2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
“
Past,
present
and
future
development
projects
contribute
to
the
region‘s
adverse
air
quality
impacts
on
a
cumulative
basis.
By
its
very
nature,
air
pollution
is
largely
a
cumulative
impact.
No
single
project
is
sufficient
in
size
to,
by
itself,
result
in
nonattainment
of
ambient
air
quality
standards.
Instead,
a
project‘s
individual
emissions
contribute
to
existing
cumulatively
significant
adverse
air
quality
impacts.
If
a
project‘s
contribution
to
the
cumulative
impact
is
considerable
then
the
project‘s
impact
on
air
quality
would
be
considered
significant
.
”
Although
Table
4.B-1
of
the
Draft
EIR
indicates
that
the
most
stringent
applicable
ozone
standards
were
not
exceeded
at
the
nearest
(San
Francisco)
monitoring
station
between
2006
and
2010,
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
Air
Basin
(SFBAAB)
region
as
a
whole
experienced
an
average
of
nine
days
of
exceedance
per
year
between
2009
and
2013.
Project
Site
development’s
ROG,
NOx
and
PM10
emission
increases
could
contribute
to
air
quality
violation
in
the
SFBAAB
region
by
contributing
to
more
days
of
ozone
exceedance
or
result
in
air
quality
index
levels
that
are
unhealthy
for
sensitive
groups
and
other
populations.
The
SFBAAB
has
averaged
between
8
and
19
days
per
year
that
are
considered
unhealthy
for
sensitive
groups
and
has
had
2
unhealthy
(red)
days
in
the
last
5
years.
On
unhealthy
days,
persons
are
recommended
to
avoid
both
prolonged
outdoor
activities
and
activities
requiring
heavy
exertion
outdoors.
Brisbane
Lagoon
is
within
the
boundaries
of
the
Baylands
Project
site,
and
is
therefore
discussed
as
part
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site
on
page
4.A-2,
rather
than
in
the
Surrounding
Area
subsection.
See
Final
EIR
Chapter
3.0
for
a
revision
to
Draft
EIR
page
4.A-1
to
indicate
the
location
of
San
Bruno
Mountain
is
to
the
south/southwest.
For
consistency,
all
call-outs
of
figures
(e.g.,
“Figure
4.A-1”)
are
shown
in
the
EIR
in
bold
type
.
See
Final
EIR
Chapter
3.0
for
revised
text
on
Draft
EIR
pages
4.A-1
and
4.A-2
describing
Brisbane’s
setting.
The
Cow
Palace
area
is
subject
to
substantial
redevelopment,
including
potential
relocation.
The
Draft
EIR
includes
the
East
Daly
City-Cow
Palace
(Bayshore
Redevelopment
Project
Area
Plan)
as
cumulative
project
#12
in
Table
6-2,
and
analyzes
that
project
as
part
of
the
evaluation
of
cumulative
effects
in
Chapter
6.
The
statement
on
page
4.A-2
of
the
Draft
EIR
is
intended
to
describe
existing
conditions
without
delving
into
whether
the
existing
vegetation
may
have
been
deliberately
planted
to
screen
the
Baylands
Project
Site
from
Highway
101
or
not.
The
Draft
EIR’s
description
of
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-19
May
2015