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PUD-74 Environmental Checklist which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use? Discussion a-c) Agriculture Resource impacts are not applicable to this project related to the California Department of Conservation land use designations. The property is not zoned for agricultural use and the property does not have a Williamson Act contract. Therefore, this would be no-impact. 2. AIR QUALITY Environmental Setting The Bay Area has remained one of the cleanest of the five major urban California air basins in recent years however, there are still several days annually when air pollution exceeds the federal and state air quality standards. These standards, set at different concentrations for each of the major air pollutants have been developed to protect public health. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) regulates air quality in the Bay Area Region through its permit authority over most stationary emission sources and through its planning and review activities. The BAAQMD is the main permitting agency for air pollutant sources. Standards of Significance For purposes of this environmental document, an impact is considered significant if the proposed project would: • Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan; • Result in pollution emission levels above those established by BAAQMD in either short term (construction related) or long term (traffic); • Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations; • Create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are also addressed in this section, although they are not specifically identified as a threshold on the CEQA checklist. Moreover, no federal, state, or local agency has adopted a quantifiable threshold at the time of this writing for detemuning the significance of GHG emissions. 10