VCAPCD

Our Mission

To protect public health and agriculture from the adverse effects of air pollution by identifying air pollution problems and developing a comprehensive program to achieve and maintain state and federal air quality standards.

 

 

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El Rio, Ojai, Piru, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks
 

 

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Incentive programs

 

Image of a tracktor$4.5M in grants to reduce ag equipment pollution

 

The district is distributing $4.57 million to help replace diesel tractors, loaders and other equipment on farms, ranches and wholesale nurseries with lower-emission versions. Replacement of the 59 pieces of equipment is projected to reduce emissions annually by 713 metric tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, 34 tons of ozone precursors and 2.4 tons of diesel particulate matter.
 

Public comments requested

 

Exceptional Events Mitigation Plan will be submitted to EPA

 

Members of the public can submit comments on Ventura County’s strategy to reduce public exposure to air pollution levels greater than the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) during exceptional events through 5 p.m. April 1. Exceptional events include the wildfires and Santa Ana winds experienced in Ventura County.

The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District needs to submit the plan because it requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exclude monitored exceedances of NAAQS caused by exceptional events when evaluating progress made by pollution-reduction measures because those incidents cannot reasonably be controlled. Areas with “known seasonal” or “historically documented” exceptional events are required to develop and implement a Mitigation Plan.

When a district requests the exclusion of air quality data due to an exceptional event, it must at a minimum:

• Provide prompt public notification whenever air quality concentrations exceed or are expected to exceed an applicable ambient air quality standard.
• Provide public education concerning actions that individuals may take to reduce exposures to unhealthy levels of air quality during and following an exceptional event.
• Implement appropriate measures to protect public health from exceedances or violations of ambient air quality standards caused by exceptional events.
 

Rule change

 

New requirements to cut oil and gas emissions


On Dec. 12, the Air Pollution Control Board approved rule changes that are expected to reduce reactive organic carbon emissions from oil and gas components by 20% a year in Ventura County.

 

 The changes will reduce emissions from leaks by increasing inspection and repair requirements. Amendments include the following:

 

•  More components must be inspected daily.
•  The size of the smallest leaks that must be fixed is reduced from 1,000 to 500 parts per million volume.
•  Leaks must be fixed faster.
•  The number of leaking components allowed before the district issues a violation is reduced.