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Environmental Checklist and City of Pleasanton–10x Genomics Project Environmental Evaluation Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 28 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480024/ISMND/wp/21480024 10x Genomics Project Full Screencheck ISMND.docx acknowledges that the BAAQMD’s two stated goals of protection are closely related. As such, the 2017 Clean Air Plan identifies a wide range of control measures intended to decrease both criteria air pollutants 13 and greenhouse gases (GHG).14 The 2017 Clean Air Plan also accounts for projections of population growth provided by the Association of Bay Area Governments and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and identifies strategies to bring regional emissions into compliance with federal and State air quality standards. A project would be judged to conflict with or obstruct implementation of the 2017 Clean Air Plan if it would result in substantial new regional emissions not foreseen in the air quality planning process. The BAAQMD does not provide a numerical threshold of significance for project-level consistency analysis with AQPs. Therefore, the following criteria will be used for determining a project’s consistency with the AQP. • Criterion 1: Does the project support the primary goals of the AQP? • Criterion 2: Does the project include applicable control measures from the AQP? • Criterion 3: Does the project disrupt or hinder implementation of any AQP control measures? Criterion 1 The primary goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan, the current AQP to date, are to: • Attain air quality standards; • Reduce population exposure to unhealthy air and protecting public health in the Bay Area; and • Reduce GHG emissions and protect the climate. A measure for determining if the proposed project supports the primary goals of the AQP is if the proposed project would result in an increase in the frequency or severity of existing air quality violations, cause or contribute to new violations, or delay timely attainment of air quality standards or the interim emission reductions specified in the AQPs. The development of the AQP is based in part on the land use general plan determinations of the various cities and counties that constitute the Air Basin. The City of Pleasanton General Plan Land Use Element designates the project site as Retail/Highway Service/Commercial/Business and Professional Offices, which is generally intended to accommodate retail, commercial, and professional office uses, and may accommodate warehouse under certain circumstances.15 Therefore, the proposed project is considered consistent with the General Plan land use designation. Because the proposed project would not increase the VMT generated during project operation compared to the assumptions used in the AQP, it is reasonable to conclude that the proposed project would not adversely affect implementation of the AQP. 13 The EPA has established National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six of the most common air pollutants—carbon monoxide, lead, ground-level ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide—known as “criteria” air pollutants (or simply “criteria pollutants”). 14 A greenhouse gas is any gaseous compound in the atmosphere that is capable of absorbing infrared radiation, thereby trapping and holding heat in the atmosphere. By increasing the heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases are responsible for the greenhouse effect, which ultimately leads to global warming. 15 City of Pleasanton. 2009. 2005 Pleasanton Plan 2025, 2. Land Use Element. Adopted July 21. Website: https://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=23896. Accessed January 6, 2021.