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Final 1998 Clean Air Plan Appendices 11999988 CClleeaann AAiirr PPllaann Santa Barbara County’s plan to attain the state and federal ozone standards FINAL December 1998 11999988 CClleeaann AAiirr PPllaann Santa Barbara County’s plan to attain the state and federal ozone standards · Attainment Demonstration – Federal Ozone Standard · Rate-of-Progress Demonstration – Federal Ozone Standard · Three Year Update to the 1991 AQAP and 1994 CAP – State Ozone Standard FINAL December 1998 Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Association of Governments 26 Castilian Drive, Suite B-23 222 East Anapamu St., Suite 11 Goleta, California 93117 Santa Barbara, California 93101 (805) 961-8800 (805) 568-2546 BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAOMI SCHWARTZ JEANNE GRAFFY Supervisor, First District Supervisor, Second District Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County GAIL MARSHALL JONI GRAY Supervisor, Third District Supervisor, Fourth District Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County TOM URBANSKE RUSS HICKS Supervisor, Fifth District Councilmember Santa Barbara County City of Buellton RICHARD WEINBERG KEN WESTALL Councilmember Councilmember City of Carpinteria City of Guadalupe WILLIAM SCHUYLER ELINOR LANGER Councilmember Councilmember City of Lompoc City of Santa Barbara ABEL MALDONADO NANCY ORCHARD Councilmember Mayor City of Santa Maria City of Solvang EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GERALD R. LORDEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAOMI SCHWARTZ JEANNE GRAFFY Supervisor, First District Supervisor, Second District Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County GAIL MARSHALL JONI GRAY Supervisor, Third District Supervisor, Fourth District Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County TOM URBANSKE RUSS HICKS Supervisor, Fifth District Councilmember Santa Barbara County City of Buellton RICHARD WEINBERG KEN WESTALL Councilmember Councilmember City of Carpinteria City of Guadalupe WILLIAM SCHUYLER ELINOR LANGER Councilmember Councilmember City of Lompoc City of Santa Barbara LARRY LAVAGNINO NANCY ORCHARD Councilmember Mayor City of Santa Maria City of Solvang AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER DOUGLAS W. ALLARD 11999988 CClleeaann AAiirr PPllaann FINAL December 1998 PROJECT MANAGEMENT Tom Murphy, SBCAPCD Michael Powers, SBCAG PRINCIPAL AUTHORS Tad Bixler, SBCAPCD Jim Damkowitch, SBCAG Jim Fredrickson, SBCAPCD Brian Lockett, SBCAPCD Ron Tan, SBCAPCD CONTRIBUTORS Alan Ballard Bobbie Bratz Joel Cordes Terry Dressler Vijaya Jammalamadaka Mike Goldman Douglas Grapple Kathy Patton Joe Petrini Duane Sikorski GLOSSARY OF TERMS Acute Health Effect: An adverse heath effect that occurs over a relatively short period of time, (e.g., minutes, or hours.) Aerosol: Particles of solid or liquid matter that can remain suspended in the air for long periods of time because of extremely small size and lightweight. Air Basin: An area of the state, often comprising several counties, which is designated by the Air Resources Board (ARB) based on similar meteorological and geographical conditions, with consideration given to political boundary lines when practical. Using these criteria, the ARB has divided the state into 14 air basins. Santa Barbara County is located in the South Central Air Basin, along with San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties. Air Pollutant: Any foreign and/or natural substance that is discharged, released, or over propagated into the atmosphere that may result in adverse effects on humans, animal, vegetation and/or materials. Also known as an air contaminant. Examples include but are not limited to, smoke, charred paper, dust, soot, grime, carbon, fumes, gases, odors, particulate matter, acids, or any combination thereof. Air Pollution Control District (APCD): The local agency governing air quality issues: proposes and adopts local air pollution rules, enforces those rules, responds to air pollution related complaints, issues permits to polluting sources, inventories sources of air pollution emissions. Air Quality Attainment Plan (AQAP): The comprehensive document, required under the California Clean Air Act (Health and Safety Code Section 40910 et. seq.), which details the programs and control measures to be implemented for the purpose of reducing emissions. Emissions ultimately must be reduced to the extent that measured concentrations of pollutants in the air will not exceed California ambient air quality standards. Air Quality Simulation Model: A computer program that simulates the transport, dispersion, and transformation of compounds emitted into the air and can project the relationship between emissions and air quality. Air Toxics: A generic term referring to a harmful chemical or group of chemicals in the air. Typically, substances that are especially harmful to health, such as those considered under EPA's hazardous air pollutant program or California's AB 1807 toxic air contaminant program, are considered to be air toxics. Technically, any compound that is in the air and has the potential to produce adverse health effects is an air toxic. Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM): A type of control measure, adopted by the ARB (Health and Safety Code Section 39666 et seq.), which reduces emissions of toxic air contaminants from nonvehicular sources. Alternate Fuels: Any fuel used for vehicular sources other than standard gasoline or diesel fuels. These include ethanol, methanol, compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas and electricity. Alternative fuels are cleaner burning and help meet ARB's mobile and stationary emission standards. Ambient Air: The air occurring at a particular time and place outside of structures. Often used interchangeably xiii with "outdoor" air. Ambient Air Quality Standard: Health and welfare based standards established by the state or federal government for clean outdoor air that identify the maximum acceptable average concentrations of air pollutants during a specified period of time. Anthropogenic Emissions: Emissions related to human activity or devices. APCD (Air Pollution Control District): A county agency with authority to regulate stationary, indirect, and area sources of air pollution (e.g., power plants, highway construction, and housing developments) within a given county, and governed by a district air pollution control board composed of the elected county supervisors. ARB (California Air Resources Board): The State's lead air quality agency, consisting of a nine-member Governor- appointed board. It is responsible for attainment and maintenance of the State and federal air quality standards, and is fully responsible for motor vehicle pollution control. It oversees county and regional air pollution management programs. Area-Wide Source: Stationary sources of pollution (e.g., water heaters, gas furnaces, fireplaces, and residential wood stoves) that are typically associated with homes and non-industrial sources. The emissions from these sources in themselves don’t emit a significant amount of emissions, but when considered collectively with other similar sources become significant. The CCAA requires districts to include area-wide sources in the development and implementation of the AQAPs. Atmosphere: The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding the earth. Where air pollutants are emitted into a building not designed specifically as a piece of air pollution control equipment, such emission into the building shall be considered an emission into the atmosphere. Attainment: Achievement of air quality standards. Attainment Area: A geographic area which is in compliance with the National and/or California Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS OR CAAQS). Attainment Plan: In general, a plan that details the emission reducing control measures and their implementation schedule necessary to attain air quality standards. In particular, the federal Clean Air Act requires attainment plans for nonattainment areas; these plans must meet several requirements, including requirements related to enforceability and adoption deadlines. Average Daily Emissions: Annual emissions divided by 365 (the number of days in a year). BACT (Best Available Control Technology): The most up-to-date methods, systems, techniques, and production processes available to achieve the greatest feasible emission reductions for given regulated air pollutants and processes. BACT is a requirement of NSR (New Source Review) and PSD (Prevention of Significant Deterioration). BACT as used in federal law under PSD is defined as an emission limitation based on the maximum degree of emissions reductions allowable taking into account energy, environmental & economic impacts and other costs. [(CAA Section 169(3)]. The term BACT as used in state law means, an emission limitation that will achieve the lowest achievable emission rates, which means the most stringent of either the most stringent emission limits contained in the SIP for the class or category of source, (unless it is demonstrated that one limitation is not achievable), or the most stringent emission limit achieved in practice by that class in category of source. “BACT” under state law is more stringent than federal BACT and is equivalent to federal LAER (lowest achievable emission rate) which applies to NSR permit actions. xiv In Santa Barbara County, for nonattainment pollutants, BACT for any stationary source is the more stringent of either: a) the most effective emission control device, emission limit, or technique which has been achieved in practice for the type of equipment comprising such stationary source; or b) any other emission control device or technique determined after public hearing to be technologically feasible and cost-effective by the Air
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