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City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan, CAP Format, Approach, and Content ATTACHMENT 1 Policies, Regulations, Plans and Legal Agreements that influence the Climate Action Plan Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). The current BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines, adopted in June, 2010, state that, for the purpose of determining the significance of GHG impacts in CEQA documents, proposed projects that are consistent with a "qualified climate action plan" would be considered less than significant. A qualified climate action plan is defined as including: • GHG Inventory for current year and forecast for 2020; • An adopted GHG reduction Goal for 2020; • Feasible reduction measures to reduce GHG emissions for 2020 to the identified target; • Inclusion of relevant measures from the AB 32 Scoping Plan; • Quantification of the reduction effectiveness of each measure; • Implementation steps and financing mechanisms, identification or responsible parties; • Monitoring and updating the inventory and reduction plan at least every 5 years; • Schedule of Implementation; • Certified CEQA document. Assembly Bill 32 (2006). AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires California to reduce State -wide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. AB 32 directs the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop and implement regulations that reduce statewide GHG emissions. AB 32 requires ARB to adopt a quantified cap on GHG emissions that represents 1990 emissions levels, institute a schedule to meet the emissions cap, and develop tracking, reporting, and enforcement tools to ensure that the State achieves the required GHG emissions reductions. Climate Change Scoping Plan. The Climate Change Scoping Plan was approved by ARB in December 2008 and outlines the State's plan to achieve the GHG reductions required in AB 32. The Scoping Plan contains the primary strategics California will implement to achieve a reduction of 169 MMT CO2e, or approximately 28% from the State's projected 2020 emission level. Executive Order S- 03 -05. Executive Order S -03 -05 proclaims that California is vulnerable to the effects of climate change including reduced snowpack in the Siena Nevada Mountains, exacerbation of California's existing air quality problems, and sea level rise. To address these concerns, the executive order established targets for reducing GHG emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 California Clean Air Act (1988). The standards containcd in this Act are more restrictive than parallel federal standards. The Act requires that each regulatory authority governing air pollutant emissions Al -1