NOTICE OF PREPARATION - City of Manteca

17. Global Climate Change. Would the project:
a. Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or
indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the
environment?
b. Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted
for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse
gases?
Potentially
Significant
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Impact
Less Than
Significant
With
Mitigation
Incorporation
Less Than
Significant
a., b) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission impacts on global climate change must be addressed for any new project under
CEQA. An approach intended to streamline the process of determining if project specific GHG emissions would have a
significant effect is using performance based standards that would be applicable to projects that result in increased GHG
emissions. Best Performance Standards (BPS) are defined as the most effective achieved-in-practice means of reducing
or limiting GHG emissions from a GHG emissions source. BPS focuses on measures that improve energy efficiency and
those that reduce vehicle miles traveled. GHG significance relating to this project must be determined using various
thresholds because they may have a cumulatively significant impact on global climate change. This impact would be
potentially significant.
X
X
Impact
No
Impact