San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Issuance of Particulate 10/2.5, Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, Precursor Organic Compound & Sulfur Dioxide
Summary
SCH Number
2024090674
Public Agency
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQMD)
Document Title
San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Issuance of Particulate 10/2.5, Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, Precursor Organic Compound & Sulfur Dioxide
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/17/2024
Document Description
[CONTINUED PROJECT TITLE:] San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Issuance of Particulate 10/2.5,
Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, Precursor Organic Compound, and Sulfur Dioxide
Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs), Sources 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, (Air District
Applications 31533, 31534, 31535, 32089, and 32091).
This permit action was to issue the following Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs) to San
Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility:
1.89 Tons of Particulate 10/2.5
5.96 Tons of Nitrogen Oxides
39.00 Tons of Carbon Monoxide
4.66 Tons of Precursor Organic Compounds
2.95 Tons of Sulfur Dioxide
The ERCs are generated by emission reductions corresponding to the shutdown of S-9, S-10, S-11, S-12, S-13, and S-14 IC Engines for the following credit generation periods pursuant to Air District Regulation 2, Rule 9:
App# S-# Credit Generation Period
31533 S-12 February 1, 2019 - January 31, 2022
31534 S-13 February 1, 2019 - January 31, 2022
31535 S-14 February 1, 2019 - January 31, 2022
App# S-# Credit Generation Period
32089 S-10 April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2023
32091 S-9 April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2023
32091 S-11 April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2023
Contact Information
Name
Ryan J. Atterbury
Agency Name
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District)
Job Title
Senior Air Quality Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Jason Nettleton
Agency Name
San Jose/Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility
Job Title
Senior Engineer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Santa Clara
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Near Spreckles Avenue and Grand Boulevard
Other Location Info
700 Los Esteros Road, San Jose, CA 95134
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
exempt under the "common sense" exemption. {See CEQA Guidelines§ 15061, subdivision (b}(3}}.
Reasons for Exemption
Emissions banking does not authorize or result in any direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical or
operational changes at the facility, air emissions, or impacts to the environment, so it is not a "project"
pursuant to CEQA. In addition, the Air District has concluded with certainty, based on materials in the
applicant's permit application including a CEQA Appendix H, that the issuance of these ERCs has no
potential to result in any additional or different environmental impacts beyond what is already entailed in
the applicant's existing use of the source. Therefore, if issuance of the ERCs were a "project" pursuant to
CEQA, it would be subject to the "common sense" exemption.
County Clerk
Santa Clara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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