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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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licensed Professional Chemical Engineer in the State of California (No. 5089). Responsibilities
include project management, air dispersion modeling, health risk assessment preparation, CEQA
document preparation, emission inventories development for industrial facilities, air and wastewater
permit application preparation, conducting compliance audits for industrial facilities, environmental
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report preparation to provide support to environmental litigation, expert testimony, and addressing
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Work I have completed includes the calculation and preparation of emission inventories
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for criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases; preparation of air permit
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applications; analysis of emission inventories for conformity to emission budgets and CEQA
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significance determinations; preparation of health risk assessments of facility and project emissions;
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preparation of air quality assessments; and, justification of reported air emissions for emission fees for
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facilities that include petroleum refineries, electroplating facilities, hazardous waste treatment facilities,
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defense contractors, military installations, marine terminals, engine manufacturers, paper products
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facilities. Performed air quality impacts analysis using multiple versions of the EMFAC emissions
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model for mobile sources, multiple versions of the URBEMIS emissions model for new development
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projects, emissions modeling using the U.S. EPA ISCST3 and AERMOD dispersion modeling software
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and CALINE for mobile sources, health risk assessment modeling software including ACE2588,
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Environmental Audit, Inc. (EAI) has examined the health risk assessments for the
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Archer School expansion project. Our letter of July 28, 2015 demonstrated that the HRA included in
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the Archer Draft EIR was incorrect, and that analysis was implicitly admitted by the numerous
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corrections set forth on the day of the final City Council vote on August 4, 2015 in Appendix F-2 to the
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The health risk analysis (HRA) for construction contained in the Final EIR, including the
last-minute submissions of "Errata 6" and the materials submitted by Latham & Watkins on August 3,
2015 is also inadequate and incorrect, and dangerously understate the cancer risks that will impact the
Archer schoolchildren as well as elderly neighbors immediately adjacent to the Archer project.
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Specifically, the HRA fails to use the correct emission factor for diesel particulate matter
(DPM). It uses dangerously outdated health risk guidance for calculating cancer risks. These technical
and methodological errors very substantially underestimate the health risks posed to the "sensitive
populations" identified in current statewide guidance (schoolchildren and elderly adults) on and near
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In addition, the FEIR does not contain factual support for the conclusion that peak day
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air quality and health impacts will be no worse under the fmal 36-month construction schedule
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disclosed in the chart submitted with Errata 6 (AR 5:140). Details such as were presented in Apps. C-1
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and C-2 to the DEIR are absolutely necessary to any acceptable analysis of air quality and health
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2015, as set forth in Errata 2, Archer decided to compress its construction activities from 74 months to
36 months but until August 3, 2015 Archer did not disclose which of its project elements would now
overlap (see one-page chart at AR 5:140, included in Errata 6 and attached as Exhibit D), and even then
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did not disclose any of the necessary details that would allow responsible expert analysis of the air
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quality and health risk impacts of onsite construction equipment and the related arrivals and departures
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of construction vehicles.
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Among other changes, AR 5:140 reflects changes in the number of months that some of
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the original six project elements would now take. For example, Archer's original schedule presented
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that the North Wing Renovation work would be spread over 16 months, while Exhibit D shows that
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project element compressed into 14 months and now would fully overlap the nearby work on the
underground parking garage/athletic fields, and the Multipurpose Facility.
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Despite the very significant changes in the construction schedule reflected in Exhibit D,
the only updated "analysis" presented to the City in Errata 6 consisted of "assumptions and conclusions,
without any of the absolutely necessary underlying data. Data in the form of Appendix C-1 and
Appendix C-2 to the DEIR are necessary for any scientifically reliable analysis of the amount of
nitrogen dioxide and airborne particles during the weeks of maximum air pollution and elevated cancer
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risk. Those details have not been provided to the public or to the City authorities. In addition, to
determine the actual air quality impacts due to overlapping phases, the project would have to be
remodeled in CalEEMod.
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In Appendices C-1 and C-2 (and Exhibit C), it can be seen that when construction was to
be spread over 74 months, only two major elements of the Archer project would overlap in time the
Underground Parking Garage/Athletic Field, and the Multipurpose Facility. In contrast, when the
project is compressed into 36 months, the North Wing Renovation work would now overlap those two
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As the first step in analyzing the impact of onsite construction equipment on airborne
toxins and health risks, one must total the equipment that is projected to be active onsite during the
elements that are planned to overlap.
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Emissions from arriving and departing construction vehicles are additive to those from
onsite construction equipment. As the first step in analyzing the impact of construction vehicles on
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airborne toxins and health risks, one must total the vehicles that are projected to arrive and depart during
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the elements that are planned to overlap. For example, in week 80, Appendix C-2 shows that 16
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concrete trucks (Class VII) will arrive and depart each day of that week to support the onsite activities
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for the underground parking structure/outdoor athletic fields, and another 10 concrete trucks for the
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Multipurpose Facility.
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This step of aggregating the vehicles by Class and calculating their emissions, and
aggregating emissions of the onsite construction equipment operating concurrently on different parts of
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the worksite, then leads to determining which weeks and days will have "peak" impacts as to NOx
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emissions, particulate emissions, and health risks. The DEIR and FEIR present no such details and
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aggregation for the compressed 36-month schedule. In addition, to determine the actual air quality
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impacts due to overlapping phases, the project would have to be remodeled in CalEEMod. However,
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Health Risk Guidance. The State of California Office of Environmental Health Hazard
fetuses in the third trimester up to children age two is ten times higher than an adult, and children two to
sixteen are three times higher. In February 2015, a Guidance Manual that included that the new data an'
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Archer and the City used the outdated 2003 Guidance Manual in their HRA instead of the
updated scientific data, which uses outdated breathing rates and completely ignores ASF. This results in
dangerously underestimating the cancer risks of the Archer construction project on the Archer
schoolchildren as well as nearby children and elderly residents. Archer's proximity to sensitive
receptors elevates the risks created by the project's construction activities. (See Exhibit A, a map the
city block that contains Archer with five apartment complexes nearby labeled A, B, C, D, E, and F.)
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City environmental review documents claim that the AQMD has not adopted the new
OEHHA guidance for CEQA purposes, and that the EIR correctly used the older OEHHA guidance.
Errata 5 at page 6 stated:
"Per the South Coast Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD) direction, the analysis
was conducted consistent with SCAQMD's Risk Assessment Procedures for Rules 1401 and 212 and A
based on OEHHA's Guidance Manual from August 2003. Contrary to what is stated in this comment, th(
SCAQMD has not adopted the new version of the Guidance Document for use in CEQA analyses.
According to Jillian Wong, Ph.D., SCAQMD CEQA Program Supervisor, SCAQMD is currentli
evaluating the new Guidance Manual and will start the public participation process this summer as th
develop recommendations on its use for SCAQMD CEQA analyses."
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Context is important; the email exchange between Eyestone and Jillian Wong
(SCAQMD) can be found at page AR013180 in the administrative record. The actual question Eyestone
asked Jillan Wong was whether the SCAQMD had any guidance for construction health risk. The
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AQMD has never had any guidance specifically for construction health risk, but SCAQMD has
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absolutely adopted the new 2015 OEHHA guidance for both CEQA and permitting purposes. The
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approved (June 15, 2015) SCAQMD Rule 1401, which follows the new 2015 OEHHA guidance can be
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found on the SCAQMD website. Therefore, while an applicant does not have to offer a construction
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HRA, if an applicant volunteers to provide one, the HRA must use the most current scientific data.
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states "local air pollution control districts sometimes use the risk assessment guidelines for the Hot
Spots program in permitting decisions for short-term projects such as construction." (Page 8-18 of
February 2015 Guidance.)
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The Archer FEIR uses scientifically outdated data used by OEHHA in guidance
promulgated in 2003, but superseded by Guidance OEHHA promulgated in 2015. Applying the updated
OEHHA Guidance could increase the cancer risk up to 10 times compared to the old method for
"sensitive receptors", and would increase the cancer risk of due to construction by three times for the
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I have examined the "Archer School For Girls Cancer Risk Contour" Diagram in the
DEIR (AR 7564.) A copy of this is included as Exhibit B. I have compared this to the location of
temporary classrooms set forth in an application submitted to the City July 24, 2015. (AR 118:13188.)
This location map is included as Exhibit E. From comparison of the two documents, even using the
incorrect DPM contour calculations used by the DEIR, it appears that approximately 8 of the modular
classrooms would be in the area exposed to significantly unhealthful air quality conditions during
construction, without adequate mitigation. Under the compressed 36-month schedule, the ground level
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concentrations, and thus the cancer risks to schoolchildren in those buildings during construction hours,
would be even higher than those shown on the diagram, and higher still when the updated breathing
rates and ASFs published by OEHHA are incorporated.
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Similarly, I have compared Exhibit A to Exhibit B. Even using the incorrect DPM
contour calculations used by the DEIR (AR 115: 13046-13047), it appears that elderly residents in some
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of the apartments immediately adjacent to the Archer worksite would be exposed to significantly
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unhealthful air quality conditions during construction, without adequate mitigation. Under the
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compressed 36-month schedule, the ground level concentrations, and thus the cancer risks to elderly
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adults in those buildings during construction hours, would be even higher than those shown on the
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diagram, and higher still when the updated breathing rates and ASFs published by OEHHA are
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and
is executed on November 11, 2016 at Placentia, California.
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Marcia Baverman
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PROOF OF SERVICE
I am employed by Chatten-Brown & Carstens LLP in the County of Los Angeles, State of California.
I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is 2200 Pacific Coast
Highway, Ste. 318, Hermosa Beach, CA . On November 14, 2016, I served the within documents:
DECLARATION OF MARCIA BAVERMAN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
VIA UNITED STATES MAIL. I am readily familiar with this business' practice for
collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service.
On the same day that correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited in
the ordinary course of business with the United States Postal Service in a sealed envelope with
postage fully prepaid. I enclosed the above-referenced document(s) in a sealed envelope or
package addressed to the person(s) at the address(es) as set forth below, and following
ordinary business practices I placed the package for collection and mailing on the date and at
the place of business set forth above.
7 VIA OVERNIGHT DELIVERY. I enclosed the above-referenced document(s) in an
envelope or package designated by an overnight delivery carrier with delivery fees paid or
provided for and addressed to the person(s) at the address(es) listed below. I placed the
envelope or package for collection and overnight delivery at an office or a regularly utilized
drop box of the overnight delivery carrier.
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I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court whose direction the
service was made. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is
true and correct. Executed November 14, 2016, at Hermosa Beach, California.
Cynthia Kellman
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SERVICE LIST
Attorneys for City of Los Angeles
Michael N. Feuer
Terry Kaufmann Macias
Jennifer K. Tobkin
200 North Main Street, 701 City Hall East
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Jennifer.tobkin@lacity.org
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Andrea K. Leisy
Sabrina Teller
Remy Moose Manley, LLP
555 Capitol Mall, Ste. 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
aleisy@rmmenvirolaw.com
steller@rmmenvirolaw.com
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