Example: air traffic controller

GUIDE FOR ASSESSING AND - Valley Air

Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 2 of 125 Contributors The following staff of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District contributed to various aspects of developing this document. Document Prepared by: Arnaud Marjollet Permit Services Director Mark Montelongo Senior Air Quality Specialist Patia Siong Supervising Air Quality Specialist Chay Thao Program Manager David Warner Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer Technical Contributions by: Glenn Reed Senior Air Quality Specialist Leland Villalvazo Supervising Air Quality Specialist Jessica Willis Air Quality Specialist Sharla Yang Air Quality Specialist Other Contributions.

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for Assessing and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 3 of 125

Tags:

  Assessing, For assessing and

Information

Domain:

Source:

Link to this page:

Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:

Other abuse

Transcription of GUIDE FOR ASSESSING AND - Valley Air

1 Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 2 of 125 Contributors The following staff of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District contributed to various aspects of developing this document. Document Prepared by: Arnaud Marjollet Permit Services Director Mark Montelongo Senior Air Quality Specialist Patia Siong Supervising Air Quality Specialist Chay Thao Program Manager David Warner Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer Technical Contributions by: Glenn Reed Senior Air Quality Specialist Leland Villalvazo Supervising Air Quality Specialist Jessica Willis Air Quality Specialist Sharla Yang Air Quality Specialist Other Contributions.

2 Annette Ballatore-Williamson District Counsel Jessica Hafer Fierro Assistant Counsel David Lighthall, Health Science Advisor Jerry Sandhu Senior Air Quality Engineer Georgia Stewart Air Quality Specialist Johnathan Yoshimura Air Quality Engineer San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 3 of 125 Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .. 6 GLOSSARY .. 7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Purpose of this GUIDE .. 12 Using This GUIDE .. 12 CHAPTER 2 SAN JOAQUIN Valley AIR BASIN Introduction .. 15 Topography .. 16 Climate .. 17 Wind Patterns .. 17 Temperature, Sunlight and Ozone Production .. 18 Temperature Inversions .. 19 Precipitation, Humidity and Fog .. 19 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Sites.

3 19 CHAPTER 3 AIR POLLUTANTS AND ATTAINMENT STATUS Introduction .. 23 Federal and State Ambient Air Quality Standards .. 23 Criteria Pollutants .. 24 Other Pollutants .. 27 Attainment Status .. 28 Air Quality Plans .. 29 CHAPTER 4 GREENHOUSE GASES Introduction .. 32 Common Greenhouse Gases .. 32 CHAPTER 5 AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION SOURCES Introduction .. 36 Point Sources (Stationary Sources) .. 36 Area Sources .. 37 Mobile Sources .. 37 Natural Sources .. 37 CHAPTER 6 LAND USE AND AIR QUALITY Introduction .. 39 Land Use Planning .. 40 Assembly Bill 170, Reyes (AB 170) .. 42 District Rule 9510 (Indirect Source Review).. 43 Potential Land Use Conflicts and Exposure of Sensitive Receptors .. 44 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 4 of 125 CHAPTER 7 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Introduction.

4 47 Roles in the CEQA Process .. 48 Lead Agency .. 49 Responsible Agency .. 50 Trustee/Commenting 51 Environmental Review Process .. 52 CEQA Steps .. 52 Consultation with the District .. 61 Determining Significance .. 62 Thresholds of Significance .. 63 Environmental Checklist Air Quality Impacts .. 64 Conflict With or Obstruct Implementation of the Applicable Air Quality Plan? .. 65 Violate any Air Quality Standard or Contribute Substantially to an Existing or Projected Air Quality Violation? .. 65 Result in a Cumulatively Considerable Net Increase of any Criteria Pollutant? . 65 Expose Sensitive Receptors to Substantial Pollutant Concentrations? .. 66 Create Objectionable Odors Affecting a Substantial Number of People? .. 66 Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative or Mitigated Negative Declaration.

5 67 Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact Report .. 68 Disclosure of Significant Environmental Impacts .. 68 Consideration and Discussion of Mitigation Measures .. 70 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting .. 70 CEQA Streamlining .. 71 Relationship between CEQA and NEPA .. 71 CHAPTER 8 ASSESSING AIR QUALITY IMPACTS Introduction .. 74 District Rules and Regulations .. 75 Thresholds of Significance Criteria Pollutant Emissions .. 80 Thresholds of Significance Ambient Air Quality .. 90 Thresholds of Significance Toxic Air Contaminants .. 99 Thresholds of Significance Odors .. 102 Thresholds of Significance Accidental Releases .. 104 Thresholds of Significance Cumulative Impacts .. 105 Thresholds of Significance Greenhouse Gas Emissions .. 110 CHAPTER 9 MITIGATION MEASURES Introduction.

6 115 Voluntary Emission Reduction Agreement .. 116 Mitigating Criteria Pollutants Emission Impacts .. 118 Mitigating Hazardous Air Pollutants .. 122 Mitigating Odor Impacts .. 122 Mitigating Air Quality Impacts from General and Area Plan Level .. 123 Air Quality Design Guidelines .. 124 Quantifying Mitigation Measures .. 125 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 5 of 125 List of Figures Figure 1: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Boundaries .. 15 Figure 2: Aerial View of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin .. 16 Figure 3: District Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Sites .. 20 Figure 4: Sources of NOx Emissions within the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin .. 40 Figure 5: CEQA Process Flowchart .. 60 Figure 6: Process of Determining Significance of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

7 113 List of Tables Table 1: San Joaquin Valley Attainment Status .. 29 Table 2: Air Quality Thresholds of Significance Criteria Pollutants .. 80 Table 3: Ambient Air Quality Standards .. 91 Table 4: AAQA Analysis Screening Levels For Development Project .. 96 Table 5: Air Quality Thresholds of Significance Toxic Air Contaminants .. 99 Table 6: Screening Levels for Potential Odor Sources .. 103 San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 6 of 125 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACM Asbestos Containing Material ADT Average Daily Trips APCD San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District APS Auxiliary Power System ARB California Air Resources Board ATCM Air Toxics Control Measure BACT Best Available Control Technology for Construction Equipment CAAA 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards CAMP Construction Activity Management Plan CAP Clean Air Plan for San Luis Obispo County CAPCOA California Air Pollution Control officers Associations CCR California Code of Regulations CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CNG Compressed Natural Gas CO Carbon Monoxide CO2 Carbon Dioxide DEIR Draft Environmental Impact Report DOC Diesel Oxidation Catalyst DPM Diesel Particulate Matter EIR Environmental Impact Report EPA

8 United States Environmental Protection Agency GAMAQI Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts GHG Greenhouse Gases HRA Health Risk Assessment ISR Indirect Source Review ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers LNG Liquid Natural Gas /m3 Micrograms per Cubic Meter NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards NESHAP National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants NO Nitrogen Oxide NOA Naturally Occurring Asbestos NOP Notice of Preparation NOx Oxides of Nitrogen PM Particulate Matter Particulate Matter ( m and smaller) PM10 Particulate Matter (10 m in size and smaller) ROG Reactive Organic Gases SJVAPCD San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District tpy Tons per Year TAC Toxic Air Contaminant m Micrometer [micron] VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled VOC Volatile Organic Compounds San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Guidance for ASSESSING and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts March 19, 2015 Page 7 of 125 GLOSSARY Area Sources: A collection of similar emission units within a geographic area ( , a County) that are small and numerous and may not have been inventoried as specific point, mobile, or biogenic sources.

9 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has grouped these individual sources with other like sources into area source categories. These source categories are grouped in such a way that they can be estimated collectively using one methodology. Area-Wide Sources: Sources of pollution where the emissions are spread over a wide area, such as consumer products, fireplaces, road dust and farming operations. Area-wide sources do not include mobile sources or stationary sources. Climate Change: Climate change refers to long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other elements of the earth's climate system. An ever-increasing body of scientific research attributes these climatological changes to greenhouse gases (GHGs), particularly those generated from the human production and use of fossil fuels.

10 Commenting Agency: See Trustee Agency . Criteria Pollutant: The EPA has identified ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, and lead as criteria pollutants. The EPA calls these pollutants "criteria" air pollutants because it regulates them by developing human health-based and/or environmentally-based guidelines (criteria) for setting permissible levels. Cumulative Impacts: Refers to two or more individual effects which, when considered together, are considerable or which compound or increase other environmental impacts. (a) The individual effects may be changes resulting from a single project or a number of separate projects. (b) The cumulative impact from several projects is the change in the environment which results from the incremental impact of the project when added to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable probable future projects.


Related search queries