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Electric Drive 805
Coalition
Driving an electric vehicle instead of a gas car reduces
carbon emissions by 75%. Find details on rebates, incentives
and charging on the
Electric Drive 805 website. The Ventura County Air
Pollution Control District is part of the collaborative
effort to provide information for residents, businesses and
governments in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
counties.
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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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Simi Valley,
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Air Quality Complaints?
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Permit Application Forms and Instructions
Asbestos
Regulation IV - Prohibitions
Title V
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Email Fillable Complaint Form to complaints@vcapcd.org.
Call 24-hour message line at
(805) 303-3700.
Call Compliance Division at
(805) 303-3708
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday
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Incentive programs
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$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.
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Public comments requested
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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.
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Rule change
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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.
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