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CO, Five, and PMb. remissions, which are collectively referred to as criteria air pollutants,° Because the LST method can only be applied to criteria air pollutants, this method cannot be used to determine whether emissions from DPM, a known human carcinogen, will result in a significant health risk impact to nearby sensitive receptors. Asa result, hea It impacts from exposure to toxic air contaminants (TACs), such as diesel particulate matter (DPM), were not analyzed, thus leaving gap within the DEIR's analysis. Second, the omission of a quantified HRA is inconsistent with the most recent guidance published by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the organization responsible for providing guidance on conducting HRAs in California. In February of 2015, OEHHA released its most recent Risk Assessment Guidelines: Guidance Manua! for Preparation of Health Risk Assessments." This guidance document describes the types of projects that warrant the preparation of an HRA. Construction of the Project will produce emissions of DPM, a human carcinogen, through the exhaust stacks of construction equipment over construction period of approximately 26 months (Appendix B, pp. 247). The OEHHA document recommends that all short-term projects lasting at least two months he evaluated for cancer risks to nearby sensitive receptors." Therefore, per OEH"AS t idelines, we recommend that health risk impacts from Project construction be evaluated by the DEIR. Furthermore, once construction of the Project is complete, the Project will operate for along period of time. As previously stated, Project operation will generate approximately 11,546 daily vehicle trips, which will generate additional l exhaust emissions and continue to expose nearby sensitive receptors to DPM emissions (p. 5.14-11, Table 5.14- 5). The OEHHA do cum ent recommends that exposure from projects lasting more than 6months be evaluated for the duration of the project, and recommends that an exposure duration of 30 years be used to estimate individual cancer risk for the maximally exposed individual resident (MEIR).1q Even though we were not provided with the expected lifetime of the Project, we can reasonably assume that the Project will operate for at least 30 years, if not more. Therefore, we recommend that health risks from Project operation also be evaluated, as a 30-year exposure duration vastly exceeds the 2-month and frmonth requirements set forth by OEHHA. This guidance reflects the most recent health risk policy, and as such, we recommend that an updated assessment of health risks to nearby sensitive receptors from Pmject construction and operation be included in a revised CEQA evaluation for the Project. Third, by claiming a less than significant impact without conducting a quantified H HA to nearby, existing sensitive receptors as a result of Project construction, the DEIR fails to compare the excess health risk to 31 "Final Localized Significance Threshold Method dogy." KAUMD, Revised July 2008, am liable at.- httc;/fw w.agmd.am/dots/defa uIt-source/ceaaNirldbookAacalized-significance-thresholds/final-Ist- methodology document. pdf. 11 "Risk Assessment Guidelines Guidance Manual for Preparation of Health Risk Assessments " OEHHA, February 2015,availabk or: htip;/Icehha.w.gwlafr/hot soots/hotsocts2015.1ttml to "Risk Assessment Guidelines Guidance Manual for Preparation of Health Risk Assessments." OEHHA, February 2015, available at: hup Vcehha.ca..gcw/afrlhot sootsl2015/2015GuidanceManuai.vdf. p. 8-18 to "Rick Assasvmpat Ci Moline, Guidance Mani al for Prppa ration of Health Risk Assessments"OFHHA, F6hn inry 2013, available at: hua Vo hha.ca.cov/afrfhot soots/2015/2015GuidanceManua9.pdf. p. ", 8-15 35 75l77