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Commute Green in the San Joaquin...
... showed itself to be an exciting competition between valley employers. There were 23 participating organizations using alternative commute methods to "Live a healthy air life!"
Click here for the results
Governing Board Meeting
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
District's Governing Board Meeting is scheduled for
Thursday October 16, 2008
beginning at 9:00 a.m. To view support materials for this meeting please
click here. (i.e.
agenda, support documents, or to view the webcast while the meeting is in progress.)
The Valley Air District is rolling out the most sweeping initiative in its history,
Healthy Air Living. This comprehensive, year-round, multi-faceted program
involves every sector of the Valley’s population.
A new commentary from the
District's Executive Director addresses the exciting potential of this new initiative.
Permit-Exempt Equipment Registration (PEER)
Applications to register permit-exempt boilers and agricultural engines are now available. The PEER program offers a streamlined alternative to permitting by which sources demonstrate compliance with rules that require emissions reductions from permit-exempt equipment. For further information and application deadlines, click this
link: PEER Information.
2008 Indirect Source Review (ISR) Annual Report
The District has released the 2008 Annual Report on the District’s Indirect Source Review Program for the period
March 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008.
Click
here to view.
Environmental Justice Strategy
The District Governing Board adopted the Environmental
Justice Strategy on August 16, 2007. This comprehensive policy will serve as a roadmap by which the
District will be guided in integrating Environmental Justice principles and augmenting the steps
already taken by the District in reaching out to the community.
The policy is available in
English and
Spanish.
As part of this strategy, the District is currently seeking candidates to fill open
positions for the Tulare County seat and two ethnic small-business owners on the 13-member
Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG). The EJAG will work to collaboratively educate
the public and community stakeholders about current District activities and air quality in
general, and will review overarching District programs and strategies to provide feedback.
For additional information on the policy please contact Maricela Velasquez at (559) 230-5849
or Claudia Encinas at (559) 230-5851.
EPA proposes to approve the District's PM10 Maintenance Plan and Request for Redesignation.
On April 25, 2008, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed to approve the San Joaquin Valley’s PM10 Maintenance Plan and Request for Redesignation. This approval comes after the District submitted a letter and supporting documentation to the California Air Resources Board requesting that the air basin be reclassified as attainment for the federal health-based standard for airborne particulate matter of 10 microns and smaller. This historic achievement represents years of hard work by individuals, industry, Valley communities and the Air District.
Read the EPA
news release
Read the EPA’s October 17, 2006 Determination of the SJV's PM10 attainment in the Federal Register
Read the EPA’s March 19, 2008 Affirmation of Determination of Attainment for the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area
Read the EPA’s April 25, 2008 Proposed Approval of the SJV’s PM10 Maintenance Plan and Request for Redesignation
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