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Ms.Allen October 24,2005 PA-0500699(GP) Page 4 - Electrical outlets around the exterior of the unit(s) to encourage use of electric landscape maintenance equipment - Natural gas lines (if available to this area) and electrical outlets in backyard or patio areas to encourage the use of gas and/or electric barbecues - Low or non-polluting incentive items (e.g. electric lawn mowers, reel mowers, leaf vacuums, electric trimmers and edgers, gas barbecues, etc.)should be provided with each residential unit - Exits to adjoining streets should be designed to reduce time to re-enter traffic from the project site - More information can be found at: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/, http://www.lgc.org, http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/and http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/index.html. • The District encourages the applicant and fleet operators using the facility to take advantage of the District's Heavy-Duty Engine program to reduce project emissions. The Heavy Duty program provides incentives for the replacement of older diesel engines with new, cleaner, fuel-efficient diesel engines. The program also provides incentives for the re-power of older, heavy-duty trucks with cleaner diesel engines or alternative fuel engines. New alternative fuel heavy-duty trucks also qualify. For more information regarding this program contact the District at (559) 230-5858 or visit our website at http://www.vallevair.org/transportation/heavVdutyidx.htm. • Project design should use models put forward by the Local Government Commission (LGC) in the "Smart Growth Guidebook," such as; street block patterns that form an interconnected grid, short block faces, numerous alleys and narrow streets. The LGC website http://www.ige.org contains valuable information and resources on subjects from street design to energy efficiency. • Diesel equipment should use verified alternative diesel fuel blends or Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD). The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has verified specific alternative diesel fuel blends for NOx and PM emission reduction. Only fuels that have been certified by CARB should be used. For more information on alternative diesel blends, please call Mr. Chris Acree, Senior Air Quality Specialist, at (559) 230-5829. Information on biodiesel can also be found on CARB's website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/diesel/altdiesel/altdiesel.htm and the EPA's website at hfto://www.epa.gov/oms/models/biodsl.htm. • The applicant should use CARB certified alternative fueled engines in construction equipment where practicable. Alternative fueled equipment may be powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Propane (LPG), electric motors, or other CARB certified off-road technologies. To find engines certified by the CARB, see their certification website http://www.arb.ca.gov/msproq/offroad/cert/cert.php. For more information on alternative fuel engines, please call Mr. Chris Acree, Senior Air Quality Specialist, at (559) 230-5829. • Construction equipment should have engines that meet the current off-road engine emission standard (as certified by the CARB), or be re-powered with an engine that meets this standard. Tier I and Tier II engines have significantly less NOx and PM emissions compared to uncontrolled engines. To find engines certified by the CARB, see http://www.arb.ca.gov/msproq/offroad/cert/cert.php. This site lists engines by type, then manufacturer. The "Executive Order" shows what Tier the engine is certified as. For more information on heavy-duty engines, please contact Mr. Kevin McCaffrey, Air Quality Specialist, at (559)230-5831. • Enhanced construction activity mitigation measures include: - Install sandbags or other erosion control measures to prevent silt runoff to public roadways from sites with a slope greater than one percent - Limit area subject to excavation, grading, and other construction activity at any one time - Limit the hours of operation of heavy duty equipment and/or the amount of equipment in use - Replace fossil-fueled equipment with electrically driven equivalents (provided they are not run via a portable generator set) - Require that all diesel engines be shut off when not in use on the premises to reduce emissions from idling. - Curtail construction during periods of high ambient pollutant concentrations; this may include ceasing of construction activity during the peak-hour of vehicular traffic on adjacent roadways, and "Spare the Air Days"declared by the District.