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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-55 4.7.1. Discussion 4.7.1.1. Impact GHG-1 Vegetation treatments—including manual and mechanical removal, prescribed burning, targeted grazing, and herbicide use—along with biomass disposal methods such as chipping and pile burning, would result in the generation of GHG emissions. The PEIR concluded that CalVTP treatments are consistent with relevant plans, policies, and regulations targeting GHG reduction, and that any associated emissions are less than significant due to the inclusion of SPRS, as well as the long-term climate benefits from reduced wildfire risk and enhanced ecosystem health. The Project would be consistent with the applicable policies, plans, and regulations to reduce GHG emissions as described in California’s 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan (CARB 2022), the California Forest Carbon Plan (Forest Climate Action Team 2018), and the Draft California 2030 Natural and Working Lands Climate Change Implementation Plan (CARB 2019). Since the Project is consistent with the latest Climate Change Scoping Plan measures, it is on target to achieve the legislated GHG emission target for 2030 and substantially advance toward the 2050 climate goals. The Project would also be consistent with the City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 (City of Pleasanton 2022) and the Alameda County Climate Action Plan (Alameda County 2023), which contain GHG reduction strategies and policies, and details impacts of worsening wildfires on public health. Additionally, it would be consistent with the City of Pleasanton General Plan 2005–2025 (City of Pleasanton 2009) and Alameda County General Plan (Alameda County 2013), which contain goals and policies relating to fire protection and wildland fire prevention using controlled burns, fuel removal, and fuel breaks. Impacts related to GHG emissions from these types of treatment activities are within the scope of the PEIR because the proposed activities, as well as the associated equipment, duration of use, and resultant GHG emissions, are consistent with those analyzed in the PEIR, which were found to be less than significant. SPR GHG-1 is not applicable to the proposed project as the Project is not subject to the requirement to provide information to inform reporting under the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s AB 1504 Carbon Inventory Process because the Project is not a registered offset project. This determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe significant impact than what was covered in the PEIR. 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 same plans, policies, and regulations adopted to reduce GHG emissions apply in the areas outside the treatable landscape as well as in areas within the treatable landscape; therefore, the GHG impact is also the same as described above.