Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“Open outdoor fire” means any combustion of combustible material of any type outdoors in the open, not in any enclosure, where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Orchard or citrus grove heater” means any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, burning any type of fuel or material capable of emitting air contaminants, used, or capable of being used, for the purpose of giving protection from frost damage. (Added by Stats. 1975, …

“Passenger vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 465 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Person” includes all of the following: (a) A “person” as defined in Section 19. (b) Any state or local governmental agency or public district, or any officer or employee thereof. However, no state or local governmental agency or public district, or any officer or employee thereo…

“PM2.5” means particulate matter 2.5 microns and smaller in size. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 477, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

“Qualifying facility” means a qualifying small power production facility as defined in Section 228.5 of the Public Utilities Code. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.)

“Racing vehicle” means a competition vehicle not used on public highways. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Regional district” means a district created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 40300) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Regional district board” means the governing body of a regional district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Resource recovery project” means a project which converts municipal wastes, agricultural wastes, forest wastes, landfill gas, or digester gas in a manner so as to produce energy as a byproduct in the air basin in which they are produced. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.…

“Sacramento district” means the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District created pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 40950) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 1.)

“Sacramento district board” means the governing body of the Sacramento district. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 2.)

“Schedule of increments of progress” means a statement of dates when various steps are to be taken to bring a source of air contaminants into compliance with emission standards and shall include, to the extent feasible, the following: (a) The date of submittal of the final plan f…

“Schoolbus” means a heavy-duty motor vehicle exclusively designed and built for the transportation of any school, college, or university student to or from educational facilities or activities. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 741.)

(a) “Smog index” means the index number assigned to a motor vehicle by the state board pursuant to Section 44251 to indicate the effect of the use of that vehicle on ozone levels in ozone nonattainment areas. (b) This section shall become inoperative five years from the date dete…

“Solid waste dump” means any accumulation for the purpose of disposal of any solid waste. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“South coast district” means the South Coast Air Quality Management District created pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 40400) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)

“South coast district board” means the governing body of the south coast district. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)

“State board” means the State Air Resources Board. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 115. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)

“Title V” means Title V of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7661 et seq.). (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1166, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

“Title V source” means only a stationary source required by federal law to be included in an operating permit program established pursuant to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 7661 to 7661f, incl.) and the federal regulations adopted pursuant to Title V. (Adde…

“Trading program with capped emissions” or “emission-capped trading program” means a market-based incentive trading program adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 39616 that allows sources to comply with an emission cap or limit by acquiring marketable emission credits. (…

“Truck” means a motor truck as defined in Section 410 of the Vehicle Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Truck tractor” has the same meaning as defined in Section 655 of the Vehicle Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Ultimate purchaser” means, with respect to any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine, the first person who in good faith purchases a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine for purposes other than resale. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1206.)

“Unified district” means a district created or continued in existence pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 40150) of Part 3. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Unified district board” means the governing body of a unified district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Used motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle which is not a new motor vehicle. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1206.)

“Vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 670 of the Vehicle Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Vehicular sources” means those sources of air contaminants emitted from motor vehicles. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) The State Air Resources Board is continued in existence in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The state board shall consist of 14 voting members. (b) Twelve members shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, on the basis of their demonstr…

(a) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, from among the members of the state board, and shall serve as the principal advisor to the Governor on, and shall assist the Governor in establishing, major policy and program matters…

Each member of the state board shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 803, Sec. 37.)

(a) With respect to the members appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 39510, those members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent that reimbursement for expens…

The state board shall hold regular meetings at least twice a month. Special meetings may be called by the chair or upon the request of a majority of the members. Each member of the state board shall receive reimbursement for actual necessary traveling expenses incurred in the per…

The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the state board, and the state board is the head of a department within the meaning of the chapter. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) The state board shall appoint an executive officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the state board and, except as provided in subdivision (d), may delegate any duty to the executive officer that the state board deems appropriate. (b) The intention of the Legislature is her…

Any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction which the state board may lawfully delegate shall be conclusively presumed to have been delegated to the executive officer unless it is shown that the state board, by affirmative vote recorded in the minutes of the state board, …

The district shall be given notice and the opportunity to act before any rule or regulation is adopted by the state board for the district pursuant to Section 41502. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 982.)

(a) The districts shall provide for, and shall periodically revise as appropriate, the growth allowances necessary to accommodate the net air quality impact, if any, of cogeneration technology projects and resource recovery projects permitted pursuant to Section 42314, so that st…

(a) The districts, in cooperation with the state board, shall develop, adopt, and update, as necessary, a procedure to determine the magnitude of the emissions from the existing electric generating system in the air basin which would be displaced if cogeneration technology projec…

(a) In considering the offset requirement for a project facility which utilizes agricultural waste products, forest waste products, or similar organic wastes as biomass fuel in a steam generator (boiler), to produce electrical energy, or to be used as a digester feedstock in a co…

(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce air pollution from open field burning in the state and to improve air quality and protect the public health through new incentives for biomass facilities to increase their use of agricultural waste that would otherwise be burn…

This part applies to the following: (a) Any facility which manufactures, formulates, uses, or releases any of the substances listed pursuant to Section 44321 or any other substance which reacts to form a substance listed in Section 44321 and which releases or has the potential to…

For the purposes of Section 44320, the state board shall compile and maintain a list of substances that contains, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Substances identified by reference in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 6382 of the Labor Code and substanc…

This part applies to facilities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 44320 in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For those facilities that release, or have the potential to release, 25 tons per year or greater of total organic gases, particulates, or oxides of nitroge…