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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />46 <br />(AQP) applicable to the Housing Element Update is the 2017 Clean Air Plan. <br />According to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) <br />guidance, a proposed land use plan is consistent with the AQP if it would (1) <br />support the primary goals of the AQP, (2) include applicable control <br />measures from the AQP, (3) not disrupt or hinder implementation of any AQP <br />control measures, and (4) the plan’s projected VMT increase must be less <br />than or equal to its projected population growth. <br />With regards to the primary goals of the AQP, it was determined that <br />because of the BAAQMD’s recommended significance thresholds and that <br />the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin (SFBAAB) is currently in nonattainment <br />for particulate matter (PM) standards, individual development projects <br />facilitated by the Housing Element Update would be considered to have <br />potentially significant site-specific or project-specific impacts related to the <br />generation of fugitive dust during construction activities if they do not <br />implement Best Management Practice (BMP) targeting dust control and <br />sediment migration. Therefore, Mitigation Measure (MM) AIR-1a, which would <br />require individual development projects to employ dust control measures <br />recommended by the BAAQMD during construction, which would ensure <br />that all future development projects facilitated by the Housing Element <br />Update would not result in potentially significant impacts related to <br />construction fugitive dust and contribute to the region’s current <br />nonattainment status for PM. Furthermore, for project sites that would be <br />located within siting distances recommended by the BAAQMD and the <br />California Air Resources Board (ARB), currently published in the ARB Air <br />Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community Health Perspective, or the <br />latest available guidance as determined by the City as the Lead Agency, <br />MM AIR-1b would be required. For these project sites, MM AIR-1b requires that <br />a site-specific Health Risk Assessment (HRA) be conducted and mitigation be <br />developed to reduce any identified significant health risk to sensitive <br />receptors to less than significant levels. <br />Applicable Control Measures from the AQP <br />With regards to applicable control measures, it was determined, as outlined <br />in Table 3.2-7 of Page 3.2-41 through 3.2-49 of the Housing Element Update <br />Draft EIR, that the Housing Element Update includes the applicable control <br />measures from the AQP. The General Plan (to which the Housing Element <br />Update constitutes an update) and the Municipal Code include policies and <br />requirements that incorporate and implement the control measures included <br />in the 2017 Clean Air Plan. As such, the Housing Element Update would be <br />consistent with the 2017 Clean Air Plan.