Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan

Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan

The Draft RCAP was published on August 14, 2024 for public review. The RCAP includes strategies, measures, and actions addressing communitywide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and establishes a target of a 40 percent reduction in GHG emissions below 1990 levels by 2030 and a longer-term goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. The 2030 GHG emissions target was selected to be consistent with California Senate Bill (SB) 32 State emissions targets and the CEQA Guidelines for a qualified GHG emissions reduction strategy, and to be achievable by the actions identified in the CAP. To achieve the Humboldt 2030 GHG emissions reduction target, the County has developed 29 measures related to carbon-free energy, building energy use, transportation, waste, water/wastewater, and carbon sequestration. In addition, the County proposes to adopt quantitative CEQA GHG emissions thresholds for use in evaluating whether a plan or project’s GHG emissions would result in a potentially significant environmental impact under CEQA for plans or projects with pre-2030 buildout or initial operational years. The CEQA GHG emissions thresholds would be applied to plans or projects that cannot tier from the environmental analysis for the RCAP.

Arcata, Blue Lake, Eureka, Ferndale, Fortuna, Rio Dell, Trinidad

Humboldt

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (policy document)

Climate action plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire