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<br />7A - ATTACHMENT NO.2 <br />Page 38 <br /> <br />BAAQMD's progress regarding the development of this rule. If adopted, the <br />Indirect Source Rule is likely to apply to the Saltworks project and, as such, <br />would provide BAAQMD with permitting authority over the project. <br /> <br />· CARB has issued guidance to local land-use agencies regarding health risks <br />associated with siting projects at locations that are near other facilities that emit <br />significant quantities of pollutants. (CARB, Air Quality and Land Use <br />Handbook: A Community Health Perspective (April 2005).) The facilities <br />identified as potential sources of significant quantities of pollutants include <br />ports and heavily travelled freeway corridors. In light of the Saltworks site's <br />proximity to U.S. 101 and the Port of Redwood City, the City should ensure <br />that the environmental analysis is performed in a manner that gives appropriate <br />consideration to this guidance. <br /> <br />· BAAQMD is implementing Community Air Risk Evaluation program to <br />evaluate and reduce health risks associated with exposures to toxic air <br />contaminants in the Bay Area. The program involves an examination of <br />emissions from point sources, area sources and on-road and off-road mobile <br />sources with an emphasis on diesel exhaust. In addition, as noted above, <br />BAAQMD is updating its CEQA guidance. As part of this effort, BAAQMD <br />has proposed adopting screening level analysis and risk modeling from toxic <br />air emissions sources and roadways. In light of the Saltworks site's proximity <br />to U.S. 101 and the Port, the City should monitor BAAQMD's implementation <br />of this program, and should ensure that the EIR is prepared in a manner that <br />that gives appropriate consideration to BAAQMD's updated guidance <br />regarding risk assessment and modeling. <br /> <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions/Climate Change. Both CARB and BAAQMD are <br />developing guidance concerning how to evaluate a proposed project's contribution to <br />greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions. On November 14, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger <br />issued Executive Order S-13-08. This order directed the Resources Agency to identify <br />how state agencies could respond to rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, <br />sea level rise, and extreme natural events. <br /> <br />In response to this directive, on December 2, 2009, the Resources Agency <br />published the "California Climate Adaptation Strategy" ("CAS"). In addition to <br />identifying comprehensive state adaptation strategies, the Resources Agency worked with <br />seven Climate Adaptation Working Groups to formulate strategies in the following <br />resource areas: public health; ocean and coastal resources; water supply and flood <br />protection; agriculture; forestry; biodiversity and habitat; and transportation and energy <br />infrastructure. The CAS distinguished between short-term actions to be completed by the <br />end of 2010 and long-term actions to be developed over time. The CAS is designed to <br /> <br />38 <br />