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AUGUSTIN BERNAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL PROJECT DRAFT INITIAL STUDY 12956 DUDEK 22 April 2022 24-hour PM2.5 standards. The area is in attainment or unclassified for all other federal standards. The area is designated non-attainment for State standards for 1-hour and 8-hour O3, 24-hour PM10, annual PM10, and annual PM2.5. On April 19, 2017, the BAAQMD adopted the Spare the Air: Cool the Climate Final 2017 Clean Air Plan (BAAQMD 2017b). The 2017 Clean Air Plan provides a regional strategy to protect public health and protect the climate. To protect public health, the 2017 Clean Air Plan includes all feasible measures to reduce emissions of O3 precursors (ROG and NOx) and reduce O3 transport to neighboring air basins. In addition, the 2017 Clean Air Plan builds upon the BAAQMD efforts to reduce fine particulate matter and TACs. To protect the climate, the 2017 Clean Air Plan defines a vision for transitioning the region to a post-carbon economy needed to achieve ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets for 2030 and 2050, and provides a regional climate protection strategy that will put the Bay Area on a pathway to achieve those GHG reduction targets. The BAAQMD Guidelines identify a three-step methodology for determining a project’s consistency with the current Clean Air Plan. If the responses to these three questions can be concluded in the affirmative and those conclusions are supported by substantial evidence, then the BAAQMD considers the project to be consistent with air quality plans prepared for the Bay Area. The first question to be assessed in this methodology is “does the project support the goals of the Air Quality Plan?” The BAAQMD-recommended measure for determining project support for these goals is consistency with BAAQMD thresholds of significance. If a project would not result in significant and unavoidable air quality impacts, after the application of all feasible mitigation measures, the proposed project would be consistent with the goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan. As indicated in the following discussion, with regard to air quality impact questions b) and c), the proposed project would result in less than significant construction and operational emissions. Therefore, the proposed project would be considered to support the primary goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan and is consistent with the current Clean Air Plan. The second question to be assessed in this consistency methodology is “does the project include applicable control measures from the Clean Air Plan?” The 2017 Clean Air Plan contains 85 control measures aimed at reducing air pollution in the Bay Area, including measures in the categories of stationary sources, transportation, buildings, energy, agriculture, waste, water, natural and working lands, and super-GHG pollutants. Projects that incorporate all feasible air quality plan control measures are considered consistent with the Clean Air Plan. The proposed project would construct an approximately 0.7-mile long, technical mountain bike trail. As a linear recreation facility, none of the control strategies of the 2017 Clean Air Plan are applicable to construction and operation of this project. The third question to be assessed in this consistency methodology is “does the project disrupt or hinder implementation of any control measures from the Clean Air Plan?” Examples of how a project may cause the disruption or delay of control measures include a project that precludes an extension of a transit line or bike path, or proposes excessive parking beyond parking requirements. The proposed project would not create any barriers or impediments to planned or future improvements to transit or bicycle facilities in the area, nor would it include excessive