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RECEIVED <br /> San Joaquin Valley MAY 2 5 2005 <br /> f Air Pollution Control District Community Development Dept. : <br /> May 23 20.05 <br /> { <br /> Reference.#t N20040458 <br /> Gtlllan Hayes <br /> San Jounty ; <br /> Community Development Department' <br /> Developrnent Services Division <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA,95205 <br /> SUBJECT: PA-0400365 A SITE APPROVAL APPLICATION TO EXPAND AN <br /> EXISTING POULTRY RANCH. <br /> Dear Ms Hayes: <br /> i The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (District) has reviewed the <br /> proposed projects and offers the following comments: <br /> The San Joaquin Valley's air quality has been designated nonattainment by the EPA <br /> and by the Air Resources Board (ARB) for 03 (ozone) and PM-10(fine particulate <br /> matter, dust). The Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and the California Clean Air Act require <br /> areas that are designated nonattainment to reduce emissions until standards are met. <br /> Per our recent phone conversations, additional research on poultry emissions has been <br /> completed and emission factors for poultry operations have changed from 0.192 <br /> pounds/bird/year to 0.02479 pounds/bird/year. Based on this new information poultry <br /> operations could add up to up to 806,776 birds and not exceed the District significant <br /> threshold of 10 tons of reactive organic gases (ROG). <br /> Additionally, the following District Rules and Regulation could apply to the operation: <br /> • The construction phase of this project can generate emissions from the <br /> movement of soil, use of heavy equipment, bulk materials handling, asphalt <br /> paving and other related activities. As a result, this project is subject to District <br /> Regulation Vlll (Fugitive Dust Prohibitions). The purpose of Regulation VIII is to <br /> kreduce the amount of fine particulate matter (PM-10) entrained into the ambient <br /> a <br /> IDavid L. Crow <br /> t Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer <br /> F <br /> Northern Region Office Central Region Office Southern Region Office <br /> 4230 Kiernan Avenue, Suite 130 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue 2700 M Street, Suite 275 <br /> .:Modesto, CA 95356-9322 Fresno, CA 93726-0244 Bakersfield, CA 93301-2373 <br /> (209) 557-6400 - FAX (209) 557-6475 (559) 230-6000 - FAX (559) 230-6061 (661) 326-6900 - FAX (661) 326-6985 <br /> www.va11eyair.org <br />