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1 2 3 4 5 s 7 81 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The City Council hereby finds that the following potential environmental impacts of the Project are less than significant with the implementation of the Project and therefore do not require the imposition of mitigation measures: A. AIR QUALITY The Project would include usage of trucks that may emit diesel odors that would be objectionable; however, there are no sensitive receptors in the immediate vicinity, and the surrounding land uses are of industrial nature. In addition, the Project proponent will be required to comply with the policies of the City of Colton Municipal Code and the General Plan regarding odors. Therefore, no impacts are anticipated. (Draft EIR, p. 4.1-25) The proposed Project will increase regional emissions, and will increase regional emissions by an amount greater than the SCAQMD thresholds for CO, ROG and NOx. The consistency criteria pertain to local air quality impacts, rather than regional emissions, as defined by the SCAQMD. The SCAQMD has identified CO as the best indicator pollutant for determining whether air quality violations would occur, as CO hot-spot is most directly related to increase in traffic. This air quality analysis has demonstrated that the local air quality with the Project would not exceed the 1-hour and 8-hour state and federal standards. The Proj ect will increase local CO emissions. However, the CO increases due to the Project are not significant enough to exceed the state and federal CO standards. Therefore, the Project is found to be consistent with the AQMP for the first criterion. (Draft EIR, p. 4.1-26) The traffic modeling methodologies upon which much of the air quality assessment are based on the growth increment approach on the East Valley Traffic Model Year 2000 and Year 2030, the ITE Trip Generation, 7th Edition, and the Highway Capacity Manual 2000. The AQMP assumptions are based upon Projections from local general plans. Projects that are consistent with the local general plan are consistent with the AQMP assumptions. The Project is included in the traffic buildout 2030 forecast including regional growth. It appears that the growth forecasts for the proposed Project are consistent with the SCAG growth forecasts. The forecasts made for the Project EIR are based on the same demographics as the AQMP, and therefore, the second criterion is met for consistency with the AQMP. The Project is consistent with the SCAQMD's AQMP and no additional mitigation is required. (Draft EIR, p. 4.1-27) 0