Reso 2020-119 1388 Bancroft Apartments MND MMRP

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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST Construction -Generated Airborne Asbestos Construction would involve demolition of existing buildings, which may include asbestos - containing materials (ACMs). Demolition would be subject to BAAQMD (1998) Regulation 11, Rule 2, Asbestos Demolition, Renovation and Manufacturing, which regulates the safe handling and disposal of asbestos -containing materials. California Health and Safety Code Section 19827.5 requires that local agencies not issue demolition permits until an applicant has demonstrated compliance with notification requirements under applicable federal regulations regarding hazardous air pollutants. The City of San Leandro would not issue a demolition permit until all requirements have been met. In accordance with the state regulation, the BAAQMD must be notified prior to demolition or abatement activities. Compliance with state and BAAQMD regulations, as implemented, monitored, and enforced through the City's permitting process, would ensure the impacts due to ACMs would be less than significant. Long -Term Operational Toxic Air Contaminants The project would not include any new TAC sources, nor would the project exacerbate any existing conditions related to localized concentrations of pollutants. The impact would be less than significant. The effect of existing sources of TACs on future residents of the project is considered an effect of environment on the project and as such, is not a CEQA consideration. However, it is a planning consideration for the City in evaluating project design and approval. The BAAQMD's Planning Healthy Places provides planning -level guidance regarding existing sources of TACs. The BAAQMD's (2018) Planning Healthy Places website has an interactive map showing areas with elevated air pollution and/or TACs resulting from permitted stationary sources and high -volume roadways. The interactive map identifies one stationary TAC source of concern —a retail gas station at the northwest corner of Bancroft Avenue and Estudillo Avenue. The area of concern for this gas station does not extend into the project site. The interactive map also indicates areas of potentially elevated TACs from traffic on Bancroft Avenue and Estudillo Avenue that extend into the project site. For these high traffic areas, the BAAQMD recommends implementing best practices to reduce exposure of project residents. A list of the potential best practices recommended by the BAAQMD can be found in the Planning Healthy Places guidebook (BAAQMD 2016). Carbon Monoxide Hot Spots Projects meeting all of the following screening criteria would be considered to have a less than significant impact on localized CO concentrations (BAAQMD 2017a): The project is consistent with an applicable congestion management program established by the county congestion management agency for designated roads or highways, regional transportation plans, and local congestion management agency plans. The project traffic would not increase traffic volumes at affected intersections to more than 44,000 vehicles per hour. 3. The project traffic would not increase traffic volumes at affected intersections to more than 24,000 vehicles per hour where vertical and/or horizontal mixing is substantially limited. 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration City of San Leandro November 2018 3.0-20