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Ms. Allen ',%00 September 13,2005 PA-0500563 SA Page 2 Rule 4103 (Open Burning) regulates the use of open burning and specifies the types of materials which may be open burned. Agricultural material shall not be burned when the land use is converting from agriculture to nonagricultural purposes (e.g., commercial, industrial, institutional, or residential uses). Section 5.1 of this rule prohibits the burning of trees and other vegetative (non agricultural) material whenever the land is being developed for non-agricultural purposes. In the event that the project applicant burned or burns any material listed above, it would violate Rule 4103 and be subject to District enforcement action. Rule 4601 (Architectural Coatings) limits volatile organic compounds from architectural coatings. This rule specifies architectural coatings storage, clean up and labeling requirements. Rule 4641 (Cutback, Slow Cure, and Emulsified Asphalt, Paving and Maintenance Operations). If asphalt paving will be used, then paving operations of this project will be subject to Rule 4641. This rule applies to the manufacture and use of cutback asphalt, slow cure asphalt and emulsified asphalt for paving and maintenance operations. This project may be subject to additional District Rules not enumerated above. To identify additional rules or regulations that apply to this project, the applicant is strongly encouraged to contact the District's Small Business Assistance Office at (209)557-6446. The District encourages innovation in measures to reduce air quality impacts. There are a number of features that could be incorporated into the design/operation of this project to provide additional reductions of the overall level of emissions. (Note: Some of the measures may already exist as County development standards. Any measure selected should be implemented to the fullest extent possible.) The suggestions listed below should not be considered all-inclusive and remain options that the agency with the land-use authority(i.e., the County of Stanislaus)should encourage the applicant to incorporate into the project. • Trees should be carefully selected and located to shade paved areas. Trees should be selected to shade paved areas that will shade 50% of the area within 15 years. Structural soil should be used under paved areas to improve tree growth. For Structural Soil see http://www.hort.cornell.edu/uhi/outreach/csc/ . For Tree Selection see httt)://www.ufei.or.q - For Urban Forestry see http://www.coolcommunities.org, htti)://wcufre.ucdavis.edu, and http://www.lac.orn/ bookstore/energy/downloads/siv tree guidelines.pdf. • Energy conserving and emission reducing features should be included in the project. Energy conservation measures include both energy conservation through design and operational energy conservation. Examples include electrical outlets around the exterior of the unit and the use of low or non-polluting landscape maintenance equipment (e.g. electric lawn mowers, reel mowers, leaf vacuums, electric trimmers and edgers, etc.) • Light Duty Cars and Trucks should be alternative fueled or hybrids. • Construction activity mitigation measures include: - Install sandbags or other erosion control measures to prevent silt runoff to public roadways from sites with a slope greater than one percent - Limit area subject to excavation, grading, and other construction activity at any one time - Limit the hours of operation of heavy duty equipment and/or the amount of equipment in use - Replace fossil-fueled equipment with electrically driven equivalents (provided they are not run via a portable generator set) - Curtail construction during periods of high ambient pollutant concentrations; this may include ceasing of construction activity during the peak-hour of vehicular traffic on adjacent roadways, and "Spare the Air Days"declared by the District. - Implement activity management(e.g. rescheduling activities to reduce short-term impacts)