Set Public Hearings June 6, 2008 to Consider Amendments and/or Adoption to AQMD Rules and Regulations to:

1. Amend Rule 1610 - Old Vehicle Scrapping. Rule 1610 - Old Vehicle Scrapping, encourages the accelerated retirement of older vehicles which emit a disproportionate amount of air pollution and provides a mechanism to generate mobile source emission reduction credits. The objective of the proposed amendment to Rule 1610 is to harmonize the rule with recent changes made to CARB's Title 13, California Code of Regulations, Chapter 13, Article 1, Sections 2601 - 2610 Voluntary Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Enterprises. (Review: Stationary Source Committee, April 25, 2008; Mobile Source Committee, May 16, 2008)
    

2. Amend Rules 1186.1 - Less-Polluting Sweepers and 1196 - Clean On-Road Heavy-Duty Fleet Vehicles. Proposed amendments to Rules 1186.1 and 1196 will extend sunset dates by two years to allow acquisition of non-rule compliant vehicles where an approved Technical Infeasibility Certification has been issued based on unavailability of an alternative-fuel refueling station within five miles of vehicle storage or maintenance yards. The proposed amendments are in response to near term public fleet heavy-duty vehicle acquisitions that are located in service areas where alternative-fuel refueling stations do not yet exist. In addition, administration amendments to Rule 1186.1 may be proposed. (Review: Mobile Source Committee, March 21, 2008)
    

3. Amend Rule 1186 - PM10 Emissions from Paved and Unpaved Roads, and Livestock Operations. Under the rule, street sweeper manufacturers are required to certify their equipment “pick-up efficiency” is at least 80 percent. It has been more than five years since any certification testing has been conducted and there is now a need to ensure that the overall performance of the sweepers can still be demonstrated in the event the manufacturer changes parts suppliers and/or modifies any sweeper specification from that on the originally configured model. The proposed amendment would require submission of data to demonstrate that the sweeper performance has not been affected by these changes and to establish a process that aftermarket parts suppliers may qualify to sell replacement parts while maintaining original certification. (Review: Mobile Source Committee, May 16, 2008)

The complete text of the proposed amendments, staff reports and other supporting documents will be available from the District’s Public Information Center, (909) 396-2550 and on the Internet (www.aqmd.gov) on May 7, 2008.