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Soil Investigations for Data Collection in the Delta Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration 151 reference” the “programmatic review” conducted for the GHG emissions reduction plan. “An environmental document that relies on a greenhouse gas reduction plan for a cumulative impacts analysis must identify those requirements specified in the plan that apply to the project, and, if those requirements are not otherwise binding and enforceable, incorporate those requirements as mitigation measures applicable to the project.” (CEQA Guidelines § 15183.5, subd. (b)(2).) Section 12 of the GGERP outlines the steps that each DWR project will take to demonstrate consistency with the GGERP. These steps include: a. Analysis of GHG emissions from construction of the Proposed Project, b. Determination that the construction emissions from the Proposed Project do not exceed the levels of construction emissions analyzed in the GGERP, c. Incorporation of DWR’s project level GHG emissions reduction strategies into the design of the Proposed Project, d. Determination that the Proposed Project does not conflict with DWR’s ability to implement any of the “Specific Action” GHG emissions reduction measures identified in the GGERP, and e. Determination that the Proposed Project would not add electricity demands to the State Water Project system that could alter DWR’s emissions reduction trajectory in such a way as to impede its ability to meet its emissions reduction goals. Consistent with these requirements, a GGERP Consistency Determination Checklist is attached as Appendix B, documenting that the Proposed Project has met each of the required elements. 3.8.2 Discussion a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment? Less than Significant. GHG emissions for the Proposed Project have been calculated to be 6,203.2 mtCO2e (Appendix B). Based on the analysis provided in the GGERP and the demonstration that the Proposed Project is consistent with the GGERP (as shown in the attached Consistency Determination Checklist), DWR as the lead agency has determined that the Proposed Project’s incremental contribution to the cumulative impact of increasing atmospheric levels of GHGs is less than cumulatively considerable; therefore, impacts due to Proposed Project activities would be less than significant.