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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
No Air Pollution Control Board meetings on new or amended rules are presently scheduled.
Advisory Committee Meetings
July 23, 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 District (VCAPCD) will hold an Advisory Committee Meeting on July 23, 2024, to discuss proposed amendments to Rules 71.3, 74.15, and 74.23.
Staff is proposing amendments to Rules 71.3, 74.15, and 74.23 that correct deficiencies identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The 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 Advisory Committee Meeting will occur in person and virtually at the following time and location:
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
The public is invited to attend this meeting and provide
input on this rule development. The proposed amendments to
Rule 71.3, Rule 74.15, and Rule 74.23 and the supporting
Staff Report will be made available prior to the meeting in
strikeout/underline format on the VCAPCD website (http://vcapcd.org/rules_division.htm).
Contact Danny McQuillan
at (805) 303-3678, Do
Young Maeng at (805) 303-3662 or email staff at
Rules-Group@vcapcd.org if you have any questions or
comments. Written comments may be mailed to 4567 Telephone
Road, 2nd Floor, Ventura, CA, 93003, or faxed to (805)
456-7797.
Documents
Public WorkshopsNo Public Workshops on new or amended rules are presently scheduled.
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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