BOARD MEETING DATE: April 7, 2006
AGENDA NO. 23

Stationary Source Committee

SYNOPSIS:

The Stationary Source Committee met Friday, March 31, 2006.  Following is a summary of that meeting.  The next meeting will be April 28, 2006 at 10:30 a.m., in Conference Room CC8.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Receive and file.

Ronald O. Loveridge, Chair
Stationary Source Committee

Attendance

The meeting began at 12:30 p.m.  Present were Ronald Loveridge and Dennis Yates.  Absent were Jane Carney and Gary Ovitt.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

1. Rule 1132 – Further Control of VOC Emissions from High-Emitting Spray Booth Facilities

Laki Tisopulos, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of Planning and Rules, presented this item.  The proposed amendments exclude gelcoat non-atomizing application from the list of approved emission factors that can be used to demonstrate alternative compliance with the rule.  There were other minor amendments for clarity.  There is no impact on cost, air quality or emission limitations.

2. Rule 1178 – Further Reductions of VOC Emissions from Storage Tanks of Petroleum Facilities

Laki Tisopulos, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of Planning and Rules, presented this item.  The proposed amendments clarify requirements for mechanical shoe seals for internal floating roof tanks, clarify that devices with equivalent control efficiencies to slotted membrane fabric covers can be used for roof drains, and as a result of comments received at the public consultation meeting, clarified when domes are to be installed on Phase II tanks.  The proposed amendments do not affect air quality or emission limitations.

3. AB 2588 Annual Report

Elaine Chang, Deputy Executive Officer of Planning and Rules, presented this item. The focus in 2006 will be to prioritize over 400 inventories, review and approve over 2 dozen risk assessments, and to seek Board approval for industry-wide notification procedures for gas stations, dry cleaners, and diesel internal combustion engines.   Staff is also working to improve the information available on our website by providing links to health information (an environmental justice work plan element) and updating emissions data in a more timely manner.

The annual report will be posted on the AQMD web site and distributed to county boards of supervisors, city councils, and local health officers.

4. Rule 223 – Facility Permit – Agricultural Facilities

Laki Tisopulos, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer of Planning and Rules, presented this item.  This is a new rule that will implement the provisions of  SB 700 that require large confined animal facilities (LCAFs), as defined by CARB, to obtain permits to reduce emissions to the extent feasible.  LCAFs are dairies with 1,000 or more milking cows or egg laying operations with 650,000 or more birds.  The permit requires a mitigation plan to implement BARCT and BACM and the plan is to be updated annually.  All animal facilities that are subject to this rule required a permit under other provisions of SB 700 because their emissions are at least one half of the Title V threshold for one or more air contaminants.  That permit is acceptable for the initial permitting requirement under Proposed Rule 223.  In addition, existing District Rules such as 1127 and 1186 are BARCT and BACM for dairies and the mitigation plan for those operations will be implementation of those and other applicable District Rules.  Staff is working with the industry to develop a mitigation plan template for egg laying operations.

5. Rule 219 – Equipment not Requiring a Written Permit Pursuant to Regulation II

Lee Lockie, Director of Area Sources, briefly summarized the key elements of the proposed amendments to Rule 219 - Equipment Not Requiring a Written Permit Pursuant to Regulation II.  She listed the major equipment categories addressed by the amendments and explained that the proposals included clarifications of existing exemptions and two proposals that permits now be required for certain equipment operated by agricultural facilities.  The key remaining issue centers on the implementation of SB 700 in the form of permits for agricultural non-emergency internal combustion engines and gasoline dispensing facilities.  She emphasized that, in permitting this equipment, staff is interested in equity among all permitted facilities.  Public comment from agriculture representatives reflects a desire to cooperate but a preference for a simplified permitting process.

WRITTEN REPORTS

All written reports were acknowledged by the Committee.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments at this meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m.

Attachments (DOC 54kb)
March 31, 2006 Committee Agenda (without its attachments)