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<br />2541 <br />news/state-investigating-dry-cleaning-chemical-contamination-near- <br />weaver-street-business/ . <br />15. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that <br />is relevant to the amount <br />of emissions that it will <br />reduce or avoid. <br />In addition to the direct CO2 emission reduction and <br />carbon sequestration resulting from our project, our BMP <br />installations—including site-dependent rain gardens, <br />riparian buffers, and rainwater-storing cisterns—will <br />substantially reduce sedimentation and pollution (nitrogen <br />and phosphorous) entering the surrounding waterways by <br />directing stormwater away from impermeable surfaces <br />(roofs and roads) and toward vegetation whose leaves <br />utilize these nutrients and whose roots stabilize the soil and <br />slow the flow of stormwater runoff <br />(https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological- <br />sciences/riparian-buffers). Healthy waterways are integral to <br />reducing the effects of climate change and greenhouse gas <br />emissions moving forward: <br />https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085856. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 3 - Efficient Use of Funds <br />This criterion has a maximum score of 4 pts (out of a total of 26 pts). <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566