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Public Review Draft <br />Page 24 San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan <br />In California, and as recommended by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, many <br />communities use the 2012 US Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse <br />Gas Emissions, commonly referred to as the US Community Protocol, to identify and assess <br />community activities. The Protocol provides guidance on how to measure and report community- <br />wide GHG emissions, including identification of relevant sources or activities methods to estimate <br />GHG emissions from each source, and consistency in the identification, assessment, and <br />presentation of emissions results across multiple jurisdictions. <br />The City’s community-wide GHG inventory was prepared using protocols and best practices <br />identified within the US Community Protocol, supported by methods in the Local Government <br />Operations Protocol (LGOP) v. 1.1, where appropriate. As part of the GHG emissions accounting <br />process, the City updated the 2005 GHG inventory to reflect current best practices. <br />RESULTS <br />The community-wide inventories include the following sectors: <br /> Energy: Electricity and natural gas used in residential and non-residential settings (e.g., <br />industrial, commercial), including direct access electricity. <br /> Transportation: On-road vehicle trips on local roads and state highways from both passenger <br />and commercial vehicles. <br /> BART: Emissions generated from BART trips. <br /> Off-Road: The use of portable equipment and vehicles that do not travel on roads (e.g., <br />construction or lawn and garden equipment). <br /> Waste: Material produced by the community that is deposited in landfills and that decomposes <br />and produces methane. <br /> Water and Wastewater: Energy used to treat and pump water used and wastewater created, <br />along with emissions from the processing of wastewater. <br /> Biomass Sequestration: GHG emissions absorbed by natural lands and trees in San Leandro. <br />Since emissions are removed from the atmosphere, the values of this sector are negative. This <br />is an informational item and is not included in the community totals. <br />The CAP presents some GHG emissions in both absolute (total) and per-capita (emissions per <br />resident) levels. <br /> <br />68