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4.4 – Energy Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.4-15 CARB’s Airborne Toxics Control Measure, which restricts heavy-duty diesel vehicle idling time to 5 minutes, which would minimize fuel consumption. Although construction activities would consume petroleum-based fuels, consumption of such resources would be temporary and would cease upon the completion of construction. Further, the petroleum consumed related to Project construction would be typical of construction projects of similar types and sizes and would not necessitate new petroleum resources beyond what are typically consumed in California. Therefore, because petroleum use during construction would be temporary and relatively minimal, and would not be wasteful or inefficient, impacts would be less than significant. Operational Energy Usage During operations, the majority of fuel consumption resulting from the Project would involve the use of motor vehicles traveling to and from the Project site, off-road equipment (yard trucks and forklifts), and the emergency fire pump testing and maintenance. Petroleum fuel consumption associated with motor vehicles traveling to and from the Project site is a function of the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a result of Project operation. The annual VMT attributable to the Project is expected to be 9,856,559 VMT (Appendix B). The Project would consume an estimated 137,803 gallons of gasoline per year and 749,005 gallons of diesel per year from operation of vehicle trips traveling to and from the Project site. The total petroleum consumption from motor vehicles, off-road equipment, and the emergency fire pump testing and maintenance would be 1,012,156 gallons per year. For disclosure, by comparison, approximately 28.7 billion gallons of petroleum are consumed in California annually (EIA 2020d). Over the lifetime of the Project, the fuel efficiency of the vehicles being used by the Project is expected to increase. As such, the amount of petroleum consumed as a result of vehicular trips to and from the Project site during operation would decrease over time. As discussed under Section 4.4.2, there are numerous regulations in place that require and encourage increased fuel efficiency. For example, CARB has adopted a new approach to passenger vehicles by combining the control of smog-causing pollutants and GHG emissions into a single coordinated package of standards. The new approach also includes efforts to support and accelerate the numbers of plug-in hybrids and ZEVs in California (CARB 2017). The Project would be required to comply with CARB’s Airborne Toxics Control Measure, which restricts heavy-duty diesel vehicle idling time to 5 minutes, which would minimize fuel consumption. Additionally, in response to SB 375, CARB adopted the targets for SJCOG of a 5% reduction in emissions per capita by 2020 and a 10% reduction by 2035 below a 2005 baseline. The RTP/SCS serves as a guide for achieving public policy decisions that will result in balanced investments for a wide range of multimodal transportation improvements (SJCOG 2014). As such, operation of the Project is expected to use decreasing amounts of petroleum over time due to advances in fuel economy. The Project would implement PDFs to encourage electric trucks, electric vehicles, and clean air/electric vehicle/vanpools. Furthermore, the Project would provide a regional hub for goods movement, connecting with the arterial goods distribution system. The Project’s impacts in the category of air quality emissions was determined to be potentially significant, and the Project would be required to implement Mitigation Measure (MM-)AQ-1 through MM-AQ-3, as detailed in Section 4.1, Air Quality, of this Environmental Impact Report, including implementing a Transportation Demand Management Program to facilitate opportunities for bicycling and pedestrian travel, as well as ride-sharing and carpooling to reduce VMT. Furthermore, MM-AQ-3 would require operation of electric or other zero-emissions technology forklifts and Tier 4 interim standards or better yard truck. Reducing air quality emissions during operation would help reduce construction-related fuel usage.