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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />5. Environmental Analysis <br />GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS <br />The Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Plan is a mixed used project that would increase land use <br />intensity along the Harbor Boulevard corridor. Harbor Boulevard and intersecting roadways such as <br />Westminster Avenue, West First Street, and McFadden Avenue are currently served by local bus lines. In the <br />coming decade, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) plans to establish BRT routes along <br />segments of Westminster Avenue and Harbor Boulevard that are within the City of Santa Ana. As shown in <br />Figure 5, Proposed Zoning Designations, three proposed BRT stops are within the Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use <br />Transit Corridor Plan area. With the existing bus service and planned BRT routes and stops, intensifying <br />residential, office, and commercial land uses along this corridor would be consistent with the SCS. Therefore, <br />the project would not conflict with the 2012 RTP /SCS. <br />5.5.4 Cumulative Impacts <br />Project related GHG emissions are not confined to a particular air basin but are dispersed worldwide. <br />Therefore, impacts identified under Impact 5.5 -1 are not project specific impacts to global warming, but the <br />proposed projects contribution to this cumulative impact. Because the projects GHG emissions are not <br />considered substantial, the projects GHG emissions and contribution to global climate change impacts are <br />not considered cumulatively considerable, and therefore less than significant. <br />5.5.5 Existing Plans, Policies, and Programs <br />■ AB 32: California Global Warming Solutions Act <br />■ Executive Order 5 -3 -05: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets <br />■ Pavley Fuel Efficiency Standards (AB1493) <br />■ Title 24 California Code of Regulations, Part 6 (Building and Energy Efficiency Standards) <br />■ Title 24 California Code of Regulations, Part 11 (California Green Building Code) <br />■ Title 20 California Code of Regulations (Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards) <br />■ Title 17 California Code of Regulations (Low Carbon Fuel Standard) <br />■ California Water Conservation in Landscaping Act of 2006 (AB 1881 <br />■ Statewide Retail Provider Emissions Performance Standards (SB 1368 <br />■ Renewable Portfolio Standards (SB 1078) <br />5.5.6 Level of Significance Before Mitigation <br />Upon implementation of regulatory requirements and standard conditions of approval, the following impacts <br />would be less than significant: 5.5 -1 and 5.5 -2. <br />5.5.7 Mitigation Measures <br />No potentially significant impacts have been identified and no mitigation measures are required <br />Page 5.5 -16 PlaceWorkr <br />