SCH Number 2024081319

Project Info

Title

Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan

Description

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.

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