1. AB 617 Community Air Protection Program
APCD General Staff Meeting
August 7, 2018

2. AB 617 Most significant state air pollution legislation in 30 years
Focus on benefits to communities that may require special attention and accelerated action (Community Air Protection Program)
Aggressive timeline: CARB must identify initial list of communities by October 1, 2018
Special attention and accelerated actions = disadvantaged communities , which tend to be susceptible to the impacts of air pollution and higher exposure burdens.

3. AB 617 Community focused framework
Enhanced information on community level air pollution
Community specific emission reduction programs
Targeted incentive funding (FARMER, AB 134, Moyer)
Early actions (emission reduction programs) (no regrets)
Community participation
FARMER – approx $1.0 M for agricultural equipment – can free up some of our existing Moyer funds, AB aimed at emission reduction projects in disadvantaged communities and communities with high exposure burdens – approx $600k – could free up more of our Moyer funds. CARB wants us to move quickly on these – no regrets projects – diesel particulate

4. AB 617
Collaborative process involving CARB, District, and community representatives
Statewide emissions reporting for criteria and toxics
Statewide air monitoring plan for community level monitoring (CARB)
Review of existing community monitoring deployments
Recommendation for additional monitoring
Low-cost sensors (mostly for PM)

5. AB 617 Community Monitoring
Community partnerships to conduct monitoring
System to provide data to the public
Public outreach to ensure clear communication and interpretation of the data
QA/QC of monitoring data
CARB has $5M in funding for community groups – could provide some technical assistance on monitoring and other technical issues

6. AB 617 Community Emission Reduction Programs
Transparent process for input from communities and facilities
Emission reduction targets
Implementation schedule for emission reduction measures
Incentive Programs: FARMER, AB 134

7. Additional Elements
Review of Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT) for large facilities in and near the communities
BACT and BARCT Technology clearinghouse
Enhanced penalty provisions

8. AB 617 Schedule Aggressive timeline:
District’s initial list of communities for consideration to be submitted to CARB by 4/30/18 – submitted on 4/27/18
District recommendations on first year communities due to CARB 7/31/18
CARB first year selections by 10/1/18
Special attention and accelerated actions in disadvantaged communities, which tend to be susceptible to the impacts of air pollution and may have higher exposure burdens.
The bill contains very aggressive timelines as you can see. I would like to note our District was the first to make the April submittal.
I would be somewhat surprised if a Ventura County community was included in the first year by CARB – I’m thinking about communities near the Ports of San Pedro, Long Beach and Oakland; the 710 freeway and refineries (Richmond, Carson).

9. AB 617 Initial Steps
District’s first public workshop on April 19, 2018
Selection criteria and initial communities for consideration – submitted to CARB on April 27, 2018
District’s second public workshop – June 20, 2018
First year community recommendations submitted to CARB on July 31, 2018
We conducted our first District workshop on April 19th and submitted a wide list of communities for consideration on April 27th. Having more communities being considered is prudent from two aspects: first we can cull the list later as we obtain more information; and second, we will have flexibility in allocating incentive funds for emission reduction projects.
Our second workshop was on June 20th at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. We were fortunate to have a good turn out and an Oxnard Neighborhood Council representative express concerns about the number of heavy-duty diesel trucks in her neighborhood. This is important information as we can look into ways to target some of these trucks with incentive funds in the future.
I will cover our proposed submittal in the next slides.

10. Potential Communities
This is an example of the maps provided by CalEnviroScreen The red and orange areas are potential disadvantaged/burdened communities.
I have some additional maps which zoom in one these areas, later in my presentation.

11. First Year Selection Criteria
CalEnviroScreen 3.0 mapping tool
Toxics “Hot Spots” program information (risk assessments, priority scores, and inventory data)
Emission inventory (criteria pollutants)
U.S. EPA EJSCREEN mapping tool
Community Input
The CalEnviroScreen 3.0 tool, along with our information on both criteria pollutants and air toxic emissions, and public input were the main items we relied on in this initial review. We heard from the public they wanted Santa Paula included as the area was included in CalEnvironScreen 2.0 but not We heard public concerns with heavy-duty truck traffic and pesticides. The EPA’s EJSCREEN tool did not seem to provide information beyond that obtained from CalEnviroScreen 3.0.
Next year we should have more information available on these communities.

12. Oxnard Area
The perplexing issue in these communities is a high asthma rate in some census tracts in Oxnard – this jumped out at me and I was able to confirm this finding by working with Ventura County Public Health (93030 zip code). This is a finding that warrants additional review.
The model did seem to make sense, as pesticide application rates were elevated, and diesel particulate level increases near the Port and some of the distribution centers. That said with the current Port director, I know we can implement projects to reduce these emissions, and our Port is very proactive on sustainable freight projects – so I see a strong partner there.

13. Ventura Avenue
The Ventura Avenue area is another region that appears to warrant additional research. I really wish AB 617 allowed more time to research these initial submittals and obtain public input, as when you don’t receive public input you just need to keep moving. But it’s critical to note we can also provide updated information to CARB as we obtain new information. We could then nominate communities for inclusion in the state program in future years.

14. Fillmore/Piru
We also plan to reach out to the community in the Fillmore/Piru area. It will be interesting to see how the Newhall Ranch development impacts this region.

15. Next Steps First year recommendation submitted to CARB on 7/31/2018
This is only the first year (actually 7 months); we can refine with better data in future years
Form Community Steering Committee (APCD, CFROG, industry, CAUSE, Mixteco Community Organizing Project, community members, VC Public Health Agency, Agricultural Commissioner, land use agencies….)
As I said before we are moving very quickly in these first months of this new program and will be able to refine our recommendations as we obtain better information
We will be reaching out to several community groups, industry, agencies and of course the public as we implement this new program.

16. Next Steps
Schedule for “Best Available Retrofit Control Technology” rule review – January 2019
Implement incentive programs to achieve emission reductions in disadvantaged/burdened communities
The next step will be to submit a schedule to make sure we are implementing Best Available Retrofit Control Technology at the large facilities in disadvantaged/burdened communities.
We will be implementing projects that CARB refers to as “no regrets” projects to reduce emissions in these communities. I will be meeting with CARB management next week to request additional flexibility in these incentive programs so we can implement this program effectively.

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