Community Air Grant- Bayview Hunters Point project
Community Air Grant- Bayview Hunters Point project
Summary
SCH Number
2018108312
Lead Agency
Air Resources Board
Document Title
Community Air Grant- Bayview Hunters Point project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Document Description
The Community Air Grant is awarded to Green action for Health and Environmental Justice to organize a ten member Community Advisory group; to create and disseminate three multilingual factsheets to educated community members about various topics including AB 617, Community Air Monitoring program, cumulative health impacts, reporting air pollution violations; to conduct community educational outreach; to provide presentations at Bayview Hunters point (BVHP) environmental Justice Response task force meetings; to coordinate BVHP Environmental Justice task response Force activities; to organize and conduct a Youth Environmental Justice Air Quality Leadership Academy; to review air quality, pollution mapping and other health information in the community; to participate in AB 617 trainings; and to purchase and assemble air monitors. Five (5) air monitors (Dylos) will be deployed in suspected PM hot spots in BVHP to collect data that will be used to help determine the location of future permanent air quality monitors. Information gathered will be part of a Community PM Air Monitor Network, which will be integrated into the BVHP/Ivan Networks website. Dylos monitors are portable air monitoring devices, designed as hand held devices to monitor air pollutants; however, installation may also include temporally affixing the device to a structure.
Location Specific: Various locations in Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 15061(b)(3), 15303, 15306
Reasons for Exemption
In accordance with CEQA, the use of the Common Sense Exemption is based on the "general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment." (CEQA Guidelines, S 15061(b)(3)). The use of this exemption is appropriate if "it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment." With certainty, there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The project consists of community outreach activities, technical assistance, trainings, and technical comments on projects, community assistance, and translation services to the community.
NOTE: See NOE for full details.
