Air Quality Management District

Guide to Air Quality Assessment
Determining Significance of Air Quality Impact Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
First Edition, February 2002

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Flow Chart Description of Basic Process for Air Quality Assessment

Guide to Air Quality Assessment:

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Air Quality of El Dorado County
• Chapter 3 Thresholds of Significance
• Chapter 4 Construction Activities - Air Quality Impacts and Mitigation
• Chapter 5 ROG and NOx Emissions and Mitigation for Project Operations
• Chapter 6 CO, PM10 and Other Pollutant Air Quality Impacts and Mitigation for Project Operations
• Chapter 7 Evaluation of Toxic Air Contaminants
• Chapter 8 Cumulative Air Quality Impacts
• Chapter 9 Conformity
• Appendix A CEQA Guide Checklist
• Appendix B Air Quality Management and Ambient Air Quality Standards
• Appendix C-1 Construction Emission Factors and Dust Mitigation Measures
• Appendix C-2 Road Construction Emission Model User Instruction
• Appendix D Vehicle Trip and Emission Calculations
• Appendix E Operation Emissions Mitigation
• Appendix F Glossary

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