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SANTA ANA REZONE PROJECT <br /> INITIAL STUDYIMITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION <br /> Less than <br /> Significant <br /> Potentially Impact with Less than <br /> Significant Mitigation Significant <br /> Environmental Issues Impact Incorporated Impact No Impact <br /> 2.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions <br /> Would the project.- <br /> a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, ❑ ❑ ❑ <br /> either directly or indirectly, that may have a <br /> significant impact on the environment? <br /> b) Conflict with any applicable plan, policy or ❑ ❑ ® ❑ <br /> regulation adopted for the purpose of <br /> reducing the emissions of greenhouse <br /> gases? <br /> Environmental Evaluation <br /> Setting <br /> The City of Santa Ana and the project site are located within the SoCAB, which is under the <br /> jurisdiction of the SCAQMD. CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.4 gives lead agencies the discretion to <br /> assess GHG emissions of projects quantitatively or qualitatively, while also considering several other <br /> factors that may be used in the determination of significance of GHG emissions from a project, <br /> including the extent to which the project may increase or reduce GHG emissions,whether a project <br /> exceeds an applicable significance threshold, and the extent to which the project complies with <br /> regulations or requirements adopted to implement a plan for the reduction or mitigation of GHG <br /> emissions. However, CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.4 does not establish a threshold of <br /> significance. <br /> CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.6 provides lead agencies the discretion to establish significance <br /> thresholds for their respective jurisdictions, and in establishing those thresholds, a lead agency may <br /> appropriately look to thresholds developed by other public agencies or suggested by other experts, if <br /> any threshold chosen is supported by substantial evidence. The City of Santa Ana has adopted a <br /> Climate Action Plan (CAP); however, the CAP does not contain a numerical significance threshold for <br /> assessing impacts related to GHG emissions. The SCAQMD formed a Working Group to provide <br /> guidance to local lead agencies on determining significance for GHG emissions in their CEQA <br /> documents and was proposing to adopt a tiered approach for evaluating GHG emissions for <br /> development projects where SCAQMD is the lead agency.As of the last Working Group meeting held <br /> in September 2010, the Working Group identified a "bright-line" screening-level threshold of 3,000 MT <br /> Fcs 57 <br /> naps I/ade[innovation 5.sharepoint.cam/sitegPubi[ntions5itgShared Dcruments/PubliaRill,/Cllent IPN-INi/0327/03770 7/I5MND103270047 Santa Ana Remne Prolkr4ioaDce No. NS-3092 <br /> Page 69 of 118 <br />