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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />Clean Air Act, the Clean Air Act Amendments, and the California Clean Air Act. The BAAQMD is <br />responsible for preparing plans to attain ambient air quality standards in the air basin. <br />The BAAQMD develops regulations to improve air quality and protect the health and welfare of <br />Bay Area residents and their environment. BAAQMD rules and regulations applicable to the <br />project area include, but are not limited to, the following: <br />• Regulation 6, Rule 3, Wood -Burning Devices. 6-3-306 Requirements for New Building <br />Construction: Effective November 1, 2016, no person or builder shall install a wood -burning <br />device in a new building construction (BAAQMD 2015). <br />Regulation 8, Rule 3, Architectural Coatings. Except as provided in Sections 8-3-302, 303, <br />307, and 309, no person shall: (i) manufacture, blend, or repackage for sale within the <br />District; (ii) supply, sell, or offer for sale within the District; or (iii) solicit for application or apply <br />within the District, any architectural coating with a VOC content, as calculated pursuant <br />to Section 8-3-607, in excess of the corresponding limit specified in the following tables <br />[VOC limit tables not shown here] (BAAQMD 2009b). <br />• Regulation 11, Rule 2, Asbestos Demolition, Renovation and Manufacturing. The purpose of <br />this rule is to control emissions of asbestos to the atmosphere during demolition, renovation, <br />milling, and manufacturing and establish appropriate waste disposal procedures <br />(BAAQMD 1998). <br />Air Quality Attainment Plan <br />The BAAQMD adopted the Bay Area 2017 Clean Air Plan in April 2017, which addresses <br />nonattainment of the national 1-hour ozone standard in the SFBAAB. The Clean Air Plan establishes <br />a program of rules and regulations directed at reducing air pollutant emissions and achieving <br />state (California) and national air quality standards. The plan's pollutant control strategies are <br />based on the latest scientific and technical information and planning assumptions, updated <br />emission inventory methodologies for various source categories, and the latest population growth <br />projections and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) projections for the region. The Clean Air Plan defines <br />a control strategy that the BAAQMD and its partners will implement to (1) reduce emissions and <br />decrease ambient concentrations of harmful pollutants; (2) safeguard public health by reducing <br />exposure to air pollutants that pose the greatest health risk, with an emphasis on protecting the <br />communities most heavily impacted by air pollution; and (3) reduce greenhouse gas emissions to <br />protect the climate. In addition to updating the previously prepared ozone plan, the Clean Air <br />Plan also serves as a multipollutant plan to protect public health and the climate. In its dual role <br />as an update to the state ozone plan and a multipollutant plan, the Bay Area 2017 Clean Air Plan <br />addresses four categories of pollutants (BAAQMD 2017b): <br />• Ground -level ozone and its key precursors, ROG and NOX <br />• Particulate matter: primary PM2.5, as well as precursors to secondary PM2.5 <br />• Air toxics <br />• Greenhouse gases <br />The Clean Air Plan provides local guidance for the SIP, which includes the framework for air quality <br />basins to achieve attainment of the state and federal ambient air quality standards. <br />1388 Bancroft Avenue Project City of San Leandro <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration November 2018 <br />3.0-14 <br />