2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
identified
in
the
One
Planet
Living
Concept
listed
in
the
first
column
of
Table
7-1,
related
EIR
sections
are
identified
in
the
third
column,
and
related
EIR
mitigation
measures
are
listed
in
the
fourth
column.
Neither
CEQA
law
nor
State
CEQA
Guidelines
explicitly
include
“sustainability”
as
an
issue.
State
guidelines
do,
however,
require
CEQA
documents
to
address
a
number
of
issues
commonly
associated
with
the
concept
of
“sustainability”
including:
Agricultural
and
Forest
Resources
:
loss
of
important
agricultural
and
forest
lands;
Air
Quality
:
consistency
with
applicable
air
quality
management
plans,
contribution
of
emissions
to
violations
of
air
quality
standards,
increase
of
any
criteria
pollutant
emissions;
Biological
Resources
:
effects
on
sensitive
habitat
areas
and
connectivity
of
habitat
areas;
Energy
Resources
:
potential
for
wasteful
use
of
energy
resources;
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
(global
climate
change):
GHG
emissions,
consistency
with
applicable
GHG
emissions
reduction
plans;
Hydrology
and
Water
Quality
:
protection
of
surface
and
groundwater
quality;
potential
for
overdrafting
of
groundwater
basins;
availability
of
adequate
water
supply;
and
Mineral
Resources
:
loss
of
important
mineral
resources.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.3-139
May
2015