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Soil Investigations for Data Collection in the Delta Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration 152 b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases? Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. The State CEQA Guidelines require environmental analyses to evaluate both the level of GHG emissions associated with a project and the project’s consistency with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions. DWR has developed a GGERP (DWR 2012) to guide its efforts in reducing GHG emissions. The GHG emissions reduction measures proposed in the GGERP were developed for the purpose of reducing emissions of GHGs in California as directed by Executive Order S‐3‐05 and Assembly Bill 32. DWR has established the following GHG Emissions Reduction Goals: • Reduce GHG emissions from DWR activities by 50% below 1990 levels by 2020; and • Reduce GHG emissions from DWR activities by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Pre-construction and Final Design BMPs from the GGERP are designed to ensure that individual projects are evaluated, and their unique characteristics taken into consideration when determining if specific equipment, procedures, or material requirements are feasible and efficacious for reducing GHG emissions from the project. By incorporating the Pre-construction and Final Design BMPs, the Proposed Project conforms to, and would not conflict with, applicable plans, policies, or regulations adopted for the purpose of reducing GHG emissions; therefore, there would be no impact. All variances from the GGERP were approved by the DWR CEQA Climate Change Committee (Appendix B). All applicable pre-construction and final design BMPs from the GGERP, with variances as noted above, were incorporated as mitigation measures into this document. Mitigation Measure MM GHG-1 would ensure that any impacts would be reduced to less than significant with mitigation incorporation. MM GHG-1: a. Evaluate project characteristics, including location, project work flow, site conditions, and equipment performance requirements, to determine whether specifications of the use of equipment with repowered engines, electric drive trains, or other high efficiency technologies are appropriate and feasible for the project or specific elements of the project. b. Minimize idling time by requiring that equipment be shut down after five minutes when not in use (as required by the State airborne toxics control