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4.1 – Air Quality Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.1-42 Valley Fever As discussed in Section 4.1.1, the average incidence rate of Valley Fever within the County is below the statewide average. Furthermore, construction of the Project would comply with SJVAPCD Regulation VIII (Fugitive PM10 Prohibition), which requires fugitive dust sources to implement best available control measures for all sources and prohibits all forms of visible PM from crossing any property line. SJVAPCD Regulation VIII is intended to reduce PM 10 emissions from any transportation, handling, construction, or storage activity that has the potential to generate fugitive dust. In addition, the Project would implement various dust control strategies and provide Valley Fever awareness and training to all Project construction employees as required by PDF-AQ-1 and PDF -AQ-2. The nearest sensitive -receptor land use (existing residence) is located more than 1,500 feet from the Project site. Because the Project would implement dust control s trategies and Valley Fever awareness and training, and due to the distance from the nearest sensitive receptors, it is not anticipated that earth -moving activities during Project construction would result in exposure of nearby sensitive receptors to Valley Fever. Pursuant to Regulation VIII, Rule 8021, Section 6.3, the Project would be required to develop, prepare, submit, obtain approval of, and implement a dust control plan that would control the release of the Coccidioides immitis fungus during construction activitie s. Therefore, the Project would have a less-than- significant impact with respect to Valley Fever exposure for sensitive receptors. Threshold D: Would the Project result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people? Less-than-Significant Impact. The analysis of the Project’s potential to result in other emissions is focused on potential odor impacts. The occurrence and severity of potential odor impacts depends on numerous factors. The nature, frequency, and intensity of the source; the wind speeds and direction; and the sensitivity of receiving location each contribute to the intensity of the impact. Although offensive odors seldom cause physical harm, they can be annoying and cause distress among the public and generate citizen complaints. Odors would be potentially generated from vehicle and equipment exhaust emissions during construction of the Project. Potential odors produced during construction would be attributable to concen trations of unburned hydrocarbons from tailpipes of construction equipment, architectural coatings, and asphalt pavement application. Such odors would disperse rapidly from the Project site and generally occur at magnitudes that would not affect substantia l numbers of people. Furthermore, SJVAPCD Rule 4641 limits the amount of VOC emissions from cutback asphalt. Thus, any potential odors generated during asphalt paving would be regulated through mandatory compliance with SJVAPCD rules. Therefore, impacts as sociated with odors during construction would be less than significant. Land uses and industrial operations that are associated with odor complaints include agricultural uses, wastewater treatment plants, food processing plants, chemical plants, composting, refineries, landfills, dairies, and fiberglass molding. The Project would not include land uses that generate odors during operation. Therefore, Project operations would result in an odor impact that is less than significant.