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Kern Council of Governments PM 10 Control Measures Workshop: Identifying the Best Available Control Measures to Local Government for Mobile Source Emissions Kern Council of Governments PM 10 Control Measures Workshop: Identifying the Best Available Control Measures to Local Government for Mobile Source Emissions September 3, 2002

Workshop Agenda Introductions PM 10 Air Quality Overview Local Government Control Measures BACM Process Questions/Conclusion

PM-10 Air Quality Overview PM 10 consists of both primary particulates (e.g. soil particles) and secondary particulate matter including vapor droplets (e.g. ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate) EPA issued finding that San Joaquin Valley failed to attain national PM 10 standards by December 31, 2001

Kern County Exceedances For PM 10

Sources of PM 10 in Kern

Air District PM-10 Plan Air District must submit a new PM 10 plan to EPA by December 31, 2002 Plan must provide for annual reductions in PM 10 of five percent per year until attainment of standards is demonstrated Plan must include enforceable commitments to implement all Best Available Control Measures (BACM) All Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) for Ozone will be included

Existing RACM Ozone Control Measures 14 - Participating local governments 44 - Ozone Control Measures (RACM) Commitments to implement Control Measures in San Joaquin Valley PM 10 Plan

Kern COG Implemented Control Measures –Paved unpaved and added curb and shoulder miles of roads. –Provided $20 million to replace 120 diesel transit vehicles with alternative fuels. –Will spend $750,000 over the next 3 years to continue reduction efforts.

Local Government Control Measures Existing Measures –TIP Projects from –Existing State and Regional Programs Example List of Measures –Other PM 10 non-attainment areas

Existing Local Government Control Measure Examples Control unpaved roads and alleys Control unpaved access points Control shoulders of paved roads Frequent sweeping of paved roads Added sweeping around Industrial/ construction access points Added clean-up sweeping after rain/wind erosion events

BACM Feasibility Each jurisdiction determines which measures are Best Available Control Measures (BACM) for their jurisdiciton based on feasible for implementation –59 jurisdictions –Commit to implement –Justify why measure is not feasible

Local Government BACM Process August – September 2002: –Local jurisdictions review measures and conduct evaluations to determine which measures may be potentially feasible to implement –TPA boards (COGs) accept suggested list of measures

Next Steps October – November 2002: –Each implementing agency passes resolution describing the measures to be implemented Measure description Legal authority for implementation Funding for measures Enforcement

Next Steps – Cont. October – November 2002: –Each implementing agency describes reasons for rejecting any measures Technologically or economically infeasible Otherwise unreasonable Can the measure be strengthened

Potential Revised Schedule November 2002 – Model Resolution Package Completed December 2002 – Valley Wide Summary Completed January 2003 – Draft Final PM 10 Plan Available

Questions/Conclusion Rob Ball, Senior Planner Jason Hade, Regional Planner Kern Council of Governments (661)