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Air Quality CEQA Review Update June 10, 2010: The Amendments to Indirect Source Review Guidelines were adopted by the FRAQMD Board of Directors on June 7, 2010. All CEQA environmental analysis may utilized the ISR Guidelines below. Download entire document
here
Or download each chapter individually:
Chapter
3 Thresholds of Significance
Chapter
4 Construction Generated Emissions
Chapter
5 Operational Emissions
Chapter
6 Toxic Air Contaminants
Chapter
8 Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
Chapter
10 District Rules Applicable to Indirect Sources
Chapter
11 NEPA and Conformity Thresholds
Chapter
12 Program Level Analysis-General/Area Plans
Chapter
13 Mitigation Measures
Appendix
A National and State AAQS
Appendix
B Online Resources and Publications for Land Use
Planning
Appendix
C Best Available Mitigation Measures for
Operational Phase
Appendix
D Environmental Checklist Form, State CEQA
Guidelines Appendix G
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA;
CEQA FAQs)
requires public agencies to take responsibility
for protecting the environment. The
general public and responsible/commenting
agencies such as the air district are provided
an opportunity to review and submit comments
pertaining to the project to the Lead Agency
(typically the city or county planning agency;
community development; community services
department) prior to project approval by their
governing board. In regulating public or
private projects, agencies are expected to avoid
or minimize environmental damage especially
impacts to the health of its citizens. The
purpose of an environmental review is to
identify the significant effects of a project on
the environment, identify alternatives to the
project, and indicate the manner in which
significant impacts can be mitigated or avoided.
To this end, the District developed Indirect
Source Review Guidelines to serve as a resources
to lead agencies in order to estimate project
air pollutant emissions, identify a project's
air quality significant effects, and select the
best available mitigation measures designed to
avoid or reduce the air quality environmental
impacts of transportation and land-use
activities.
State and National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(AAQS) Designations:
The District has several different planning areas. All of the areas use the same Indirect Source Review Guidelines (top of page) and the same Thresholds of Significance. For NEPA assessments, general conformity thresholds and de minis thresholds vary depending on the NAAQS 8-hour designations. See Area Designations here.
Standard Mitigation for All Projects within Yuba
and Sutter Counties:
The District requires that all projects implement Standard Construction Phase Mitigation Measures, submit a completed Fugitive Dust Control Plan prior to beginning work, and review the State and Local Laws Applicable to Fugitive Dust.
-Standard Construction Phase Mitigation Measures
-State and Local Laws Applicable to Fugitive
Dust
Best Available Mitigation Measures (BAMM) list (MS Excel 2002 or Adobe PDF)
Information on Biogenic Emissions and
Landscaping
and Air Quality
The URBan EMISsions (URBEMIS) model is available for download. This model should be used to calculated emissions from Type I (operational and construction phase) projects. The Roadway Construction Emissions Model (in MS Excel - 1.8 Mb) is available at the SMAQMD web site to assist Type II (construction phase only) project proponents with determining the emission impacts of their projects.
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