Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Prior to adopting the program specified in subdivision (b) of Section 40448.5 and prior to expending any funds for any research, development, or demonstration program or project relating to vehicles or vehicle fuels, the south coast district shall do both of the following: (1…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is necessary to increase the availability of financial assistance to small businesses that are subject to the rules and regulations of the south coast district, in order to minimize economic dislocation and ad…

(a) As used in this section, “small business” has the same meaning as defined by the federal Small Business Administration, except that no stationary source which is a major source, as defined by applicable provisions of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7661(2)), is a sm…

(a) No provision of this chapter is a limitation on the power of any city or county included, in whole or in part, within the south coast district to adopt any ordinance with respect to air pollution control which is stricter than the rules and regulations adopted by the south co…

Except as provided in Section 40449 regarding the adoption of stricter orders, rules, and regulations than those of the south coast district board, the board of supervisors of any county included, in whole or in part, within the south coast district shall have no authority, with …

(a) The south coast district shall use the Pollutant Standards Index developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and shall report and forecast pollutant levels daily for dissemination in the print and electronic media. Commencing July 1, 2001, the south coast d…

On or before January 1, 2001, the south coast district shall revise its forecasting models to allow the district to predict, using state-of-the-science techniques, when the 24-hour federal ambient air standard for PM2.5, as adopted in July 1997, or any standard adopted by the Uni…

The south coast district shall submit an annual report to the state board and the Legislature summarizing its regulatory activities for the preceding calendar year. The report shall include all of the following: (a) A summary of each major rule and rule amendment adopted by the s…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 40716 or 40717, or subdivision (c) of Section 40717.5, the south coast district shall not adopt or enforce any rule or regulation that would require any employer to submit a trip reduction plan. (b) The south coast district may require employers with 1…

Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 40717, the south coast district shall not require any local agency to implement any transportation control measure that the district itself is prohibited from enacting pursuant to Section 40454, unless required by the federal Clean Air A…

Except as provided in Section 43845, the south coast district shall not require any employer to charge its employees for parking.

(a) The south coast district board shall convene a task force, that shall, on or before July 1, 2000, review, and assist in updating, the south coast district’s data base to ensure that any small business, as determined by the task force, that is located within the district and t…

(a) Rules 1501 and 1501.1 adopted by the south coast district are void. (b) Rule 2202 adopted by the south coast district shall be amended in the following manner: (1) The worksite employee threshold shall be raised to 250. (2) Nothing in this section is intended to prevent an ea…

(a) Subject to an appropriation for this express purpose, the South Coast Air Quality Management District shall, beginning on January 1, 2026, and until January 1, 2032, deploy mobile air monitoring systems within the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino to collect air pollut…

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), on or before January 1, 2001, the operator of any facility within either the Port of Los Angeles or the Port of Long Beach that stores, handles, or transports petroleum coke and is subject to the enclosed storage pile deadlines of Rule…

(a) No later than January 31, 1979, the south coast district board shall adopt a plan to achieve and maintain the state and federal ambient air quality standards for the South Coast Air Basin. The plan shall be revised and adopted by the south coast district board by January 31, …

The plan, as adopted and revised by the south coast district board, shall be in lieu of the basinwide air pollution control plan required pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 41600) of Part 4.

(a) The plan and subsequent revisions shall contain deadlines for compliance with the federally mandated attainment of primary ambient air quality standards. The plan and subsequent revisions shall contain deadlines and schedules to achieve the state ambient air quality standards…

(a) The plan shall be formally reviewed every two years beginning in 1982 by the agencies responsible for preparing plan revisions. In the event of revisions, the compliance schedules and emission limitations shall be amended to reflect advances in technology, control strategies,…

The Southern California Association of Governments shall coordinate the efforts of the counties and cities in the process of developing and reviewing plan elements which meet the requirements of the plan, state and federal law, and local needs relating to transportation, land use…

The Southern California Association of Governments shall submit its plan elements to the south coast district board by June 1 of each odd-numbered year, except in the case of a delayed submittal as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 40463, for incorporation into the air quali…

(a) The south coast district board shall adopt plan revisions, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 40463, after holding public hearings throughout the south coast district. The south coast district board shall submit the adopted plan revisions to the state board and to the Leg…

Prior to formal submittal of this plan to the state board by the south coast district board, and during the time period specified in subdivision (a) of Section 40463, the south coast district board and the state board shall meet to identify and agree on the portions of the plan w…

The state board shall not require as a condition of approval of the plan or subsequent revisions, any indirect source review program or other land use control measures.

(a) Following submittal by the south coast district, the state board shall review the plan to determine its adequacy to meet federally mandated primary ambient air quality standards and all other requirements of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.) and its adeq…

Following the adoption of those portions of the plan that comply with the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568, Statutes of 1988) and the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.) and are adequate to attain state ambient air quality standards, the state board …

The Southern California Association of Governments shall participate in the joint agency review and conflict resolution processes established by Sections 40463, 40467, and 40469 insofar as the processes relate to plan elements for which the Southern California Association of Gove…

(a) Within one year from the date that a new federal ambient air standard for PM2.5 is adopted, the south coast district shall make a preliminary assessment of the nature of PM2.5 in the South Coast Air Basin, and shall revise its air quality management plan to include a discussi…

(a) The south coast district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its program throughout the south coast district. (b) The south coast district board shall appoint an executive officer to direct the staff, subject to the direction and policy of the south coast dist…

The executive officer shall be appointed solely on the basis of his administrative and executive abilities and qualifications. The executive officer and designated deputies shall serve at the pleasure of the south coast district board, and shall receive such compensation as is de…

The south coast district board may delegate duties to the executive officer as it deems appropriate. The executive officer shall perform and discharge, under the direction and control of the south coast district board, the powers, duties, purposes, functions, and jurisdiction ves…

The south coast district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.

All officers and employees of the south coast district, other than members of the south coast district board, are entitled to the benefits of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450), Part 3, Division 4, Title 3 of the Government Code…

When any person is employed by the south coast district, whose immediate prior employer was the Southern California Air Pollution Control District, for the purpose of, but not limited to, retirement benefits, salary rates, seniority, and all fringe benefits, all his time of emplo…

The south coast district may contract for such professional assistance as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of duties imposed on the south coast district.

(a) In accordance with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in Section 40402, the south coast district board shall establish rules and regulations for the granting of variances by the hearing board from Section 41701 or from any standards for the discharge of air contaminant…

(a) Except as required to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), fees assessed on stationary sources in the south coast district pursuant to Sections 40500 and 40510 shall not exceed, for any fiscal year, the actual costs of district programs pursuant to thi…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 40500, the south coast district board may prohibit the granting of variances by the hearing board from the provisions of a market-based incentive program adopted pursuant to Section 39616 that establish procedures for assessing emissions during periods…

(a) The south coast district board shall appoint a hearing board, or may authorize the board of supervisors of each county included, in whole or in part, within the south coast district to appoint a hearing board in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 40800) of Cha…

(a) On or before July 1, 1992, the south coast district board shall retire the current hearing board and appoint in its place a new hearing board with the following membership and qualifications: (1) One member admitted to the practice of law in this state, with two or more years…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the south coast district board may authorize, by resolution, the holding of single-member hearings by the chairman of the hearing board and any other member or alternate designated by the hearing board, under the condition…

The revenues from the schedule of fees adopted by the south coast district board for the filing of applications for variances shall be collected by the hearing board at the time that the application is filed. Each county hearing board appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Sect…

(a) The south coast district hearing board, in determining whether the petitioner has presented evidence sufficient to make the findings specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42352, shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors, both of the following: (1) In determi…

The south coast district shall work with those persons granted variances to reduce emissions of air contaminants from their operations.

Any form developed by the south coast district for use in filing an application for variance shall contain a notice to small businesses of the availability of assistance in filling out the form, developing compliance schedules, and obtaining low-cost financing for air pollution c…

(a) In accordance with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in Section 40402, the south coast district board shall adopt rules and regulations for the issuance by the south coast district board of permits authorizing the construction, alteration, replacement, operation, or u…

(a) The south coast district shall establish a consolidated permit which serves as (1) an authority to build, erect, alter, or replace an article, machine, equipment, or contrivance which may cause the issuance of air contaminants, and (2) an authority to operate or use that arti…

The south coast district may establish a program to certify private environmental professionals to prepare permit applications. The program shall provide for all of the following: (a) Certification by the district of private environmental professionals who meet minimum qualificat…

The south coast district board, in making any order granting a permit, may specify the time during which the order shall be effective and may require the payment of fees established by the south coast district board.

The revenues from the schedule of fees for the filing of applications for permits shall be collected by the south coast district board at the time that the application is filed.