BILL NUMBER: SB 673	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 40001 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to nonvehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 673, as introduced, Lara. Air districts: rules and regulations.

   Existing law requires air pollution control and air quality
management districts to adopt and enforce rules and regulations to
achieve and maintain the state and federal ambient air quality
standards in all areas affected by emissions sources under their
jurisdiction and requires those districts to enforce all applicable
provisions of state and federal law.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 40001 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   40001.  (a)  Subject to the powers and duties of the state board,
the districts shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations to
achieve and maintain the state and federal ambient air quality
standards in all areas affected by emission sources under their
jurisdiction, and shall enforce all applicable provisions of state
and federal law.
   (b)  The district rules and regulations may, and at the request of
the state board shall, provide for the prevention and abatement of
air pollution episodes  which   that  , at
intervals, cause discomfort or health risks to, or damage to the
property of, a significant number of persons or class of persons.
   (c)  Prior to adopting  any   a  rule or
regulation to reduce criteria pollutants, a district shall determine
that there is a problem that the proposed rule or regulation will
alleviate and that the rule or regulation will promote the attainment
or maintenance of state or federal ambient air quality standards.
   (d)  (1)  The district rules and regulations shall include a
process to approve alternative methods of complying with emission
control requirements that provide equivalent emission reductions,
emissions monitoring, or recordkeeping.
   (2)  A district shall allow the implementation of alternative
methods of emission reduction, emissions monitoring, or recordkeeping
if a facility demonstrates to the satisfaction of the district that
those alternative methods will provide equivalent performance.
 Any   An  alternative method of emission
reduction, emissions monitoring, or recordkeeping proposed by the
facility shall not violate other provisions of law.
   (3)  If a district rule specifies an emission limit for a facility
or system, the district shall not set operational or effectiveness
requirements for any specific emission control equipment operating on
a facility or system under that limit.  Any  
An  alternative method of emission reduction, emissions
monitoring, or recordkeeping proposed by the facility shall include
the necessary operational and effectiveness measurement elements that
can be included as permit conditions by the district to ensure
compliance with, and enforcement of, the equivalent performance
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2). Nothing in this subdivision
limits the district's authority to inspect a facility's equipment or
records to ensure operational compliance. This paragraph shall apply
to existing rules and facilities operating under those rules.