| 04/06/2020 | Tool/Data | Permitted Sources Risk and Hazards Map – GIS map tool to identify estimated risk and hazard impacts from stationary sources.
Permitted Sources Risk and Hazards Map
Note: If project is within the West Oakland Community, more detailed risk data is available through the West Oakland Community Action Plan web page. | Methodology for Permitted Stationary Sources Risk and Hazards Map
(218 Kb PDF, 5 pgs, posted 18/03/2020) |
04/06/2020
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| 01/06/2021 | Tool | NEW! CalEEMod 2020.4.0 - Statewide land-use emissions computer model designed to quantify potential criteria pollutant and GHG emissions associated with both construction and operations from a variety of land-use projects. | N/A |
01/06/2021
Description and Resources:
NEW! CalEEMod 2020.4.0 - Statewide land-use emissions computer model designed to quantify potential criteria pollutant and GHG emissions associated with both construction and operations from a variety of land-use projects.
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| 15/01/2021 | Data | EMFAC 2021 – The California Air Resources Board’s emissions inventory model for assessing emissions from on-road mobile sources. | N/A |
15/01/2021
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EMFAC 2021 – The California Air Resources Board’s emissions inventory model for assessing emissions from on-road mobile sources.
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| 25/02/2020 | Guidance | BAAQMD CEQA Thresholds of Significance | BAAQMD CEQA Thresholds
(218 Kb PDF, 2 pgs, revised 03/03/2020) |
25/02/2020
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BAAQMD CEQA Thresholds of Significance
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| 31/05/2019 | Guidance | School Siting Guidelines - For evaluating environmental impacts at local schools.
| BAAQMD School Siting Guidelines
(197 Kb PDF, 1 pg, posted 10/03/2020) |
31/05/2019
Description and Resources:
School Siting Guidelines - For evaluating environmental impacts at local schools.
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| 31/05/2019 | Guidance | California Air Resources Board Air Quality and Land Use Handbook (April 2005) - For evaluating whether proposed general or area plan includes adequate buffer distances between toxic air contaminant sources and sensitive receptors. | N/A |
31/05/2019
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| 31/01/2020 | Guidance | Health Risk Screening Analysis Flow Chart - Outlines step-by-step screening process for estimating risk and hazards impacts in projects. | Screening Approach Flow Chart
(335 Kb PDF, 2 pgs, posted 28/09/2021) |
31/01/2020
Description and Resources:
Health Risk Screening Analysis Flow Chart - Outlines step-by-step screening process for estimating risk and hazards impacts in projects.
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| 02/03/2020 | Guidance | Recommended Methods for Screening and Modeling Local Risks and Hazards (May 2012) - Describes in detail how to screen and model risk and hazards from stationary, highway, and roadway sources. Also discusses the assumptions and methodologies used in developing the stationary source, highway, and roadway screening tools. For use with HARP. | Risk Modeling Approach May 2012
(3 Mb PDF, 93 pgs, revised 02/10/2014) |
02/03/2020
Description and Resources:
Recommended Methods for Screening and Modeling Local Risks and Hazards (May 2012) - Describes in detail how to screen and model risk and hazards from stationary, highway, and roadway sources. Also discusses the assumptions and methodologies used in developing the stationary source, highway, and roadway screening tools. For use with HARP.
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| 06/03/2020 | Guidance | California Air Resources Board Emissions Estimation Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels and Commercial Harbor Craft – Inventory for use to support regulatory analysis of statewide regulations from ocean-going vessels and commercial harbor craft.
Ocean-Going Vessels
Commercial Harbor Craft | N/A |
06/03/2020
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California Air Resources Board Emissions Estimation Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels and Commercial Harbor Craft – Inventory for use to support regulatory analysis of statewide regulations from ocean-going vessels and commercial harbor craft. Ocean-Going Vessels Commercial Harbor Craft
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| 20/05/2016 | Guidance | Planning Healthy Places - Guidebook intended to assist local governments in addressing and minimizing potential air quality issues by providing tools and recommended best practices to reduce exposure and emissions from local sources of air pollutants. | Planning Healthy Places
(1 Mb PDF, 46 pgs, posted 20/05/2016) |
20/05/2016
Description and Resources:
Planning Healthy Places - Guidebook intended to assist local governments in addressing and minimizing potential air quality issues by providing tools and recommended best practices to reduce exposure and emissions from local sources of air pollutants.
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| 06/03/2020 | Tool | HARP – The Hotspots Analysis and Reporting Program (HARP) is a software suite that addresses the programmatic requirements of the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program (Assembly Bill 2588). HARP incorporates the information presented in the 2015 Air Toxics Hotspots Program Guidance Manual for Preparation of Health Risk Assessments. | N/A |
06/03/2020
Description and Resources:
HARP – The Hotspots Analysis and Reporting Program (HARP) is a software suite that addresses the programmatic requirements of the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program (Assembly Bill 2588). HARP incorporates the information presented in the 2015 Air Toxics Hotspots Program Guidance Manual for Preparation of Health Risk Assessments.
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| 06/03/2020 | Tool | Health Risk Calculator with Distance Multipliers - Estimates and refines screen-level cancer risk, a non-cancer health hazard index, and PM2.5 concentrations using emissions data from BAAQMD's permitting database. This tool should only be used for permitted facilities where screening-level risks have not already been calculated by BAAQMD or if BAAQMD Health Risk Screening Assessments have not been completed. This tool also includes distance multipliers for gasoline dispensing facilities (GDFs), diesel internal combustion (IC) engines, and other sources. | BAAQMD Health Risk Calculator Beta 4.0
(125 Kb XLSX, posted 03/04/2020) |
06/03/2020
Description and Resources:
Health Risk Calculator with Distance Multipliers - Estimates and refines screen-level cancer risk, a non-cancer health hazard index, and PM2.5 concentrations using emissions data from BAAQMD's permitting database. This tool should only be used for permitted facilities where screening-level risks have not already been calculated by BAAQMD or if BAAQMD Health Risk Screening Assessments have not been completed. This tool also includes distance multipliers for gasoline dispensing facilities (GDFs), diesel internal combustion (IC) engines, and other sources.
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| 06/03/2020 | Data | Caltrans Traffic Volumes: Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) – Necessary for presenting statewide picture of traffic flow, evaluating traffic trends, computing accident rates, planning and designing highways, and other purposes. | N/A |
06/03/2020
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| 06/03/2020 | Data | Air Monitoring Data – Access to current air quality and meteorological information based on measurements taken at stations in the Air District’s air monitoring network. Some of the data on these pages is raw or unchecked data that may contain some errors.
Note: For the availability of AERMOD-ready data, please contact James Cordova at jcordova@baaqmd.gov. | N/A |
06/03/2020
Description and Resources:
Air Monitoring Data – Access to current air quality and meteorological information based on measurements taken at stations in the Air District’s air monitoring network. Some of the data on these pages is raw or unchecked data that may contain some errors. Note: For the availability of AERMOD-ready data, please contact James Cordova at jcordova@baaqmd.gov.
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