2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
Tree
planting
could
occur
on
the
western
area
of
the
Baylands
site
without
affecting
the
landfill
cap.
The
specific
restrictions
to
be
contained
in
the
landfill
closure
plans
will
be
determined
by
the
Regional
Water
Quality
Control
Board
and
DTSC.
The
analysis
of
Control
Strategy
ECM
4:
Shade
Tree
Planting
in
Table
4.B-21
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.B-51
is
revised
to
read
as
follows:
The
overall
Landscape
Guidelines
of
the
Specific
Plan
prepared
for
the
DSP
and
DSP-V
scenarios
provide
for
substantial
tree
planting
throughout
the
Project
Site’s
developed
and
open
areas
in
order
to
enhance
the
area’s
visual
quality
and
identity,
visually
buffer
new
development,
and
provide
environmental
benefits
such
as
micro-climate
control.
The
CPP
and
CPP-V
scenarios
are
intended
at
a
minimum
to
provide
equivalent
landscaping
including
tree
planting.
Restrictions
to
protect
the
landfill
cap
may
be
contained
in
the
Landfill
Closure
Plan
to
restrict
tree
planting
within
the
former
landfill
area.
Wind
data
for
the
Baylands
Site
indicate
that
winds
from
the
west
and
northwest
blow
more
than
75
percent
of
the
time
and
calm
wind
scenarios
only
occur
13
percent
of
the
time.
Consequently,
the
pollutants
are
dispersed
primarily
to
the
east
over
San
Francisco
Bay.
Heavier
pollutants
such
as
particulate
matter
could
eventually
be
deposited
into
the
Bay.
Other
pollutants
such
as
ozone
precursors
could
be
transported
into
the
atmosphere
under
warmer
conditions
and
combine
to
form
ozone.
See
also
The
California
Clean
Air
Act
directs
the
California
Air
Resources
Board
(CARB)
to
identify
each
district
in
which
transported
air
pollutants
from
upwind
areas
outside
the
regional
air
quality
management
district
cause
or
contribute
to
a
violation
of
the
ozone
standard
and
to
identify
the
district
of
origin
of
transported
pollutants.
The
information
regarding
the
transport
of
air
pollutants
from
one
basin
to
another
was
to
be
quantified
to
assist
interrelated
basins
in
the
preparation
of
plans
for
the
attainment
of
State
ambient
air
quality
standards.
Numerous
studies
conducted
by
CARB
have
identified
air
basins
that
are
impacted
by
pollutants
transported
from
other
air
basins
(as
of
1993).
Among
the
air
basins
affected
by
air
pollution
transport
from
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
Air
Basin
(SFBAAB)
are
the
North
Central
Coast
Air
Basin,
the
Mountain
Counties
Air
Basin,
the
San
Joaquin
Valley
Air
Basin,
and
the
Sacramento
Valley
Air
Basin.
The
SFBAAB
was
also
identified
as
an
area
impacted
by
the
transport
of
air
pollutants
from
the
Sacramento
region
(BAAQMD,
2012).
Transported
pollutants
consist
primarily
of
ozone
and
its
precursors
and
not
particulate
matter.
The
Draft
EIR
identified
significant
and
unavoidable
construction-related
and
operational
air
quality
impacts
as
a
result
of
implementation
of
all
four
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-36
May
2015