To: City of American Canyon City Council
From: Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance
Subject: Giovanonni Logistics Center EIR
CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Information
CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health,and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources. CalEnviroScreen is updated and maintained by The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, on behalf ofthe California Environmental Protection Agency.
CalEnviroScreen Data on Giovanonni Logistics Center EIR Location/Area The above listed project sits in two separate census tracts, first of which is census tract 6055201005. Overall, when compared to other census tracts, the project site census tract is in the 63rd percentile regarding pollution. As far as pollution burden is concerned, this census tract is in the 73rd percentile. In terms of Ozone, this census tract is in the 17th percentile, Particulate Matter
2.5 36th percentile, Diesel Particulate Matter 23rd percentile, Toxic Releases 61st percentile and Traffic 83rd percentile.
Conclusion
Consider the above referenced information when making this important decision. Realize that you and the citizens of this area face some of the WORST POLLUTION in the entire state of California.
It is the responsibility of the City’s elected and appointed officials to make environmentally responsible development decisions. Based on the CalEnviroScreen data, this is more than sufficient evidence of the further air quality impacts that the citizenry of American Canyon and its surrounding area will continue to encounter with further development of a warehouse/distribution center. We are not against development, as we believe it is necessary for further economic growth in our current society. Development needs to be conducted with the highest of expectations to ensure the local population does not suffer further air quality burdens.
We stand by our comments and believe the EIR is flawed and needs to be redrafted and recirculated for public review.
Respectfully Submitted,
Steven Piepkorn
Steven Piepkorn
GSEJA
Source - https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40 Glossary of Terms
Ozone - Amount of daily maximum 8-hour Ozone concentration Particulate Matter 2.5 - Annual mean PM 2.5 concentrations Diesel Particulate Matter - Diesel PM emissions from on‐road and non‐road sources Toxic Releases - Toxicity‐weighted concentrations of modeled chemical releases to air from
facility emissions and off‐site incineration.
Traffic -Traffic density, in vehicle‐kilometers per hour per road length, within 150 meters of the census tract boundary.