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Pimlico Drive Turnout and Pipeline Project Environurerrtal Checklist Discussion a, h) No Impact. Agriculture resource impacts are not applicable to this project, as no land uses related to the California Department of Conservation land use designations occur within the project area. Therefore, this would be no impact. c) No Impact. No farmland occurs within the project area. "fhe project facilities will be located either within a road right-of--way or within public rights-of--way or a dedicated public utility easement. Therefore, this would be no impact. 3. AIR QUALITY Environmental Setting The proposed project is located within the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), which regulates air pollutant emissions in the nine-county area, including Alameda County, through its permit authority over most stationary emission sources and through its planning and review activities. Regulated air pollutants include carbon monoxide (CO), reactive gases (ROG), nitrogen monoxide (NO), sulfur dioxide (SOX) and particulates (PMio). The State of California has adopted air quality plans to address the nonattainment status (when regulatory threshold standards are not attainted for a pollutant) and the measures to be taken to reduce pollutant emissions. The Bay Area including the Tri-Valley and Pleasanton are nonattainment for ozone and particulates (PM,,S and PMio). The "fri-Valley has some of the worst air quality in the Bay area due to its geography and climate. Emissions lrom outside the Tri-Valley are transported to the area where they are trapped by temperahrre inversions. In the "I'ri-Valley one of the major sources of ozone precursors and particulates are automobile emissions (City of Pleasanton 2004) Standards of Significance For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project would: • Result in pollution emission levels above those established by BAAQMD in either short term (construction related) or long term (traffic). City of Plcasanron 19 Winzlcr & Kelly Draft Initial Study~Proposed Negative Declaration August 2006 04263501