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<br />Chapter 4 <br />Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures <br />C. Air Quality <br /> <br />e. Summary of Impacts and Mitigation Measures Relating to Agriculture <br /> <br />Significance after mitigation: S =significant; LS = less than significant; (C) = contributes to cumulative impact. <br /> <br />1m act <br />Bl, Conversion of Bernal Property <br />lands to urban uses would <br />have an adverse impact on <br />agricultural resources, both for <br />the project (the Specific Plan) <br />and cumulatively, <br /> <br />Miti ation Measure <br />No practical mitigation meas- <br />ures are available that are <br />consistent with the purposes <br />ofthe project. <br /> <br /> <br />SIC <br /> <br /> <br />1. Framework for Analysis <br /> <br />Development on the Bernal Property will be associated with activities that cause air <br />pollution, The level of activity involved (vehicle trips, soil disturbance) would affect the air <br />pollution levels associated with project development. The evaluation of air quality impacts <br />is guided by the guidelines and procedures established by the Bay Area Air Quality <br />Management District (BAAQMD), implementing the federal Clean Air Act and the California <br />Clean Air Act (1988), <br /> <br />2. Setting <br /> <br />Project impacts on air quality are affected by the characteristics of the broader area, primarily <br />topography and climate, A description of the physical and institutional setting of the Bernal <br />Property from an air quality perspective is presented in the 1997/2000 EIR, pp. 211-214, <br />hereby incorporated by reference, <br /> <br />3. Key Project Characteristics, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures <br /> <br />a. Key Project Characteristics <br /> <br />The Bernal Specific Plan Phase II site would be devoted to public uses as described in the <br />Specific Plan (see Chapter 2 and the use descriptions in Appendix B), Air quality effects of <br />implementing the Phase II Specific Plan could potentially include dust during grading and <br />construction, emissions of construction and maintenance equipment, and emissions of <br />vehicles traveling to and from the site. <br /> <br />Because the development of the site is anticipated to occur over a period of years, the air <br />quality effects would be variable over time. With respect to dust generation, initial site <br />grading and development of individual uses could both be dust generators; with respect to <br /> <br />49 <br />