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Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Technical Report Griffith Energy Storage Project development, preservation, and conservation in the County. Air quality is addressed in the Public Health and Safety Element(Chapter 3.3 of the General Plan) and specifies the following policies that are relevant to the Project: Goal PHS-5: To protect public health, agricultural crops, scenic resources, and the built and natural environments from air pollution. 00 PHS-5.2 San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Coordination. Requires the County to coordinate with the SJVAPCD during review of new development projects which have the potential to cause adverse air quality impacts. 00 PHS-5.4: Innovative Mitigation Measures. The County shall encourage innovative mitigation measures and project redesign to reduce air quality impacts by coordinating with SJVAPCD, project applicants, and other interested parties. 00 PHS-5.5 Air District Best Performance Standards. The County shall consider the Best Performance Standards adopted by SJVAPCD during the review of new development proposals. 00 PHS-5.6 Toxic Air Contaminants. The County shall require effective buffers between residential areas and other sensitive receptors and non-residential land uses, such as highways, trucking centers, gasoline dispensing facilities, and dry cleaners, that generate toxic air contaminants. DO PHS-5.7 TAC Exposure Reduction Measures for New Development. The County shall require new development projects to implement all applicable best management practices that will reduce exposure of sensitive receptors (e.g., hospitals, schools, daycare facilities, elderly housing, and convalescent facilities)to toxic air contaminants. 00 PHS-5.9 Particulate Emissions from Construction.The County shall support SJVAPCD efforts to reduce PM10 and PM2.e emissions from construction, grading, excavation, and demolition to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with State and Federal regulations. 00 PHS-5.11 Paving Materials. The County shall require all access roads, driveways, and parking areas serving new commercial and industrial development to be constructed with materials that minimize particulate emissions and are appropriate to the scale and intensity of use. 00 PHS-5.13 Industrial Best Management Practices. The County shall require industrial facilities to incorporate economically feasible Best Management Practices and control technology to reduce PM10 and PM2.5 emissions consistent with State and Federal regulations. 30 PHS-5.14 Energy Consumption Reduction. The County shall encourage new development to incorporate green building practices and reduce air quality impacts from energy consumption. San Joaquin Council of Governments The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is a joint-powers authority comprised of the County of San Joaquin and the cities of Stockton, Lodi, Manteca, Tracy, Ripon, Escalon, and Lathrop. The role of SJCOG is to foster intergovernmental coordination within San Joaquin County and with neighboring jurisdictions, other regional agencies in the San Joaquin Valley, the state of California, and various Federal agencies. SJCOG is overseen by a Board of Directors which allocate funding for transportation improvements. The board also establishes regional transportation policies and programs. SJCOG includes committees, task forces, workshops, and public forums which allow citizens and community groups to participate in the planning and approval process. SJCOG has prepared and adopted the 2018 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (2018 RTP/SCS)for the region (SJCOG 2018). The planning horizon is 2046 and the plan is updated every 4 years. The SJCOG is in the process of preparing for the 2022 RTP/SCS. A Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report for the 2022 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)was issued on June 24, 2022 (SJCOG 2022). The SJCOG Board voted to adopt the 2022 RTP/SCS on August 25, 2022. OTETRA TECH 13 July 2023