BOARD MEETING DATE: August 1, 2003
AGENDA NO. 32
Stationary Source Committee
SYNOPSIS:
The Stationary Source Committee met Friday, July 25, 2003. Following is a summary of that meeting. The next meeting will be August 22, at 10:30 a.m., in Conference Room CC8.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file.
Leonard Paulitz, Acting Chair
Stationary Source Committee
Attendance
The meeting began at 10:40 a.m. Present were Jane Carney, acting Committee Chair to open the meeting, Leonard Paulitz, (arrived at 10:43 and chaired upon arrival), and William Craycraft. Absent were Ron Loveridge, Chair and Fred Aguiar.
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
- Status Report on 2003 Air Quality Management Plan
The Committee deferred this item since they were given a presentation on the proposed modifications to the 2003 AQMP as part of the Mobile Source Committee meeting. - Staff Report on Cumulative Impacts
Dr. Elaine Chang, Deputy Executive Officer, Planning, Rule Development & Area Sources, provided an update of the cumulative impacts effort. As part of this effort, AQMD staff has held seven Working Group meetings and five Regional Public Consultation meetings. The recommended approach will build on existing programs, address existing known contributors to regional cumulative impacts, identify high impact areas to address local cumulative impacts, and improve data and technical tools. This effort has focused on developing several important elements including a cumulative impact definition and Cumulative Impacts Reduction Strategy (CIRS). The CIRS, includes Early Action Measures, Air Toxic Control Plan process updates (including additional control strategies), and MATES III. - A. Recognize and Appropriate Grant Funds from U.S. EPA for
Multi-Agency Boiler Tune-Up Outreach Program
Pom Pom Ganguli, Public Advisor, presented this item. AQMD had received a grant from U.S. EPA for $100,000 to conduct outreach and promotions, including tune-ups for small boilers, leading to emissions reductions. The grant was given to AQMD, in conjunction with the local small business assistance offices of Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona. Staff will be proposing that the Board recognize and appropriate the grant funds from U.S. EPA to implement the program. - B. Discussion on Draft Model Air Quality Element
Pom Pom Ganguli, Public Advisor, presented this item regarding the development of a Draft Model Air Quality Element. This has been developed in response to the 2002-03 Environmental Justice program enhancements approved by the Board, and in cooperation with Western Riverside and Orange County Council of Governments, as contractors. The draft document is being circulated for review and public comments over the next few months, and will be presented to the Board for approval in late 2003 or early 2004. He explained that this guideline represents entire suites of ideas and concepts for consideration of local city and county governments, and for incorporation into their general plan. Dr. Wallerstein emphasized that these recommendations are not mandatory, but represent various options for local governments to choose from. Stephanie Chavez, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, presented a set of slides which summarized the Draft Model Air Quality Element document.
Staff will continue with at least one additional working group meeting, briefings for AQMD Advisory Groups, community outreach and a report to the Board at the September meeting. Subsequent to the September Board Meeting, staff proposes to form working groups to address individual strategies and periodic reports to the Board.
Questions and concerns raised by business and local government representatives included the prioritization of control strategies, avoiding redlining and making sure that program implementation truly addresses disproportionate impact.
The Committee unanimously moved to approve the item.
Board member Craycraft inquired about an example of cumulative impacts and Dr. Ganguli responded that an area could potentially be impacted by many small auto body shops or other industrial facilities that meet air quality regulations on an individual basis. However, there is no clear mechanism at this time to consider or mitigate their combined impact on a community or sensitive receptor. In response to Board member Craycraft’s inquiry, Dr. Ganguli also discussed the effects of localized impacts versus regional impacts of emissions from point sources. Board member Paulitz mentioned that the diesel generator issue at Claremont could have been resolved if the Model Air Quality Element was implemented by the city earlier. Furthermore, Board member Paulitz recommended the development of model ordinance language that the local jurisdictions could easily adopt into their general plans. Board member Craycraft inquired about the schedule of planned outreach and public meetings. Dr. Ganguli responded that staff plans to meet with the Councils of Government and other interested parties over the next few months in 2003.
WRITTEN REPORTS
- Progress Report on Installation of NOx Control Equipment at RECLAIM Facilities and RECLAIM Trading Activities
Carol Coy, Deputy Executive Officer, Engineering and Compliance, brought to the Committee’s attention that this is the final progress report and summarizes in quarterly format for the full Board all monthly data presented to the Committee for the past two years.
All written reports were acknowledged by the Committee.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40 p.m.
July 25, 2003 Committee Agenda (without its attachments)
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