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associated with project traffic would incrementally contribute to <br />primary pollutant concentrations near local intersections during peak <br />traffic periods, and also result in an incremental air quality <br />deterioration. <br />This analysis assumes that the vehicle trips, and therefore <br />the motor vehicle emissions, are strictly a result of the proposed <br />project. In reality, this project is a receptor of vehicle trips, not a <br />generator. This means that the vehicle trips would most likely be <br />generated to another location in the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) if <br />they were not generated to the proposed project site. Therefore, the <br />motor vehicle emissions would still be generated in the SCAB regardless <br />of the status of the project. However, this simplified analysis which <br />conforms to the procedures provided in the "Air Quality Handbook for <br />Environmental Impact Reports" as revised October, 1980, does not <br />recognize this. The project would redistribute the motor vehicle' <br />emissions to the area of the project from another area in the SCAB. <br />Project Consistency with the Air Quality Management Plan <br />An EIR must demonstrate the project's consistency with the <br />AQMP- This is done by showing consistency of local population and land <br />use projections with those in the AQMP. <br />The AQMP utilizes the Growth Forecast Policy from the Southern <br />California Association of Governments to prepare emission projections <br />for future levels of air pollution in order to achieve air quality <br />standards. The Draft SCAG-82 Growth Forecast Policy* expresses regional <br />and local growth policies by providing projected population, housing, <br />employment, and land use totals for Regional Statistical Areas (RSA's). <br />* Some changes to the SCAG-82 Growth Forecast Policy may occur prior <br />to its finalization in approximately April, 1983. <br />751R277 <br />