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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FEDERAL US Environmental Protection Agency The EPA is the federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing the federal ambient air quality standards for atmospheric pollutants. The EPA regulates emission sources that are under the exclusive authority of the federal government, such as aircraft, ships, and certain locomotives. As part of its enforcement responsibilities, the EPA requires each state with nonattainment areas to prepare and submit a State Implementation Plan (SIP) describing a strategy for the means to attain federal air quality standards. The SIP must integrate federal, state, and local plan components and regulations to identify specific measures to reduce pollution, using a combination of performance standards and market -based programs. Clean Air Act The federal Clean Air Act, as amended, establishes air quality standards for several pollutants. These standards are divided into primary and secondary standards. Primary standards are designed to protect public health, and secondary standards are designed to protect public welfare, including against decreased visibility and damage to animals, crops, vegetation, and buildings. The act requires that plans be prepared for nonattainment areas illustrating how the federal air quality standards could be met. Regulation of TAC is achieved through federal and state controls on individual sources. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments offered a comprehensive plan for achieving significant reduction in both mobile and stationary source emissions of certain designated hazardous air pollutants, with a goal of achieving the EPA's one in one million cancer risk. STATE California Air Resources Board CARB, a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency, is responsible for the coordination and administration of both federal and state air pollution control programs in California. In this capacity, CARB conducts research, sets state ambient air quality standards, compiles emission inventories, develops suggested control measures, and provides oversight of local programs. CARB establishes emissions standards for motor vehicles sold in California, consumer products (such as hairspray, aerosol paints, and barbecue lighter fluid), and various types of commercial equipment. It also sets fuel specifications to further reduce vehicular emissions. REGIONAL Bay Area Air Quality Management District The BAAQMD attains and maintains air quality conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin through a comprehensive program of planning, regulation, enforcement, technical innovation, and promotion of the understanding of air quality issues. The BAAQMD inspects stationary sources of air pollution and responds to citizen complaints, monitors ambient air quality and meteorological conditions, and implements programs and regulations required by the federal City of San Leandro 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project November 2018 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 3.0-13