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Rule Development
Tyler Harris, Manager – Planning, Rules and Incentives (805) 303-3661
Do Young Maeng, Air Quality Engineer (805) 303-3662 Danny McQuillan, Air Quality Engineer (805) 303-3678
CURRENT PROJECTS:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) classify Ventura County as a non-attainment area for both the federal and state ozone air quality standards. In addition, Ventura County does not meet state particulate matter (PM) standards.
Therefore, the District must develop and implement rules designed to reduce air pollutants being emitted from local sources. The District's rules apply to many activities including open burning, incineration, gasoline storage, painting, solvent use, dry cleaning, screen printing, asphalt paving, chrome plating, fuel burning, landfills, and others.
With pollution still threatening our skies, the economy and public health continue to be at risk. The Rule Development Section is challenged with the task of developing rules to reduce emissions while minimizing their socioeconomic impacts.
Air Pollution Control Board Meetings
September 10, 2024Proposed Amendments to Rule 71.3 – Transfer of Reactive Organic Compound Liquids, Rule 74.15 – Boilers, Steam Generators and Process Heaters, & Rule 74.23 – Stationary Gas Turbines The Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board will consider adoption of amendments to Rule 71.3, Transfer of Reactive Organic Compound Liquids; 74.15, Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters; and 74.23, Stationary Gas Turbines. The USEPA identified deficiencies in Rules 71.3, 74.15, and 74.23 in its review of the VCAPCD portion of the California SIP. The proposed amendments address the deficiencies related to the USEPA’s startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) requirements (80 FR 33840) and recordkeeping and reporting requirements (81 FR 89188). The proposed amendments clarify rule language, emissions requirements during startup, shutdown, and malfunction and the demonstration of compliance with these standards through recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
The proposed rules and staff report have been posted to the District website on the rule development page (www.vcapcd.org). The meeting will be held at the following time and location:
Tuesday – September 10, 2024
The public is invited to attend this meeting and be heard
on this matter. Written comments may be emailed to
danny@vcapcd.org and
doyoung@vcapcd.org,
mailed to 4567 Telephone Road, 2nd Floor, Ventura, CA,
93003, or faxed to (805) 456-7797. Please submit all
comments no later than September 9. Documents
Advisory Committee Meetings
No Advisory Committee meetings on new or amended rules are presently scheduled.
Public WorkshopsJanuary 9, 2025Proposed Amendments to Rule 42 – Permit Fees On January 9, 2025, staff will hold a Public Workshop to discuss proposed amendments to Rule 42 – Permit Fees. The proposed revisions will update rule language for clarity and readability, increase the permit processing fee deposit to streamline invoice payments, and increase renewal fee rates by 5 percent or greater, effective July 1, 2025, to recover the District’s operating expenses and to rectify deficiencies caused by rounding. For permit holders paying the minimum renewal fee, this proposal will result in an increase of $37 for fiscal year 2025-2026. District operations are funded by state and federal grants, automobile registration fees, and fees charged to sources of air pollution. The District receives no property tax revenue or Ventura County general fund revenue.
The public is encouraged to attend and provide input to the District. The Public Workshop will occur virtually and in person at the following time and location:
Remote Participation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88926424236?pwd=aXfX0OwWbTEvPKLgHPR94eOucBdlQa.1
Please direct any questions to
Do Young Maeng at
doyoung@vcapcd.org
or (805) 303-3662. Written comments may be e-mailed to
doyoung@vcapcd.org, mailed to the District, or faxed to
(805) 456-7797.
January 15, 2025Proposed Amendments to Rules 33, Part 70 Permits – General, 33.1, Part 70 Permits – Definitions, and 33.9, Part 70 Permits – Compliance Provisions On January 15, 2025, staff will hold a public workshop on
proposed amendments to Rules 33, 33.1, and 33.9 which remove
Emergency Affirmative Defense and Tailoring Rule provisions
which are no longer applicable.
Documents
Public Consultation Meetings
No Public Consultation Meetings on new or amended rules are presently scheduled.
Rule Development Calendar
2024 Rule Development Calendar:On December 12, 2023, the Air Pollution Control Board adoped the 2024 Rule Development Calendar. Health and Safety Code §40923(a) requires the District to publish each January a list of regulatory measures scheduled, or tentatively scheduled, for consideration during the following year. Except for limited exceptions, the District may only propose consideration of regulatory measures during a year if those measures appear on the published list. State law does not require that the rulemaking calendar include control measures to comply with federal requirements, to abate substantial endangerment to the public health, to implement Air Toxic Control Measures published by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), or to implement contingency measures after a CARB determination of inadequate progress. The 2024 Rule Development Calendar is available below as a download. For additional information or questions, contact Danny McQuillan by email. Documents
Compliance Dates
January 1, 2024
Components at Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities, Pipeline Transfer Stations and Natural Gas Production, Storage and Processing Facilities On December 12, 2023, the Ventura County Air Pollution
Control District Rule 74.10, Components at Crude Oil and
Natural Gas Production Facilities, Pipeline Transfer
Stations and Natural Gas Production, Storage and Processing
Facilities was amended. Rule 74.10, Section E requires that
all operators submit to the District a revised Operator
Management Plan (“Plan”). The amended rule requires that the
Plan be submitted to the District by December 31, 2024 and
may be submitted at the facility’s annual compliance
inspection.
The full compliance assistance advisory may be found
below.
Flares On September 12, 2023, the Ventura County Air Pollution
Control District Board adopted the new Rule 74.35 Flares.
The purpose of Rule 74.35 is to reduce reactive organic
compounds (ROC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from
flares with a heat input rating of one (1) million (MM)BTU
per hour and greater. Rule 74.35 was created under the
California Clean Air Act and as an implementation of Best
Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT) required by
Assembly Bill (AB) 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, statutes of
2017). The rule requirements are based on similar standards
adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District
(Rule 1118.1 Control of Emissions from Non-Refinery Flares).
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