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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-12 compliance report for the Project. Renewable diesel would be used by the agency and/or its contractors to the extent required by state regulations. The inclusion of approximately 93 acres of land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area constitutes a change to the geographic extent presented in the PEIR. However, within the boundary of the project area, the air quality conditions present and air basin in the areas outside the treatable landscape are essentially the same as those within the treatable landscape; therefore, the air quality impact is also the same, as described above. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe significant impact than what was covered in the PEIR. 4.3.1.2. Impact AQ-2 The use of vehicles and mechanical equipment during initial and maintenance treatments could expose people to diesel particulate matter emissions. The potential to expose people to diesel particulate matter emissions was examined in the PEIR and found to be less than significant because the activities would comply with air quality regulations, use modern equipment with emission controls, and limit exposure through operational safeguards and distance from sensitive receptors. Diesel particulate matter emissions from the proposed treatments are within the scope of the PEIR because the exposure potential is the same as analyzed in the PEIR, and the types and amount of equipment that would be used, as well as the duration of use during proposed treatments, are consistent with those analyzed in the PEIR. SPRs applicable to this treatment are AQ-1, HAZ-1, NOI-4, and NOI-5, which require complying with air quality regulations, maintaining equipment, locating staging areas away from sensitive receptors, and limiting equipment idling time, respectively. The inclusion of approximately 93 acres of land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area constitutes a change to the geographic extent presented in the PEIR. The portions of the project area that lie outside the CalVTP treatable landscape are located within 0.25 miles of the treatable landscape. The inclusion of land outside of the treatable landscape does not affect the pace at which treatment activities move across sites as outlined in the PEIR, and, therefore, diesel particulate matter emissions would not occur near any one sensitive receptor for a prolonged time. Additionally, air quality conditions and the presence of sensitive receptors within the broader project area are essentially the same as those inside or near the treatable landscape, resulting in comparable exposure potential and air quality impacts as previously described. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe significant impact than what was covered in the PEIR.