ARCHIVED REPORTS LEC APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION

Home Browse Search

5.1 AIR QUALITY Purpose:Requires the issuance of operating permits that identify all applicable federal performance,operating,monitoring,recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. Title V applies to major facilities,Phase II acid rain facilities, subject solid waste incinerator facilities, and any facility listed by EPA as requiring a Title V permit. These requirements are implemented at the local level with federal oversight. Administering Agency:SJVAPCD,with EPA Region 9 oversight. 5.1.6.2 State LORS The CARB was created in 1968 by the Mulford-Carrell Air Resources Act,through the merger of two other state agencies. The CARB's primary responsibilities are to develop, adopt, implement,and enforce the state's motor vehicle pollution control program;to administer and coordinate the state's air pollution research program;to adopt and update, as necessary, the state's ambient air quality standards;to review the operations of the local air pollution control districts; and to review and coordinate preparation of the SIP for achievement of the federal ambient air quality standards. The CARB has implemented the following state or federal stationary source regulatory programs in accordance with the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act and California H&SC: • State Implementation Plan • California Clean Air Act • Toxic Air Contaminant Program • Nuisance Regulation • Air Toxics"Hot Spots' Act • CEC and CARB Memorandum of Understanding • California Climate Change Regulatory Program State Implementation Plan Authority:H&SC §39500 et seq. Purpose:Required by the federal Clean Air Act,the SIP must demonstrate the means by which all areas of the state will attain and maintain NAAQS within the federally mandated deadlines. The CARB reviews and coordinates preparation of the SIP. Local districts must adopt new rules (and/or revise existing rules) and demonstrate that the resulting emission reductions,in conjunction with reductions in mobile source emissions,will result in the attainment of NAAQS. The relevant SJVAPCD Rules and Regulations that have also been incorporated into the SIP are discussed with the local LORS. Administering Agency:SJVAPCD,with CARB and EPA Region 9 oversight. California Clean Air Act Authority:H&SC§40910—40930 Purpose:Established in 1989, the California Clean Air Act requires local districts to attain and maintain both national and state ambient air quality standards at the"earliest practicable date." Local districts must prepare air quality plans demonstrating the means by which the ambient air quality standards will be attained and maintained. The SJVAPCD Air Quality Plan is discussed with the local LORS. Administering Agency:SJVAPCD,with CARB oversight. SAC/371322/082410013(LEC_5.1_AIR_QUALITY.DOC) 5.147