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City of Pleasanton—Hidden Canyon Residences and Preserve Draft EIR Air Quality FirstCarbon Solutions 3.2-23 https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480016/EIR/3 - Draft EIR/21480016 Sec03-02 Air Quality.docx • Criterion 1: Does the project support the primary goals of the AQP? • Criterion 2: Does the project include applicable control measures from the AQP? • Criterion 3: Does the project disrupt or hinder the implementation of any AQP control measures? Criterion 1 The primary goals of the 2017 Clean Air Plan, the current AQP to date, are to: • Attain air quality standards; • Reduce population exposure to unhealthy air and protect public health in the Bay Area; and • Reduce GHG emissions and protect the climate. A measure for determining whether the proposed project supports the primary goals of the AQP is if the project would not result in an increase in the frequency or severity of existing air quality violations, cause or contribute to new violations, or delay timely attainment of air quality standards or the interim emission reductions specified in the AQPs. This measure is determined by comparing project emissions to the significance thresholds identified by the BAAQMD for construction- and operation-related pollutants. These quantitative significance thresholds are applied in the evaluation of Impact AIR-2, below. As discussed under Impact AIR-2 and Impact AIR-3, the proposed project would not significantly contribute to cumulative nonattainment pollutant violations or expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. To demonstrate less than significant impacts related to fugitive dust, control measures would be required to be implemented during the construction of the proposed project to reduce localized dust impacts. Impacts related to fugitive dust from the proposed project's construction would be potentially significant without the inclusion of sufficient dust control measures. Implementing Measure (IM) AIR-1, which is required by the General Plan to demonstrate consistency with the City’s Housing Element, would require the inclusion of construction-related air quality measures to reduce potential impacts related to fugitive dust emissions from use of construction equipment. With implementation of IM AIR-1, the proposed project would be consistent with Criterion 1. Criterion 2 Another measure for determining whether a project is consistent with the AQP is to determine whether the project is inconsistent with the growth assumptions incorporated into the AQP and, thus, whether it would interfere with the region’s ability to comply with federal and California air quality standards. The BAAQMD completes the regional emissions inventory for the SFBAAB. In part, the regional population, housing, and employment projections developed by ABAG are based on cities and counties general plan land use designations. These projections form the foundation for the emissions inventory of the 2017 Clean Air Plan. These demographic trends are incorporated into Plan Bay Area, compiled by ABAG and the MTC, to determine priority transportation projects and VMT in the Bay Area. Projects consistent with the local general plan are considered consistent with the regional AQP. Large projects that exceed regional employment, population, and housing planning projections have the potential to be inconsistent with the regional inventory compiled as part of the 2017 Clean Air Plan.