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Letter AQMD <br /> South Coast <br /> Air Quality Management District <br /> 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4182 <br /> ~ (909) 396-2000 • www.agmd.gov <br /> E-mailed: June 1, 2010 June 1, 2010 <br /> Ms. Lucy Linnaus <br /> Senior Planner <br /> City of Santa Ana <br /> Planning and Building Agency <br /> Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br /> Review of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) <br /> for the City of Santa Ana Transit Zoning Code <br /> The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) appreciates the opportunity <br /> <br /> to comment on the above-mentioned document. Although the public comment period for <br /> the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) closed on March 19, 2010 AQMD <br /> staff was not notified about this project until April 20, 2010. While the comment period <br /> has closed, the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) has not yet been gQMD-1 <br /> <br /> published by the lead agency. The following comments are intended to provide guidance <br /> to the lead agency and should be incorporated into the Final EIR as appropriate. <br /> Additionally, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15086 AQMD staff requests that the lead <br /> agency please ensure that the AQMD is included in the distribution list for all future <br /> <br /> projects subject to CEQA. <br /> AQMD staff recognizes the regional air quality benefits of the proposed project (Transit <br /> Zoning Code) given that it will increase residential densities near future employment and <br /> transportation centers. However, AQMD staff is concerned that the project provides a <br /> mixed use overlay zone that could potentially encourage more people to live in close <br /> <br /> proximity to sources of air pollution such as industrial uses and Interstate 5. Therefore, gQMD-2 <br /> AQMD staff requests that the lead agency review and implement mitigation measures <br /> consistent with the advisory recommendations and respective source categories from the <br /> California Air Resources Board's Air Quality and Land Use Handbook: A Community <br /> Perspective (GARB Handbook). Further, AQMD staff recommends that the lead agency <br /> <br /> require additional construction mitigation measures to minimize the project's potential air <br /> quality impacts. <br /> Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21092.5, please provide the AQMD with <br /> written responses to all comments contained herein prior to the adoption of the Final EIR. AQMD-3 <br /> Further, staff is available to work with the lead agency to address these issues and any <br /> <br />