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4 Environmental Analysis <br /> 4.3 Air Quality <br /> Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. The CARB estimates that about 70 percent of the <br /> cancer risk that the average Californian faces from breathing toxic air pollutants stems from diesel <br /> exhaust particles. It also contains other harmful pollutants, including NO, Diesel exhaust particles <br /> and gases are suspended in the air, so exposure to this pollutant occurs whenever a person <br /> breathes air that contains these substances. Exposure to this pollutant is highest near roads and <br /> freeways, truck loading and unloading operations, and diesel-powered machinery operations. <br /> Exposure to diesel exhaust can have immediate health effects such as irritation to the eyes, nose, <br /> throat, and lungs. It can also cause coughs, headaches, light-headedness, and nausea (OEHHA <br /> 2023). <br /> In 2000, the CARB approved a comprehensive Diesel Risk Reduction Plan to reduce diesel <br /> emissions from both new and existing diesel-fueled vehicles and engines. The regulation is <br /> anticipated to result in an 80 percent decrease in statewide diesel health risk in 2020 compared <br /> with the diesel risk in 2000. In 2020, the CARB adopted the Advanced Clean Truck Regulations, <br /> which requires truck manufacturers to transition from diesel trucks and vans to electric zero- <br /> emission vehicles beginning in 2024. By 2045, every new truck and van sold in California will be <br /> zero emission. <br /> Additional regulations apply to new trucks and diesel fuel, including the On-road Heavy Duty <br /> Diesel Vehicle (In-use) Regulation, On-road Heavy Duty (New)Vehicle Program, In-use Off-road <br /> Diesel Vehicle Regulation, and New Off-road Compression-ignition (Diesel) Engines and <br /> Equipment program. These regulations and programs have timetables by which manufacturers <br /> must comply and existing operators must upgrade their diesel-powered equipment. Several <br /> Airborne Toxic Control Measures reduce diesel emissions, including In-use Off-road Diesel-fueled <br /> Fleets (13 CCR 2449 et seq.) and In-use On-road Diesel-fueled Vehicles (13 CCR 2025). <br /> California Health and Safety Code Section 41700 <br /> Section 41700 of the Health and Safety Code states that a person shall not discharge from any <br /> source whatsoever quantities of air contaminants or other material that cause injury, detriment, <br /> nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public; or that endanger <br /> the comfort, repose, health, or safety of any of those persons or the public; or that cause or have <br /> a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business or property. This section also applies <br /> to sources of objectionable odors. <br /> Griffith Energy Storage Project 4.3-6 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 <br /> Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023 <br />