Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Spartina Control Program
April 2003

Table 3.4-2: Summary of Potential Air Quality Effects
Impact	Manual Removal (Hand pulling and manual excavation)	Mechanical Removal (Excavation, dredging, and shredding)	Pruning, Hand-mowing, and Smothering	Flooding (Diking, drowning, and salinity variation)	Burning	Herbicide Application	Beneficial Effects
AQ-1: Dust Emissions.	All Alternatives: Dust generation is expected to be localized, and not affect off-site receptors, or exceed BAAQMD significance thresholds.	All Alternatives: Dust generation is expected to be localized, and not affect off-site receptors, or exceed BAAQMD significance thresholds.	All Alternatives: Minor erosion and dust generation potential.	All Alternatives: Dust generation is expected to be localized during construction, and not affect off-site receptors, or exceed BAAQMD thresholds.	All Alternatives: Minor dust generation is possible during burning activities.	Alternatives 1, 3: On-ground treatment would generate minor amounts of dust. Alternative 2: No impact.	N/A
AQ-2: Smoke Emissions.	All Alternatives: No smoke emissions.	All Alternatives: No smoke emissions.	All Alternatives: No smoke emissions.	All Alternatives: No smoke emissions.	All Alternatives: Potentially significant smoke emissions.	All Alternatives: No smoke emissions.	N/A
AQ-3: Herbicide Effects on Air Quality.	All Alternatives: No herbicide impacts.	All Alternatives: No herbicide impacts.	All Alternatives: No herbicide impacts.	All Alternatives: No herbicide impacts.	All Alternatives: No herbicide impacts.	Alternatives 1 & 3: Chemical drift to areas within 0.5 mile of a treatment site would be a potentially significant impact. Alternative 2: No impact.	N/A
AQ-4: Ozone Precursor Emissions.	All Alternatives: No ozone precursor emissions.	All Alternatives: Direct and indirect vehicular or equipment-related emissions would be less than BAAQMD thresholds for ozone precursor pollutants.	All Alternativess: Direct and indirect vehicular or equipment-related emissions would be less than BAAQMD thresholds for ozone precursor pollutants.	All Alternatives: Direct and indirect vehicular or equipment-related emissions would be less than BAAQMD thresholds for ozone precursor pollutants. .	All Alternatives: Direct and indirect vehicular or equipment-related emissions would be less than BAAQMD thresholds for ozone precursor pollutants.	All Alternatives 1, 3: Direct and indirect vehicular or equipment-related emissions would be less than BAAQMD thresholds for ozone precursor pollutants. Alternative 2: No impact.	N/A
AQ-5: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emissions.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	All Alternatives: Traffic generated by implementation of any of the treatment methods would not lead to exceedances of CO air quality standards.	N/A