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Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit facilities.The health risk is greatly reduced with distance.For that reason,ARB provides some general recommendations aimed at keeping appropriate distances between sources of air pollution and sensitive land uses, such as residences. Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases Executive Order S-3-05 Notwithstanding the current lack of Federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions,Executive Order S-3-05, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 1,2005,calls for a reduction in GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and for an 80-percent reduction in GHG emissions below 1990 levels by 2050 in California.The Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency(CaIEPA)has been charged with coordination of efforts to meet these targets and formed the Climate Action Team to implement the Order.The Climate Action Team also provided strategies and input to the California Air Resources Board Scoping Plan discussed below. Assembly Bill 32 In 2006,the California State Legislature adopted AB 32,the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. In adopting this legislation (commonly known as"AB 32"), the State Legislature declared that"[g]lobal warming poses a serious threat to the economic well-being,public health, natural resources, and the environment of California."Further,the Legislature found that"the potential adverse impacts of global warming include the exacerbation of air quality problems, a reduction in the quality and supply of water to the state from the Sierra snowpack, a rise in sea levels resulting in the displacement of thousands of coastal businesses and residences, damage to marine ecosystems and the natural environment, and an increase in the incidences of infectious disease, asthma, and other human health-related problems."The Legislature added that"[g]lobal warming will have detrimental effects on some of California's largest industries"and"increase the strain on electricity supplies necessary to meet the demand for summer air-conditioning in the hottest parts of the state." AB 32 initiated a long-teen program for"the development of[GHG]emissions reduction measures."l It"creates a comprehensive, multi-year program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in California,with the overall goal of restoring emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020."2 AB 32 recognizes that such an ambitious effort requires careful planning and a well thought out set of strategies. Accordingly,AB 32 delegated the authority for its implementation to the California Air Resources Board(GARB)and directs CARB to enforce the statewide cap that would begin phasing in by 2012.Among other requirements,AB 32 required CARB to(1)identify the statewide level of greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 to serve as the emissions limit to be achieved by 2020, and(2)develop and implement a Scoping Plan to be implemented by January 1, 2012. a As defined under AB 32,greenhouse gas emissions include the following;carbon dioxide,methane,nitrous oxide, ; hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs),pertluorocarbons(PFCs),and sulfur hexafluoride. 2 Written on a public notice prepared by the staff of the California Air Resources Board(CARB)in connection with a meeting to consider"early discrete actions"related to AB 32 on October 25,2007. Munn&Perkins Quarry Excavation Permit 3.3-10 ESA 7211086 Draft EIR April 2011