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8. B. - Page 57 <br /> A recent anal�lsis fourld tllat air �o]]r.itioal fronl consfir�ctian <br /> equipn�eni is already taking a heavy toll on ti�e health azad ecanoinic well�- <br /> being oF Caiif'c�r��ians. T1�►is study Fou�id t��aY the Sat� Francisco Bay �Lrea <br /> air basEn is second onty ta tl�e I�os Angeles area ir� health azad econa���ic <br /> dama�e fro�n co��struction ec��i�rt�ent emissions. Fc�r 2005, tl�is inc�udes <br /> estianates of more than I50 pz•eanatu.re deatns, l00 hospitalizatians for <br /> res�i:•atory and cardio-vascular disease, more �l�an 280 cases af acute <br /> bz°c��lchitis, 3,000 �.ncidences af asthf��a attaci<s and oth.er ]ower res}�iratory <br /> syz���tams, 44,000 days of lost worl� and scl�e�ol a}�seraces, ar�.d well �ver <br /> I�0,000 days of � act�vity. This l�ss of life a�ad p�aductivity cost <br /> tile resid�nts of the Sar� Ft•a��ciscQ I3ay Area air• basiza an estimated $t .2 <br /> �?1��1Qt3. <br /> The prc�pone��ts have failed to c��arly identify the al[ flf the TACs <br /> that will be released at the site a��d have ��at adequately addressed their <br /> i�npacts o�� the surroundinb com���z�ity. The propo���t�ts should revise <br /> tl�eir analys'ss, detail wk�at is being releasec� from tl�e site, and calculat� the <br /> h�alth irnpacts from �he releases s�� a SEIR. <br /> I��. �EIIZ Fa��s "�'a Desea-i�e �.I� Ai�- PcslIutio� Saur�es I� t£�� <br /> �'ro,�ec� Area <br /> TI�e propone��ts have failecl to identify al� sigs�i�ca�lt air pollutiora. <br /> so€trces in the area (�ce Fi�ure 2). Izntr�ediateiy north of the sitc <br /> (approximate(y 20� feet} is a�arge shopping naall ancl large pa� lot <br /> that covers appro�zrnately 1,OOU f�et x 1,000 feet. Iz��nediately north and <br /> east af tY�e site (app�°oximately 1,023 feet), a n�ajac• railr�ad spur exists. <br /> 9 Uniorta of Concernec€ Scientists, Digging up Tro€�ble: Constructinn <br /> �'all�tio�� i.n the Bay Area; <br /> I�it :/Iw���w.ucsusa.or�lassefsldoct�i��e��tslcle�i� vehiclesrBa -Area-Fact-Slieet. �cif, <br /> accessud �Vlarch 27, 2008. <br /> as�E�_�o7v Pa�e l 0 c�f 14 <br />