2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
The
first
12
pages
of
Draft
EIR
Section
4.F,
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
,
address
the
setting
context
for
GHGs
inclusive
of
a
general
introduction
to
the
topic,
the
physical
setting
of
the
country,
state
and
region
and
a
synopsis
of
the
existing
regulatory
background
as
it
pertains
to
GHGs.
This
is
a
standardized
format
for
Draft
EIRs
throughout
California
pursuant
to
Section
15125
of
the
State
CEQA
Guidelines.
A
discussion
of
methodology
for
the
impact
analysis
is
presented
on
pages
4.F-13
and
4.F-14
of
the
Draft
EIR.
This
section
has
been
updated
in
this
Final
EIR
to
reflect
the
use
of
the
updated
CalEEMod
model.
The
methodology
used
for
analysis
of
GHG
impacts
is
that
recommended
by
the
Bay
Area
Air
Quality
Management
District
in
its
most
recent
(2012)
update
of
its
CEQA
Air
Quality
Guidelines.
Information
from
Draft
EIR
Section
4.N,
Traffic
and
Circulation
,
relevant
to
the
analysis
of
potential
GHG
impacts
consist
primarily
of
the
vehicle
trips
generation
assumed
for
each
development
scenario.
This
data
was
presented
in
Tables
4.N-12
and
4.N-13
of
the
Draft
EIR.
The
last
paragraph
of
page
4.F-2
is
revised
to
read
as
follows.
Global
warming
impacts
in
California
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to,
loss
in
snow
pack,
sea
level
rise,
more
extreme
heat
days
per
year,
more
high
ozone
days,
more
large
forest
fires,
and
more
drought
years.
Secondary
effects
are
likely
to
include
the
displacement
of
thousands
of
coastal
businesses
and
residences,
impacts
on
agriculture,
changes
in
disease
vectors,
and
changes
in
habitat
and
biodiversity.
As
the
California
Air
Resources
Board
(CARB)
Climate
Change
Scoping
Plan
noted,
the
legislature
in
enacting
Assembly
Bill
(AB)
32
found
that
global
warming
would
cause
detrimental
effects
to
some
of
the
state’s
largest
industries,
including
agriculture,
winemaking,
tourism,
skiing,
commercial
and
recreational
fishing,
forestry,
and
the
adequacy
of
electrical
power
generation.
The
Climate
Change
Scoping
Plan
states
as
follows
(CARB,
2011):
“The
impacts
of
global
warming
are
already
being
felt
in
California.
The
Sierra
snowpack,
an
important
source
of
water
supply
for
the
state,
has
shrunk
10
percent
in
the
last
100
years.
It
is
expected
to
continue
to
decrease
by
as
much
as
25
percent
by
2050.
World-wide
changes
are
causing
sea
levels
to
rise
–
about
eight
inches
of
increase
has
been
recorded
at
the
Golden
Gate
Bridge
over
the
past
100
years
–
threatening
low
coastal
areas
with
inundation
and
serious
damage
from
storms.”
The
following
is
added
following
the
first
full
paragraph
on
page
4.F-3
of
the
Draft
EIR:
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-67
May
2015