Point Source Pollution: A source of pollutants from a single point of conveyance, such as a pipe. For example, the discharge from a sewage treatment plant or a factory is a point source.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): A group of manufactured chemicals, including about seventy different but closely related compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine. PCBs are suspected of causing cancer in humans and other animals. PCBs are an example of an organic toxicant. (SFEP 2007)

Polycyclic or Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A class of complex organic compounds, some of which are persistent and cancer-causing. These compounds are formed from the combustion of organic material and are ubiquitous in the environment.

PAHs are commonly formed by forest fires and by the combustion of gasoline and other petroleum products.

Poorly Drained: Soils that commonly are wet at or near the surface during a sufficient part of the year that field crops cannot be grown under natural conditions. Poorly drained conditions are caused by a saturated zone, a layer with low hydraulic conductivity, seepage, or a combination of these conditions.

Potable Water: Water that conforms to the federal, state, and local standards for human consumption.

Private: Of or concerning a particular person or group; not owned by a government body.

Private sources of funding: Refers to private sector funding sources for Bi-County transportation improvements such as, but not limited to development fair share funding contributions, as well as private sector funding for other needed infrastructure.

Program EIR: Section 15168 of State CEQA Guidelines defines a program EIR as an EIR that may be prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project and are related either (1) geographically; (2) as logical parts in the chain of contemplated actions; (3) in connection with issuance of rules, regulations, plans, or other general criteria to govern the conduct of a continuing program; or (4) as individual activities carried out under the same authorizing statutory or regulatory authority and having generally similar environmental effects that can be mitigated in similar ways.

Public: Of the people as a whole; owned by a government body.

Public sources for funding: Refers to public funding mechanisms such as, but not limited to highway and roadway funds, to be used for funding of Bi-County transportation improvements.

Qualifying development project: A “qualifying development project” refers to a project that would generate 100 or more net new trips during the AM or PM peak hour, and would