South Coast Air Quality Management District

Mobile Source Committee

SYNOPSIS: 

The Mobile Source Committee met Friday, December 7, 2001. Following is a summary of that meeting.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Receive and file.

S. Roy Wilson, Vice Chair
Mobile Source Committee

Attendance

The meeting started at 9:05 a.m. Present: Committee Chair Roy Wilson, Committee Vice Chair Jon Mikels, and Committee Members Norma Glover and Jane Carney. Absent: Committee Members Jim Silva and Ron Loveridge. Attached is an attendance roster.

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1)      CEQA Handbook Update

At the request of Board Member Jane Carney, staff provided a summary of the proposals recommended by staff for revisions to the CEQA Handbook as well as maps showing the air quality status by source receptor area. Currently, the handbook focuses on regional significance thresholds and localized CO hotspots analysis. Staff is proposing to expand the localized analysis to include pollutants such as NO₂ and PM₁₀ that could potentially pose localized impacts. This approach is consistent with the modeling requirement for Rule 1303, New Source Review, where a new or modified piece of stationary source equipment, if the emissions are over a pound, would be required to go through localized air quality impact analyses.

Since the handbook currently does not address localized impacts except for the CO hotspots analysis, significance is based only on the regional thresholds. Staff’s proposal is adding the localized analysis as a second test of significance. The implication here is that a facility may not be significant for regional impacts, but could now be significant for localized impacts. This situation would necessitate an environmental impact report that may require mitigation measures.

Supervisor Jon Mikels commented that staff is proposing to treat projects differently depending on geographic location, which has significant policy implications. He recommended that at some point, well before the final draft stage, the proposed approach would come before the Board for policy direction.

Staff provided an annual status report on Rule 2202 for the year 2000. Upon rule adoption, the Board requested that staff provide these annual status reports. The report is divided into three sections. The first section describes worksite activity that includes data on employer participation in the available compliance options and corresponding emission reductions. The second section contains outreach information describing training for employee transportation coordinators, Internet Web site, technical assistance, and updated rule information for consultants, Transportation Management Associations, and regulated employers. The last section of the report deals with the compliance program that includes a review process triggered by complaints from the public, staff requests and random selection.

At the October 26, 2001 meeting, Supervisor Jon Mikels requested that staff provide the committee with a status report on the State of the Commute Survey. In response to that request, staff provided the committee with the following: 1) an overview of the SB 836 Voluntary Rideshare Studies and the results of those studies, 2) a comparison of AQMD’s Voluntary Ridesharing Study and SCAG’s State of the Commute Survey, and 3) a preview of the emission reductions for Rule 2202 that will be used in the upcoming AQMP.

Rule 2202 Summary Status Report submitted, no comments.

Item #4 – CEQA Commenting:

1. CEQA Document Commenting Update: Written reports submitted, no comments.

Status Report on Credit Rule Implementation submitted, no comments.

None

None.

The meeting adjourned at 10:20 a.m.

Attendance Roster
 

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