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Ms.Allen September 22,2005 PA-050054 Page 3 See http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/solar passive.html - Utilize daylighting (natural lighting) systems such as skylights, light shelves, interior transom windows etc. See http://www.advancedbuildings.org - Electrical outlets around the exterior of the unit(s) to encourage use of electric landscape maintenance equipment - Low or non-polluting landscape maintenance equipment (e.g. electric lawn mowers, reel mowers, leaf vacuums, electric trimmers and edgers, etc.) - Pre-wire the unit(s)with high speed modem connections/DSL and extra phone lines - 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/GreenBuildinq/, http://www.lgc.org, http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/, http://www.consumerenergycenter.orq/index.html • The applicant/tenant(s) should implement measures to reduce the amount of single occupancy vehicle employee traffic to and from the project area that further reduce air pollution in the valley. This could include such provisions as encouraging employees to rideshare or carpool to the project site through preferential parking spaces for employees who participate in carpooling or vanpooling, incorporating a compressed workweek schedule, guaranteed ride home, carpool matching programs, shower/changing facilities, providing free transit passes, providing an alternative-transit information center, and having a dedicated employee transportation coordinator. Check out the "Spare the Air" section of our website www.vallevair.orq • The applicant/tenant(s) should require that all diesel engines be shut off when not in use on the premises to reduce emissions from idling. The applicant should install equipment that provides amenities that would otherwise be powered by idling engines. An example of such technology includes IdleAire. See http://www.idleaire.com/. • 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) - 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. - Implement activity management(e.g. rescheduling activities to reduce short-term impacts) - During the smog season (May through October), lengthen the construction period to minimize the number of vehicles and equipment operating at the same time. - Off road trucks should be equipped with on-road engines when possible. - Minimize obstruction of traffic on adjacent roadways. District staff is available to meet with you and/or the applicant to further discuss the regulatory requirements that are associated with this project. If you have any questions or require further information, please call me at (559) 230-5844 or Mr. Hector R. Guerra, Senior Air Quality Planner, at (559) 230-5820 and provide the reference number at the top of this letter. Sincerely, f� I, 1 jr � d(t°Q fl. W lx Jessica R. Willis Air Quality Specialist Central Region c:file