Public Review and Hearing Notice

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE
VENTURA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
FOR CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENTS TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT’S FOLLOWING RULES


Rule 26.1, New Source Review – Definitions
Rule 45.2, Asbestos Removal Fees
Rule 74.15, Boilers, Steam Generators, and Process Heaters



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Air Pollution Control Board of Ventura County to consider adoption of amendments to Rules 26.1, 45.2, and 74.15.

STAFF IS PROPOSING amendments to Rule 26.1 in response to a request from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The proposed amendment is addition of a definition for “Reactive Organic Compounds (ROC).” The ROC is as defined in Rule 2, Definitions with the exception that only ROC emission reductions that meet the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) as defined by USEPA in 40CFR 51.100(s) shall be eligible for netting, banking or use as an offset for the purposes of Rule 26, New Source Review.

STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING amendments to Rule 45.2, Asbestos Removal Fees to remove the nonrefundable fee language and allow a refund for any cancellations to the demolition or renovation project, only if a cancellation notice is received by the District prior to the notification start date of the renovation or demolition operation.

STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING amendments to Rule 74.15 in response to comments received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The proposed amendments are (1) additional language in section C.4. – cold start-up requirements – which includes minimizing NOx emissions and limiting NOx to 150 ppm at 3% O2 during the start-up, as well as including additional recordkeeping requirements in section D to record start-up dates, times, durations, and type and quantity of the fuel used; (2) include in section C.2.a an alternate NOx emission limit of 150 ppm at 3% O2 or 0.215 pounds per million Btu of heat input when firing alternate fuels during natural gas curtailment; and (3) make editorial changes to section B.4.a and B.4.b to state the NOx and CO emissions “SHALL NOT EXCEED” 30 ppm of NOx and 10 ppm of CO at 3% O2, as originally intended in 2020 amendments.

INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULES, including the
analysis required by Health and Safety Code Section 40727.2, is available for review by any interested party at the Air Pollution Control District office located at 4567 Telephone Road 2nd Floor, Ventura, California, 93003 during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm excluding holidays). They are also available on the district website at www.vcapcd.org. Written comments may be addressed to Tyler Harris at the District Office or by email: tyler@vcapcd.org, (805) 303-3661, and should be received no later than January 5, 2023.

AS A RESULT of the public hearing, the Board (1) may adopt the rule amendments as proposed by staff, or (2) may not adopt the rule amendments. Staff recommends the Board adopt the proposed revisions.

SAID PUBLIC HEARING is to be held before the Air Pollution Control Board on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, Main Plaza Level of the Administration Building, Ventura County Government Center, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California. This public hearing date has been rescheduled from January 10, 2023, as initially noticed.

YOU ARE INVITED to attend this meeting and be heard on this matter. For instructions on how to attend virtually or how to submit comments, you may read the instructions located inside the public agenda for the hearing, to be posted on our website the week prior to the scheduled hearing. You may visit http://www.vcapcd.org/agendas.htm#The_Air_Pollution_Control_Board to access the District’s Boards and Committees webpage.