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Environmental Checklist Air Quality Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 29 FCS analyzed the project’s consistency based on three criteria focused on whether the project supports the primary goals of the 2017 Plan, whether the project includes applicable control measures from the 2017 Plan, and whether the project impedes implementation of any 2017 Plan control measures (Appendix AQ). The report concluded that the project would be consistent with the City’s General Plan land use designation of low-medium density residential and would not increase VMT beyond the assumptions made under the 2017 Plan. The project was also shown to be consistent with applicable 2017 Plan measures related to buildings, energy, natural and working lands, stationary sources, and transportation control measures (Appendix AQ). Implementation of Mitigation Measure AQ-2B-1 would be required, which would ensure project compliance with BAAQMD construction emission control measures would further ensure the project would align with the 2017 Plan. As such, the project was found to be consistent with the 2017 Plan based on the three criteria identified in FCS’ analysis. This impact would be less than significant with mitigation identified in the General Plan EIR. b.Would the project result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard? The San Francisco Bay Area is designated as in nonattainment for the federal and state ozone, federal and state PM2.5, and state PM10 standards. The San Francisco Bay Area is also a maintenance area for the federal carbon monoxide standards. The Bay Area is designated as in attainment or unclassified for the other federal ambient air quality standards (BAAQMD 2017b). A significant air quality impact may occur when a project individually or cumulatively interferes with progress toward the Basin’s attainment of the federal 8-hour ozone standard and PM2.5 standard or causes an exceedance of a state or federal ambient air quality standard for any criteria pollutant. Primary criteria pollutants are emitted directly from a source (e.g., vehicle tailpipe, an exhaust stack of a factory) into the atmosphere. Commonly found primary criteria pollutants include reactive organic gases (ROG), nitric oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), PM10, and PM2.5. Construction Emissions Project construction would result in temporary construction emissions from the operation of construction vehicles and equipment over unpaved areas, grading, trenching, and disturbance of stockpiled soils have the potential to generate fugitive dust (PM10) through the exposure of soil to wind erosion and dust entrainment. In addition, exhaust emissions associated with heavy-duty construction equipment would potentially degrade regional air quality. Construction emissions were estimated using the CalEEMod version 2020.4.0 and are shown in Table 6.