Community Emissions Reduction Plan for the Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo Path to Clean Air (PTCA) Area
Summary
SCH Number
2024050685
Public Agency
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQMD)
Document Title
Community Emissions Reduction Plan for the Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo Path to Clean Air (PTCA) Area
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/15/2024
Document Description
The Path to Clean Air (PTCA) Plan was co-developed by the PTCA Community Steering Committee (CSC), Air District, California Air Resources Board (CARB), local governments, and key implementation partners to address the disproportionate pollution and health burdens in the PTCA area, which includes areas of the City of Richmond and City of San Pablo and unincorporated Contra Costa County, including North Richmond. The PTCA Plan was developed over a three-year period and centers community voice in the plan goals, major pollution sources and pollutants identified, and the strategies and actions to reduce local emissions and exposures.
Community-identified issues and challenges and the technical assessment informed the development of 140 actions that are grouped into 31 strategies across five community concerns: Commercial and Industrial, Fuel Refining, Marine and Rail, Public Health, and Mobile sources; as well as four cross-cutting issues: Compliance and Enforcement, Land Use, Properly Resourced PTCA Plan, and Urban Greening. Strategies and actions in the plan will be implemented by the Air District, CARB, local governments, and the CSC to improve air quality and reduce public health and environmental impacts in the PTCA area.
Contact Information
Name
Alison Kirk
Agency Name
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Job Title
Air Quality Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Richmond, San Pablo
Counties
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Other Location Info
All of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, and the southern portions of Solano and Sonoma counties.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15308 - Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment
Reasons for Exemption
The PTCA Plan has been adopted by the Air District, a regulatory agency, to benefit the environment and the health of residents of the Richmond-North Richmond-San Pablo PTCA area, and all of the strategies and actions identified by the PTCA Plan support this goal. Therefore, adoption of the PTCA Plan is categorically exempt from CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308. The Air District has determined no exceptions, laid out in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2, to the exemption apply. The project will not result in cumulative impacts but instead aims to reduce existing cumulative air quality impacts. Additionally, there are no unusual circumstances surrounding this project nor will it result in significant impacts. As noted in Appendix I to the PTCA Plan, future actions taken pursuant to the PTCA Plan (such as rulemaking) may result in impacts, but the plan merely calls for these proceedings to be initiated in the future. The PTCA Plan does not identify nor commit to any specific rules or regulations. Accordingly, the result of such regulatory proceedings is uncertain, and any potential impacts are entirely speculative and not subject to CEQA.
County Clerks
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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