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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 Qualit

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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.

3 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 .. 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.

4 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.

5 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?

6 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 .. 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.

7 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 .. 115 Voluntary Emission Reduction Agreement .. 116 Mitigating Criteria Pollutants Emission Impacts.

8 118 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.

9 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 .. 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.

10 103 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


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