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SAN LEANDRO SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT DRAFT EIR <br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />AIR QUALITY <br />During operation, residential units and the restaurants could generate odors from cooking. Odors from <br />cooking are not substantial enough to be considered nuisance odors that would affect a substantial <br />number of people. Furthermore, nuisance odors are regulated under BAAQMD Regulation 7, Odorous <br />Substances, which requires abatement of any nuisance generating an odor complaint. BAAQMD's <br />Regulation 7, Odorous Substances, places general limitations on odorous substances and specific emission <br />limitations on certain odorous compounds." In addition, odors are also regulated under BAAQMD <br />Regulation 1, Rule 1-301, Public Nuisance, which states that "no person shall discharge from any source <br />whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants or other material which cause injury, detriment, nuisance <br />or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or the public; or which endangers the comfort, <br />repose, health or safety of any such persons or the public, or which causes, or has a natural tendency to <br />cause, injury or damage to business or property." <br />During construction activities, construction equipment exhaust and application of asphalt and <br />architectural coatings would temporarily generate odors. Any construction -related odor emissions would <br />be temporary and intermittent. Additionally, noxious odors would be confined to the immediate vicinity of <br />the construction equipment. By the time such emissions reach any sensitive receptor sites, they would be <br />diluted to well below any level of air quality concern. Impacts would be less than significant. <br />Therefore, because existing sources of odors are required to comply with BAAQMD Regulation 7, impacts <br />to siting of new sensitive land uses would be less then significant. <br />Applicable Regulations: <br />■ California Health & Safety Code, Section 114149 <br />■ BAAQMD Regulation 1, Rule 1-301, Public Nuisance <br />■ BAAQMD Regulation 7, Odorous Substances <br />Significance Before Mitigation: Less than significant. <br />4.2.4 CUMULATIVE IMPACT DISCUSSION <br />AIR -8 Implementation of the Project would cumulatively contribute to air <br />quality impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin. <br />As described under AIR -4, regional air quality impacts were identified as significant; therefore, in <br />combination with past, present, and reasonably foreseeable projects, the Project would result in a <br />significant cumulative impact with respect to air quality. Therefore, the impact would be significant. <br />' It should be noted that while restaurants can generate odors, these sources are not identified by BAAQMD as nuisance <br />odors since they typically do not generate significant odors that affect a substantial number of people. Larger restaurants that <br />employ five or more people are subject to BAAQMD Regulation 7, Odorous Substances. <br />4.2-34 DECEMBER 2014 <br />