Rules & Regulations
The APCD is primarily responsible for managing local air quality by regulating
emissions from stationary sources of air pollution. Standards for motor vehicle
emissions are set by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), and apply uniformly
statewide. The APCD Rules and Regulations are adopted by the Air Pollution Control Board
and apply to the area and activities within the District.
The California Air Resources Board maintains a website that stores rules and
regulations for all Districts throughout the state. Click here to view all the
SLO
County APCD’s Rules and Regulations.
As part of the California Clean Air Act, the APCD is required to develop a plan to
achieve and maintain the state ozone standard by the earliest practicable date.
The Clean Air Plan (CAP) outlines the District’s strategies to reduce ozone precursor
emissions from a wide variety of stationary and mobile sources. The 2001 CAP was adopted by the Air
Pollution Control Board at their hearing on
March 26, 2002.
The 2001 CAP is available for download either as the entire
document or broken into individual chapters.
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| Document |
Format |
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| 2001 Clean Air Plan
(6,403 kb) |
PDF |
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| Cover, Table of
Contents, etc. |
PDF |
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| Executive Summary |
PDF |
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| Chapter 1: Introduction |
PDF |
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| Chapter 2: Planning Area
and Air Basin Description |
PDF |
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| Chapter 3: Existing Air
Quality |
PDF |
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| Chapter 4: 1991 Reference
Year Emissions Inventory |
PDF |
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| Chapter 5: Stationary
Source Control Program |
PDF |
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| Chapter 6: Transportation
and Land Use Management Strategies |
PDF |
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| Chapter 7: Emission
Forecasts |
PDF |
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| Chapter 8: Plan
Implementation |
PDF |
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| Chapter 9: Public
Information and Education |
PDF |
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| Appendix A: Baseyear Emissions Inventory |
Request |
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Appendix B: Forecast Emissions Inventory |
Request |
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Appendix C: Stationary Source Control Measures |
Request |
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Appendix D: Transportation Control Measures |
PDF |
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| Appendix E: Land Use
and Circulation Management Strategies |
PDF |
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A hard copy of the 2001 CAP and/or the Appendices is available upon
request to the District.
PM Report
In 2003, the California Legislature enacted Senate Bill 656 (Sher),
to reduce public exposure to particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5
collectively referred to as PM). SB 656 required the
California Air Resource Board (ARB) in consultation with local air
pollution control districts, to develop and adopt a list of PM
reduction strategies.
San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board
adopted the PM Report and
associated control measures in July 2005.
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD)
is updating its CEQA Air Quality Handbook
(Handbook). A workshop was held on Wednesday, July 18 at the APCD office. The
slide presentation from
the workshop is available for review. The draft Handbook
tentatively scheduled to be
available for review in November.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was created to ensure that
environmental impacts from new development are addressed and adequately mitigated. The
District’s CEQA Handbook provides information on the District’s significance
thresholds for determining potential air quality impacts from proposed residential and
commercial development and provides recommendations on the level of mitigation necessary
to reduce those impacts. Appendix A to the CEQA Handbook outlines
the building permit requirements for facilities potentially subject
to air district permitting. The CEQA
Handbook and Appendix A (PDF
versions) were updated in April 2003.
Fact Sheets:
Information contained in the fact
sheets is specific requirements that apply to residential and
commercial development throughout SLO
County. When evaluating a proposed project the following fact
sheets provide more information on the air quality aspects that
should be addresses and the adequate mitigation measures that are
necessary to bring a project to a level of insignificance.
Air
Quality and the Planning Process: This fact sheet gives
general information on the air quality portion of the CEQA
review process.
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Residential Development: This fact sheet outlines
recommended mitigation measures for residential development.
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Commercial and Industrial Development:
This fact sheet
outlines recommended mitigation measures for commercial and
industrial development.
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Models: To assist
individuals with CEQA requirements the District has developed
several brochures that outline the general Air Quality requirements
and specific information for residential, commercial and industrial
development. For general estimating emissions from land
development projects, the District recommends using the most recent
version of the URBEMIS model. This model is available is available
for a free download. More
Mapping:
The
California Air Resources Board (CARB) has determined that emission
from sources such as roadways and distribution centers and, to a
lesser extent gas stations, certain dry cleaners, marine ports and
airports as well as refineries can lead to unacceptably high health
risk from diesel particulate matter and other toxic substances. The
APCD has compiled and maintains a list of such sources within SLO
County; this data is being made available here in GIS format. It is
the APCD’s intention that this data will be used to avoid citing
residential and sensitive receptor developments in close proximity
to sources of pollution associated with cancer risk. Click on any
source category to download a collection of files which can be
viewed with GIS software.
Airports
Dry Cleaners
Using Percholorethylene, 1 machine
Dry Cleaners
Using Perchloroethylene, 2+ machines
Gasoline
Dispensing Facilities,
<3.6 M gal/year
Gasoline
Dispensing Facilities
3.6 M gal/year- 19M gal/year
Freeways and
High-Traffic Roads, rural roads with 50,000 vehicles/day
Ports
Refineries
Schools
KML-Test Schools
The APCD GIS files can be viewed with most
GIS software. ESRI provides two
freeware viewers for download (after free registration) from
this web site. You may use either version of ArcExplorer
offered.
Contact Alex Bugrov of the Planning Department of
the SLO APCD at abugrov@co.slo.ca.us or 805-781-4654 for information
regarding the GIS files.
ARB’s Air Quality and Land Use Handbook:
As part of the Air Resources Board's (ARB) Community Health Program,
they have developed an Air Quality and Land Use Handbook (Handbook)
which is intended to serve as a general reference guide for
evaluating and reducing air pollution impacts associated with new
projects that go through the land use decision-making process.
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