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City of Pleasanton—Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Section 15183 Checklist/15164 Addendum CEQA Checklist FirstCarbon Solutions 59 Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480017/Consistency Checklist/21480017 Stoneridge Mall Residential Project Checklist Addendum_Updated.docx Discussion a) Conflict with Applicable Air Quality Plan Summary of the Prior EIR The Prior EIR identified that the implementation of the Housing Element would not conflict or obstruct implementation of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) 2010 Clean Air Plan. Impact 4.B-2 of the Prior EIR demonstrated consistency with the Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan. Project information from potential development and population increase were compared to projected Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and vehicle trips. The rate of increase of VMT or trips was less than the projected increase in population and the any potential impacts were less than significant. Impact 4.B-3 of the Prior EIR demonstrated that the General Plan Amendments and rezoning plans included applicable control measures (Transportation Control Measures) from the AQP as part of the general circulation element. This finding demonstrated that the plans demonstrated reasonable efforts to implement control measures in the Clean Air Plan. It was not found to disrupt or hinder the implementation of any AQP control measure. Impact 4.B-6 further demonstrated that the development envisioned as part of the proposed plan, combined with other foreseeable development in the vicinity, would be consistent with the Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan and would not cause cumulatively significant impacts. Analysis of Proposed Project The project site is located in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin (Air Basin), where the BAAQMD regulates air quality. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for identifying nonattainment and attainment areas for each criteria pollutant within the Air Basin. The Air Basin is designated nonattainment for State standards for 1 hour and 8-hour ozone, 24-hour respirable particulate matter (PM10), annual PM10, and annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5).27 The BAAQMD has adopted several air quality policies and plans to address regional air quality, the most recent of which is the 2017 Clean Air Plan. The 2017 Clean Air Plan was adopted in April of 2017 and serves as the regional Air Quality Plan (AQP) for the Air Basin for attaining National Ambient Air Quality Standards and California Ambient Air Quality Standards. The primary goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan are to protect public health and protect the climate. The 2017 Clean Air Plan 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 pollutants 28 and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.29 The 2017 Clean Air Plan also accounts for projections of population growth provided by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and VMT provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and identifies strategies to bring regional emissions into compliance with federal and State air quality standards. A project 27 Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). 2017. California Environmental Quality Act. Air Quality Guidelines. 28 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (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”). 29 A greenhouse gas (GHG) 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.