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Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Technical Report Griffith Energy Storage Project
<br /> 2006, and 2012 PM2.5 Standards (SJVAPCD 2018)sets an attainment deadline of 2024. This plan was
<br /> approved by EPA on June 30, 2020.
<br /> The SJVAPCD's primary means of implementing air quality plans is by adopting and enforcing rules and
<br /> regulations. Stationary sources within the jurisdiction are regulated by the SJVAPCD's permit authority
<br /> and through its review and planning activities. Unlike stationary source projects, which encompass very
<br /> specific types of equipment, process parameters, throughputs, and controls, air emissions sources from
<br /> land use development projects are mainly mobile sources (traffic) and area sources (small dispersed
<br /> stationary and other non-mobile sources), including exempt(i.e., no permit required)sources such as
<br /> consumer products, landscaping equipment, furnaces, and water heaters. Mixed-use land development
<br /> projects may include nonexempt sources, including devices such as small to large boilers, stationary
<br /> internal combustion engines, gas stations, or asphalt batch plants.
<br /> Notwithstanding nonexempt stationary sources, which would be permitted on a case-by-case basis,
<br /> SJVAPCD regulations VIII and IX generally apply to land use development projects and are described as
<br /> follows:
<br /> Regulation VIII - Fugitive PM,o Prohibition. Rule 8021 Construction, Demolition, Excavation, Extraction,
<br /> and Other Earthmoving Activities. Pursuant to Rule 8021 Section 6.3, the Project would be required to
<br /> develop, prepare, submit, obtain approval of, and implement a Dust Control Plan, which would reduce
<br /> fugitive dust impacts to less than significant for all construction phases of the Project. Table 8021-1
<br /> provides control measure options for construction, excavation, extraction, and other earth moving
<br /> activities.
<br /> Regulation IX- Mobile and Indirect Sources. Rule 9510 Indirect Source Review (ISR). The ISR rule went
<br /> into effect March 1, 2006, and requires developers of new residential, commercial, and some industrial
<br /> projects to reduce NOx and PM,o emissions generated by their projects. Pursuant to Rule 9510, the
<br /> purpose of the ISR program is to reduce emissions of NOx and PM,o from new land development projects.
<br /> Section 6.0 of the ISR rule outlines general mitigation requirements for developments that include
<br /> reduction in construction emissions of 20 percent of the total construction NOx emissions, and 45 percent
<br /> of the total construction PM10 exhaust emissions. The rule also requires the Project to reduce operational
<br /> NOx emissions by 33.3 percent and operational PM10 emissions by 50 percent, as compared to the
<br /> unmitigated baseline. Section 7.0 of the ISR rule includes fee schedules for construction or operational
<br /> excess emissions of NOx or PM10 if those emissions are above the goals identified in Section 6.0 of the
<br /> rule. Monies collected from this fee are used by the SJVAPCD to fund emission reduction projects in the
<br /> SJVAB on behalf of the Project.
<br /> Rule 9610 State Implementation Plan Credit for Emission Reductions Generated through Incentive
<br /> Programs. Rule 9610 provides an administrative mechanism for the SJVAPCD to receive credit towards
<br /> California State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements for emission reductions achieved in the SJVAB
<br /> through incentive programs administered by the SJVAPCD, United States Department of Agriculture
<br /> Natural Resources Conservation Service, or CARB. On April 9, 2015, EPA finalized a limited approval
<br /> and limited disapproval (for a minor administrative error) of Rule 9610 as a revision to the California SIP.
<br /> Additional documentation regarding the effectiveness of the SJVAPCD's incentive programs can be found
<br /> in 2015 Annual Demonstration Report SIP Credit for Emission Reductions Generated Through Incentive
<br /> Programs (SJVAPCD 2015b).
<br /> 2.2.3.2 San Joaquin County Genera/Plan
<br /> In 2016, San Joaquin County published their 2035 County General Plan (San Joaquin County 2016). The
<br /> 2035 General Plan for San Joaquin County(the General Plan) presents a vision for the County's future
<br /> and provides strategies to implement the plan. The General Plan addresses geographic areas in the
<br /> County that are unincorporated. The Plan serves as the County's "blueprint"for future land use,
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