Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

GORST PLANNED ACTION EIS | SUMMARY• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency State Outdoor Burning Regulations per Washington Clean Air Act at Chapter70.94.743 RCW• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Regulations related to construction and operation including industrial andcommercial air pollutant sources• State of Washington GHG Reduction Limits• City of Bremerton SKIA Subarea Plan: A subarea plan for SKIA was adopted in 2012. A portion of the GorstWatershed is located within the SKIA subarea. The SKIA subarea plan contains development incentives andrequirements to ensure sustainable development and reduce GHG emissions.• Kitsap County Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan: In 2011, the Kitsap County developed an EnergyEfficiency and Conservation Plan, which is focused on achieving greater energy efficiency and reducing GHGemissions. The plan outlines a list of recommendations that once implemented would serve to increase energyefficiency and reduce GHGs.Other Potential Mitigation MeasuresConstruction Emission ControlKitsap County and the City of Bremerton should require all construction contractors to implement air qualitycontrol plans for construction activities in the Gorst study area. See Section 3.3 Air Quality for more information.GHG Reduction MeasuresWashington State has established GHG reductions with 2020 (1990 levels), 2035 (20 percent reduction below1990) and 2050 (50 percent reduction below 1990) limits and adopted requirements for capital investments, anenergy strategy, and VMT reduction targets. However, neither Ecology nor EPA has adopted numerical GHGemissions standards, GHG reduction requirements, or numerical GHG significance thresholds that direct localgovernment land use development actions. It is the City of Bremerton’s and Kitsap County’s responsibility toimplement its GHG reduction requirements for new developments.Table 3.3-8 Potential GHG Reduction Mitigation Measures in Section 3.3 Air Quality lists a variety of mitigationmeasures that could reduce GHG emissions caused by transportation facilities, building construction, spaceheating, and electricity usage (Ecology 2008). The table lists potential GHG reduction measures and indicateswhere the emission reductions might occur. Kitsap County and the City of Bremerton could require developmentapplicants to consider the reduction measures shown in Table 3.3-8 Potential GHG Reduction Mitigation Measuresfor their projects. Kitsap County and the City of Bremerton can incorporate potential GHG reduction measuresthrough its goals, policies, or regulations, including the proposed Planned Action Ordinance.In addition, additional vehicle trip reduction measures and land-use-related GHG reduction measures have beenpublished by various air quality agencies. For example, Table 3.3-9 SMAQMD 2 Recommended Measures for LandUse Emission Reductions lists the emission reduction measures developed by SMAQMD, 2010. The table listsSMAQMD’s estimated “mitigation points” value, where each point value corresponds to the percent reduction inemissions. For example, a mitigation point value of 1.0 corresponds to a one percent reduction in land-use-relatedemissions. SMAQMD developed this table to quantify reductions in criteria pollutant emissions, but the listedmeasures would also generally reduce GHG emissions. This table could also be used as a source of potential GHGreduction measures that could be implemented in goals, policies, or regulations, including the proposed PlannedAction Ordinance.2 Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management DistrictDraft | June 2013 1-25