State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
Junipero Serra State Building
107 South Broadway
Room 1137
Los Angeles, CA
September 18, 1973
9:30 a.m.
AGENDA
73-20-1 Approval of Minutes of August 14, 1973 Meeting.
73-20-2 Public Hearing - Air Pollution Emergency Contingency
Plan.
73-20-3 Public Hearing - Revised Regulations for Air Pollution
Records.
73-20-4 Requests for the Extension of Open Burning at Disposal
Sites.
a. Mojave and Rosamond Sites in Kern County.
b. Kings County.
73-20-5 Report on Emissions from Kaiser Steel Plant, San
Bernardino County.
73-20-6 Discussion of Complex Sources Regulations.
73-20-7 Status of EPA Enforcement Activities.
73-20-8 Other Business.
73-20-9 Remarks from Audience - End of Morning and Afternoon
Session.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-2
Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of a State Air Pollution
Emergency Contingency Plan.
RECOMMENDATION
The Board approve Resolution No. 73-49, thereby adopting the
attached Air Pollution Emergency Contingency Plan.
DISCUSSION
The revised proposed Air Pollution Emergency Contingency Plan has
been developed pursuant to the Office of Emergency Service's
Administrative Order 72-3, and as required by the federal
regulations for the Preparation, Adoption and Submittal of the
Implementation Plan for Achieving and Maintaining the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards, Section 51.16, Part 51, CFR.
A public hearing is being held, for consideration of the proposed
Air Pollution Emergency Contingency Plan; notice of public
hearing was published on August 16, 1973.
Attached is a copy of the proposed plan and a staff report which
summarizes the salient features of the proposed plan.
Also attached are copies of letters received prior to September
12, 1973 from local districts and State Health Department
commenting on the proposed plan.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-3
Public Hearing - Proposed Amendments to Regulations in the
California Administrative Code on Air Pollution Records.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve Resolution 73-50, thereby amending the Air Pollution
Records regulations as proposed in the attached.
DISCUSSION
These proposed amendments, if adopted, would bring the
Administrative Code into conformity with Section 6254.7 of the
Government Code, as amended on July 9, 1973. This legislation
excludes air pollution emission data from the provisions of state
law that except trade secrets from public records, but provides
that other information used to calculate emission data are not so
excluded.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-4
Requests for the Extension of Open Burning at Disposal Sites.
RECOMMENDATION
Deny Kern County's appeal. Grant Kings County additional time
extensions for the Lemoore, Stratford, and Corcoran dump sites
(Resolution 73-48).
BACKGROUND
1. MR. L. Dale Mills, Director of Public Works and County
Surveyor requested time at the September Board meeting to
appeal the Board's denial of Kern County's request for
additional time extension at two dump sites. The County has
not presented any new information which might affect the
staff's earlier recommendation.
2. Kings County Board of Supervisors request an additional
three month for the Stratford, Lemoore and Corcoran dump
sites. The Staff investigated and determined that the
County will require additional time to phase out burning of
these sites.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-5
A final report on an Emission Inventory at Kaiser Steel.
RECOMMENDATION
This report is in response to the Board's instructions given at
the Board meeting on April 4, 1973 in Riverside.
SUMMARY
As instructed by the Board, the staff, in coorperation with San
Bernardino County air Pollution Control District and Kaiser
Steel, developed two reports (an interim report and a final
report) on emissions from Kaiser Steel. The reports include a
comparison of the Kaiser Steel emissions with the total emission
inventory for San Bernardino County. An interim report was
presented to the Board at its meeting on June 21, 1973. The
final report is being presented to the Board today. This final
report contains more information based on actual source tests and
less based on published emission factors and engineering
estimates than the interim report. In comparison with the
interim report, this final report shows reductions in emissions
of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen and
an increase in emissions of carbon monoxide. A copy of this
report is attached.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-6
Discussion of Complex Source Regulations.
RECOMMENDATION
Board direct the staff to prepare by mid-October 1973, a Proposed
Revision to the State Implementation Plan to Provide for the
Review of Complex Sources.
DISCUSSION
EPA regulations require the states to submit implementation plan
revisions to provide for reviewing and for preventing the
construction of complex sources that would prevent the attainment
or maintenance of any national ambient air quality standards.
This staff report summarizes EPA's requirements and related ARB
actions to date, and recommends action the Board may take in
response to the EPA regulations.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-7
Status of EPA Enforcement Activities.
RECOMMENDATION
This is an informational report.
SUMMARY
The EPA has taken direct enforcement action in California. Nine
notices of violation have been issued and EPA has written
numerous letters to emission sources requesting production and
emission information.
The EPA enforcement activities are in three categories:
Category 1: The area where the State is given the primary
responsibility for enforcement, i.e., existing
regulations and emission limitations for
stationary sources as contained in the State
Implementation Plan, including Compliance
Schedules;
Category 2: The area where EPA has promulgated regulations in
lieu of state action, i.e., Compliance Schedules -
Future Rules and Permit System Administration;
Category 3: The area where EPA has primary responsibility but
has indicated a willingness to delegate
enforcement to the State, i.e., New Source
Performance Standards and National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
ITEM NO.: 73-20-8
Asbestos Standards and Control Regulations.
RECOMMENDATION
A committee of the Board review the alternatives available for
controlling asbestos.
DISCUSSION
On May 2, 1973 the Board directed the staff to review jointly,
with the State Health Department, the situation regarding
asbestos standards and controls and to advise the Board on a
course of action.
Since May 2, the staff has met with representatives of the
Department of Health to examine the available information and to
consider the feasibility of setting an asbestos air quality
standard. The Department has concluded that it may be feasible
to adopt an "interim semi-quantitative standard." However, there
are a number of issues which are difficult to resolve. These
issues include:
a. None of the existing methods for measuring asbestos levels
in ambient air are adequate for use as a reference method.
(The status of analytical methods is described in the
attached August 15 memorandum from the Department.)
b. There is a lack of data on the relationship between asbestos
levels in the ambient air and health effects. (Health
damage from occupational exposure is described in the
attached June 25 letter from the Department.)
c. The choice of ways to proceed is complicated by the
existence of EPA regulations for the control of asbestos
from some sources.
In view of these issues the staff recommends that a committee of
the Board be formed to examine the alternatives for asbestos
control.