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Cabrillo at First Mixed-Use Residential Air Quality, Global Climate Change, HRA, and Energy Impact Analysis 76 19386 within the district. Approved protocols include forest projects, urban tree planting, and manure management. The SCAQMD is currently developing additional protocols for other reduction measures. For a GHG emission reduction project to qualify, it must be verified and certified by the SCAQMD Executive Officer, who has 60 days to approve or deny the Plan to reduce GHG emissions. Upon approval of the Plan, the Executive Officer issues required to issue a certified receipt of the GHG emission reductions within 90 days. SCAQMD Rule 2702 The SCAQMD adopted Rule 2702 on February 6, 2009, which establishes a voluntary air quality investment program from which SCAQMD can collect funds from parties that desire certified GHG emission reductions, pool those funds, and use them to purchase or fund GHG emission reduction projects within two years, unless extended by the Governing Board. Priority will be given to projects that result in co-benefit emission reductions of GHG emissions and criteria or toxic air pollutants within environmental justice areas. Further, this voluntary program may compete with the cap-and-trade program identified for implementation in CARB’s Scoping Plan, or a federal cap and trade program. SCAQMD Rule 3002 The SCAQMD amended Rule 3002 on November 5, 2010 to include facilities that emit greater than 100,000 tons per year of CO2e are required to apply for a Title V permit by July 1, 2011. A Title V permit is for facilities that are considered major sources of emissions. Local – City of Santa Ana City of Santa Ana Climate Action Plan The City adopted the City of Santa Ana Climate Action Plan (CAP) in December 2015. The CAP represents the City of Santa Ana’s commitment to improving quality of life by reducing carbon pollution and energy use, both from its own operations and from the community as a whole. In 2014, the City Council adopted emissions reduction goals for the CAP. For community-wide emissions, the reduction goal is 15 percent below the baseline year 2008 by 2020, and 30 percent below the baseline year 2008 by 2035. For municipal operations emissions the reduction goal is 30 percent by 2020 and 40 percent by 2035. The CAP includes measures to reduce emissions under five sectors: transportation and land use, energy, solid waste, water and wastewater. The measures provided in the CAP are projected to accomplish the goals of a 15 percent reduction in community-wide emissions by 2020 and nearly reach 30 percent reduction by 2035. It is anticipated that new policy and technology options for reducing emissions will become available before 2035; the CAP will be updated periodically to meet the 2035 goal. The CAP measures affecting municipal operations are projected to accomplish goals of 30 percent reduction by 2020 and 40 percent reduction by 2035. SIGNIFICANCE THRESHOLDS Appendix G of State CEQA Guidelines The CEQA Guidelines recommend that a lead agency consider the following when assessing the significance of impacts from GHG emissions on the environment: ▪ The extent to which the project may increase (or reduce) GHG emissions as compared to the existing environmental setting; ▪ Whether the project emissions exceed a threshold of significance that the lead agency determines applies to the project; 766/27/2022 Planning Commission 2 –129