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bicyclists and pedestrians, and encouraging mixed use and higher density development <br />around transit stations. <br />Policy EH-3.3: Land Use Compatibility. Discourage new uses with potential adverse air <br />quality impacts, including the emission of toxic air contaminants and fine particulates, near <br />residential neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and other locations where <br />public health could potentially be affected. <br />Policy EH-3.4: Design, Construction, and Operation. Require new development to be <br />designed and constructed in a way that reduces the potential for future air quality <br />problems, such as odors and the emission of any and all air pollutants. This should be done <br />by: <br />a. Requiring construction and grading practices that minimize airborne dust and <br />particulate matter; <br />b. Ensuring that best available control technology is used for operations that could <br />generate air pollutants; <br />c. Encouraging energy conservation and low-polluting energy sources; <br />d. Promoting landscaping and tree planting to absorb carbon monoxide and other <br />pollutants; and <br />e. Implementing the complementary strategies to reduce greenhouse gases identified in <br />the Climate Action Plan. <br />Action EH-3.4.B: Health Risk Assessments. Implement Bay Area Air Quality Management <br />District Guidelines and State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment policies and <br />procedures requiring health risk assessments for residential development and other <br />sensitive land use projects within 1,000 feet of major sources of toxic air contaminants, <br />including freeways and roadways with over 10,000 vehicles per day. As appropriate, identify <br />mitigation measures (such as air filtration systems) to reduce the potential exposure to <br />particulate matter, carbon monoxide, diesel fumes, and other potential health hazards. <br />Measures identified in the HRA shall be included in the environmental document and/or <br />incorporated into the site development plan as a component of the proposed project. <br />Policy EH-3.5: Odors. Ensure prompt response to complaints about odor problems and <br />other potential air quality nuisances and hazards reported by residents and businesses. <br />Policy EH-3.8: Regulatory Changes. Stay apprised of changes in state and federal air quality <br />regulations and implement programs as required to ensure local compliance. <br />Policy EH-3.9: Alternative Fuel Vehicles. Promote the development of infrastructure which <br />supports the use of alternative fuel (i.e., electric) vehicles, including electric charging <br />stations and preferential parking for electric vehicles. <br />d. Sensitive Receptors <br />The ambient air quality standards described above were established to represent the levels of air <br />quality considered sufficient, with an adequate margin of safety, to protect public health and <br />welfare. They are designed to protect that segment of the public most susceptible to respiratory <br />distress, such as children under 14; the elderly over 65; persons engaged in strenuous work or <br />exercise; and people with cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases. According to BAAQMD, <br />146