AB 617 Community Air Protection Program APCD General

AB 617 Community Air Protection Program APCD General Staff Meeting August 7, 2018

AB 617 Most significant state air pollution legislation in 30 years Focus on benefits to communities that may require special attention and accelerated action (Community Air Protection Program) Aggressive timeline: CARB must identify initial list of communities by October 1, 2018

AB 617 Community focused framework Enhanced information on community level air pollution Community specific emission reduction programs Targeted incentive funding (FARMER, AB 134, Moyer) Early actions (emission reduction programs) (no regrets) Community participation

AB 617 Collaborative process involving CARB, District, and community representatives Statewide emissions reporting for criteria and toxics Statewide air monitoring plan for community level monitoring (CARB) Review of existing community monitoring deployments Recommendation for additional monitoring Low-cost sensors (mostly for PM)

AB 617 Community Monitoring Community partnerships to conduct monitoring System to provide data to the public Public outreach to ensure clear communication and interpretation of the data QA/QC of monitoring data

AB 617 Community Emission Reduction Programs Transparent process for input from communities and facilities Emission reduction targets Implementation schedule for emission reduction measures Incentive Programs: FARMER, AB 134

Additional Elements Review of Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT) for large facilities in and near the communities BACT and BARCT Technology clearinghouse Enhanced penalty provisions

AB 617 Schedule v Aggressive timeline: ü District’s initial list of communities for consideration to be submitted to CARB by 4/30/18 – submitted on 4/27/18 ü District recommendations on first year communities due to CARB 7/31/18 ü CARB first year selections by 10/1/18

AB 617 Initial Steps v District’s first public workshop on April 19, 2018 v Selection criteria and initial communities for consideration – submitted to CARB on April 27, 2018 v District’s second public workshop – June 20, 2018 v First year community recommendations submitted to CARB on July 31, 2018

Potential Communities

First Year Selection Criteria v Cal. Enviro. Screen 3. 0 mapping tool v Toxics “Hot Spots” program information (risk assessments, priority scores, and inventory data) v Emission inventory (criteria pollutants) v U. S. EPA EJSCREEN mapping tool v Community Input

Oxnard Area

Ventura Avenue

Fillmore/Piru

Next Steps v First year recommendation submitted to CARB on 7/31/2018 v This is only the first year (actually 7 months); we can refine with better data in future years v Form Community Steering Committee (APCD, CFROG, industry, CAUSE, Mixteco Community Organizing Project, community members, VC Public Health Agency, Agricultural Commissioner, land use agencies…. )

Next Steps v Schedule for “Best Available Retrofit Control Technology” rule review – January 2019 v Implement incentive programs to achieve emission reductions in disadvantaged/burdened communities

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