Mission
To attain and maintain National and State Ambient Air
Quality
Standards, and to insure air pollutants do not
pose
a nuisance or significant public health threat.
Notices
The KCAPCD’s January 8, 2009 Board of
Director’s meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 15th,
1:00 P.M. at the Golden Hills Community Service District, located at 21415
Reeves Street, Tehachapi, CA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
in the Mojave Air & Spaceport Board Room, 1434 Flightline, Mojave, CA. Said
hearing is to consider two petitions from the following Paramount Petroleum and
U.S. Borax
(click here for more information)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the
following regulatory control measures will be considered for amendment or
adoption during calendar year 2009
(click here
for more information)
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that
the KCAPCD solicits public comment on the proposed issuance of Determination of
Compliance (DOC) to Beacon Solar LLC for the installation of a nominal 250-MW
solar trough power plant until Wednesday, January 23, 2009
(click here for more information)
MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM now open
for grant fund Proposals beginning October 1, 2008 to January 9, 2009.
(click here for more information)
The KCAPCD Board of
Director's approved it's meeting times to be changed from 2:00 PM to 1:00
PM beginning November 13, 2008.
(click here)
EPA
PRESS RELEASE: On September 25, 2008, EPA approved our request to
separate the East Kern portion of the SJV PM-10 nonattainment area from the
SJV Air Basin portion. The East Kern (Kern River Valley, Walker
Basin, Keene, Bear Valley and Cummings Valley) portion will remain a PM-10
nonattainment area. EPA also approved the commitment from the Air Resources
Board and our District to establish a monitor in Canebrake and to take
appropriate Clean Air Act action based on data from that monitor.
(click here for more information)
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VAPOR RECOVERY ADVISORY:
Enhanced Vapor
Recovery Phase II April 1, 2009 Deadline for Kern
County Air Pollution Control District Gasoline Dispensing Facilities.
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(Click here for details)
(Click
here for ARB's VST Contractors List)
Priority Processing:
New beginning
April 1, 2008, Priority Processing available. The Priority Processing Fee
shall be 1.5 times an Air Quality Engineer II, 5th step hourly salary multiplied
by the total actual overtime hours worked ($54.88 per hour) plus
the Application Processing fee (Rule 303.II--$40.00 per hour). Applicant must note on
their application that they agree to the Fee and for how
many hours of overtime processing they are willing to pay for in order to
process the application.
Contact Information
Kern County Air Pollution Control District
(KCAPCD) encompasses the Eastern Half of Kern County (see Maps).
- Telephone
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661-862-5250
- FAX
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661-862-5251
- Postal address
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2700 "M" Street, Suite 302
- Bakersfield,
California 93301-2370
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
Applicant Support: kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
Webmaster:
kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
