissions and use of energy resources were not analyzed in the previous EIR; analysis of the topic of greenhouse gas emissions was added to the CEQA Guidelines in March 2010 and the topic of energy is expected to be added in the summer of 2017. Typically, an individual project does not generate sufficient greenhouse gas emissions to influence global climate change significantly on its own; therefore, the issue of global climate change is cumulative in nature. The proposed project, through construction and operational activities, would generate greenhouse gas emissions that would cumulatively contribute to global climate change. The Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy section of the SEIR will include a technical analysis evaluating the impacts of project -related energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. LSA will conduct the following subtasks as part of this analysis: Describe the existing environmental setting. LSA will summarize up-to-date information related to global climate change, along with the climate/meteorological conditions in the project vicinity, and the State, regional, and local setting. Describe the existing regulatory framework. The existing regulatory framework for global climate change will identify applicable federal, State, and City of Redwood City policies, regulations, and programs. The City's Climate Action Plan will also be reviewed and referenced in this section. Assess project greenhouse gas emissions. LSA will provide a quantitative assessment of greenhouse gas emissions associated with all relevant sources related to the project, including construction activities, new vehicle trips, energy consumption, water usage, and solid waste generation and disposal using CaIEEMod. Page 14 of 19 REV: 06-16-17 PR ATTY/AGR.2017.138/LSA - KaiserMOB2EIR