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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.D-10 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Revised Project • Regulation VIII Dust—requires implementation of dust suppression techniques to prevent fugitive dust'from creating a nuisance off site. Senate Bill 97 Senate Bill 97(SB 97) (Chapter 185,Statutes of 2007;Public Resources Code [PRC] §21083.05 and 21097), acknowledges that climate change is a prominent environmental issue that requires analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA).This bill directed the t Governor's Office of Planning and Research(OPR),which is part of the California Natural Resources Agency(Resources Agency),to prepare, develop, and transmit to CARB guidelines for the feasible mitigation of GHG emissions(or the effects of GHG emissions), as required by CEQA,by July 1,2009.The Resources Agency adopted the CEQA Guidelines amendments on December 31,2009.The amended CEQA Guidelines became effective on March 18,2010. Executive Order 5-3-05 In 2005,in recognition of California's vulnerability to the effects of climate change, Governor Schwarzenegger established Executive Order S-3-05,which sets forth a series of target dates by which statewide emissions of GHGs would be progressively reduced, as follows: • By 2010, reduce GHG emissions to 2000 levels; • By 2020, reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels;and, • By 2050,reduce GHG emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels. Assembly Bill 32 California passed the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32;California Health and Safety Code Division 25.5,Sections 38500-38599). AB 32 establishes regulatory, reporting, and market mechanisms to achieve quantifiable reductions in GHG emissions and establishes a cap on statewide GHG emissions.AB 32 requires that statewide GHG emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.This reduction will be accomplished by enforcing a statewide cap on GHG emissions that will be phased in starting in 2012.To effectively implement the cap, AB 32 directs CARB to develop and implement regulations to reduce statewide GHG emissions from stationary sources.AB 32 specifies that regulations adopted in response to AB 1493 should be used to address GHG emissions from vehicles. However,AB 32 also includes language stating that if the AB 1493 regulations cannot be implemented,then CARB should develop new regulations to control vehicle GHG emissions under the authorization of AB 32. AB 32 requires CARB to adopt a quantified cap on GHG emissions representing 1990 emissions levels and disclose how it arrived at the cap;institute a schedule to meet the emissions cap;and develop tracking,reporting, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that the state reduces GHG emissions enough to meet the cap. AB 32 also includes guidance on instituting emissions reductions in an economically efficient manner, along with conditions to ensure that businesses and consumers are not unfairly affected by the reductions.Using these criteria to reduce statewide GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 would represent an approximate 25 to 30 percent reduction in current emissions levels.However,CARB has discretionary authority to seek greater reductions in more significant and growing GHG sectors, such as transportation, as compared to other sectors that are not anticipated to significantly increase emissions.Under AB ' 'Solid airborne particulate matter emitted from any source other than a stack or chimney.