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Guide to Air Quality Assessment

Determining Significance of Air Quality Impact Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

First Edition, February 2002

 

image of flow chart diagram Flow Chart Description of Basic Process for Air Quality Assessment

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Guide to Air Quality Assessment: Full Guide(PDF, 3MB)

  • Cover(PDF, 71KB)
  • Table of Contents(PDF, 12KB)
  • Executive Summary(PDF, 15KB)
  • Chapter 1 Introduction(PDF, 30KB)
  • Chapter 2 Air Quality of El Dorado County(PDF, 193KB)
  • Chapter 3 Thresholds of Significance(PDF, 28KB)
  • Chapter 4 Construction Activities - Air Quality Impacts and Mitigation(PDF, 1MB)
  • Chapter 5 ROG and NOx Emissions and Mitigation for Project Operations(PDF, 36KB)
  • Chapter 6 CO, PM10 and Other Pollutant Air Quality Impacts and Mitigation for Project Operations(PDF, 1MB)
  • Chapter 7 Evaluation of Toxic Air Contaminants(PDF, 21KB)
  • Chapter 8 Cumulative Air Quality Impacts(PDF, 22KB)
  • Chapter 9 Conformity(PDF, 12KB)
  • Appendix A CEQA Guide Checklist(PDF, 24KB)
  • Appendix B Air Quality Management and Ambient Air Quality Standards(PDF, 22KB)
  • Appendix C-1 Construction Emission Factors and Dust Mitigation Measures(PDF, 20KB)
  • Appendix C-2 Road Construction Emission Model User Instruction(PDF, 125KB)
  • Appendix D Vehicle Trip and Emission Calculations(PDF, 26KB)
  • Appendix E Operation Emissions Mitigation(PDF, 19KB)
  • Appendix F Glossary(PDF, 13KB)

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