Plain English Breakdown
The bill status indicates it died on an inactive file, meaning this legislation did not become law despite passing the legislature initially.
Air Pollution Rules for Indirect Sources and Toxic Contaminants
This bill requires the State Air Resources Board to create rules, collect fees, and track pollution from indirect sources if needed to meet federal air quality standards.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the state board to make and enforce rules for indirect pollution sources only if necessary to achieve federal ambient air quality standards.
- Allows the state board to charge fees on facilities and mobile sources to cover the reasonable costs of implementing these new regulations, with funds going into the Air Pollution Control Fund upon legislative appropriation.
- Creates a statewide program where the state board quantifies emissions and annually collects information from indirect sources.
- Requires local air districts to decide within 120 days after rule adoption whether they or the state will enforce the regulations in their area.
- Authorizes fees on emitters of toxic air contaminants, with funds deposited into the Certification and Compliance Fund upon legislative appropriation.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Air Resources Board
- Local air pollution control districts and air quality management districts
- Facilities that are indirect sources of emissions or emit toxic air contaminants
- Mobile sources operating at locations subject to the new regulations
Terms To Know
- Indirect source of emissions
- A place where mobile equipment gathers and operates, such as a shopping center or parking lot.
- Toxic air contaminant
- Any substance identified by the state board that is emitted into the ambient air of the state.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill only requires action if the state board decides it is necessary to meet federal air quality standards.
- Fees collected must be approved and given funds by the Legislature before they can be used.
- Local districts have a choice on whether they or the state will enforce the rules in their area.