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Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance No Impact. The Williamson Contract applies to parcels consisting of at least 20 acres of Prime Farmland or at least 40 acres of land not designated as Prime Farmland. The California Department of Conservation indicates that there are no Williamson Act Contract or Preservation lands on or near the project site (California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection, Williamson Act Program 2006). Therefore, no Williamson Contract lands would be removed as part of the proposed project. The proposed project site is zoned as SP-2 -Specific Plan (City of Santa Ana 2005) and designated GC in the NHSP (City of Santa Ana no date). Therefore, the proposed project would not conflict with existing agricultural zoning. No impact would occur. C. No Impact. The proposed project would not disrupt or damage the operation or productivity of any areas designated as farmland. As discussed above, no farmland is located within the project site or within the surrounding areas that would be affected by any elements of the proposed project. The project would not induce growth that could result in the premature conversion of existing farmland in the area. No impacts would occur. III. Air Quality A. Less Than Significant Impact. The proposed project would not conflict with or obstruct the implementation of applicable air quality attainment or congestion management plans because the proposed project is accounted for in both the South Coast Air Quality Management Plan and the Orange County Congestion Management Plan. Therefore, the proposed project would result in a less than significant impact. The project site is located within the 6,600-square-mile South Coast Air Basin (Basin). The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is required, pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act, to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants for which the Basin is in nonattainment (i.e., carbon monoxide [CO], ozone [03], particulate matter 10 microns in diameter or less [PM10] and particulate matter 2.5 microns in diameter or less [PM2.5]). As such, the project would be subject to the SCAQMD's Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP). The AQMP contains a comprehensive list of pollution control strategies directed at reducing emissions and achieving ambient air quality standards. These strategies are developed, in part, based on regional population, housing, and employment projections prepared by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). SCAG is the regional planning agency for Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial Counties, and addresses regional issues relating to transportation, economy, community development, and environment. With regard to air quality planning, SCAG has prepared the Regional Comprehensive Plan and Guide (RCPG), which includes Growth Management and Regional Mobility chapters that form the basis for the land use and transportation control portions of the AQMP and that are used in the preparation of the air quality forecasts and consistency analysis included in the AQMP. Both the RCPG and AQMP are based, in part, on projections originating with County and City general plans. Although the proposed project would change the zoning and specific plan designation of the project site, the proposed use of the project site would not be California Palms May 2007 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 3-16 J&5 0296.01 75D-73