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San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Page 3 District Reference No.20220037 February 10,2022 • Advise fleets associated with future development projects to be subject to the best practices(i.e. eliminating unnecessary idling). In addition,the District recommends that the County include clean air measures to reduce project related operational impacts through incorporation of design elements, for example, increased energy efficiency, reducing vehicle miles traveled, etc. More information on mitigation measures can be found at: http://www.valleyair.org/transportation/cega idx.htm. 1c) Protect Related Operational Emissions—Truck Routing Truck routing involves the path/roads heavy-duty trucks take to and from their destination. The air emissions from heavy-duty trucks can impact residential communities and sensitive receptors. The District recommends the environmental assessment evaluate heavy-duty truck routing patterns to help limit emission exposure to residential communities and sensitive receptors. More specifically, this measure would assess current truck routes, in consideration of the number and type of each vehicle, destination/origin of each vehicular trip, time of day/week analysis, vehicle miles traveled and emissions. The truck routing evaluation would also identify alternative truck routes and their impacts on VMT, GHG emissions, and air quality. 1d) Project Related Operational Emissions—Reduce Idling of Heavy Duty Trucks The goal of this strategy is to limit the potential for localized PM2.5 and toxic air quality impacts associated with failure to comply with the state's Heavy Duty anti- idling regulation (e.g limiting vehicle idling to specific time limits). The diesel exhaust from excessive idling has the potential to impose significant adverse health and environmental impacts. Therefore, efforts to ensure compliance of the anti-idling regulation, especially near sensitive receptors, is important to limit the amount of idling within the community, which will result in community air quality benefits. 1e) Electric On-Site Off-Road and On-Road Equipment Since the Project consists of an agricultural processing, packing, storage, and distribution building , it may have the potential to result in increased use of off-road equipment(i.e.forklifts)and/or on-road equipment(i.e. mobile yard trucks with the ability to move materials). The District recommends the County advise the project proponent to utilize electric or zero emission off-road and on-road equipment used on-site for this Project. Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-2200090, PA-2100295 (GP, SA) 29 Response Letters