Invitation to Attend Public Workshops to
Discuss the “Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint” and the SNAPS
Project
The California
Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in public workshops for
two programs that are focused on improving public health in impacted
communities. CARB staff from the
Community Air Protection Program and the Study
of Neighborhood Air near Petroleum Sources (SNAPS) will be available to
talk with participants and share information.
On June 7, 2018,
staff released the “Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint”. Program staff are hosting three public
workshops, at the locations and dates shown below, to provide information and
hear public comments. At these
workshops, staff from the SNAPS project will also be seeking public input on
their community selection process for impacted communities near oil and gas
production sources.
DATE: June
19, 2018
TIME:
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District offices:
Main Office,
Board Meeting Room
1990 East Gettysburg Avenue
Fresno, California 93726
Northern Region
Office
4800 Enterprise Way
Modesto, California 95356
(Via Video Teleconference)
Southern Region
Office
34946 Flyover Court
Bakersfield, California 93308
(Via Video Teleconference)
DATE: June
26, 2018
TIME:
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Banning's Landing
100
East Water Street
Wilmington, California 90744
DATE: July
9, 2018
TIME:
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Richmond Memorial
Convention Center, Bermuda Room
403 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond,
California 94804
Each workshop location
will follow the same format and present the same material. Workshops will begin by asking attendees
about their topics of interest. This
will be followed by a brief staff presentation and breakout sessions where
participants can gather in smaller groups to discuss their topics of interest
and raise questions with CARB staff from the Community Air Protection Program
and the SNAPS project.
Background – Community Air Protection
Program
Assembly Bill
(AB) 617 was signed into law in July 2017.
CARB established the Community Air Protection Program to implement AB
617, which requires new community-focused action to reduce air pollution and
improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens
from exposure to air pollutants. This is
a new program that will evolve as we learn more in our initial efforts and we
welcome your input as we develop the materials and partnerships to reach sound solutions.
On June 7, 2018,
staff released the “Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint” and
appendices with detailed Program requirements (Draft Blueprint), which reflect
comments we received on initial documents and public input provided during outreach
events. This Draft Blueprint includes: processes and criteria for identifying and
selecting impacted communities; statewide strategies to reduce emissions of
criteria air pollutants and toxic air contaminants; and requirements for the
development of community air monitoring plans and community emissions reduction
programs. CARB, as the lead agency for the Program, also prepared a Draft
Environmental Analysis in accordance with the requirements of its
regulatory program certified by the Secretary of Natural Resources. (California
Code of Regulation, title 17, sections 60006-60008; California Code of
Regulation, title 14, section 15251, subdivision (d).). The Draft Blueprint, Draft Environmental
Analysis and workshop materials are available on the Program website.
The public can submit comments through the website and in person at the
workshops. Meeting notices and materials
will also be available in Spanish.
In
addition to the three public workshops that CARB is hosting throughout the
State, staff welcome opportunities for more meetings and phone calls to discuss
Program development and implementation with stakeholders.
Additional
information on the Community Air Protection Program is available below:
To receive
meeting notices and email updates for the Community Air Protection Program,
please subscribe below:
For further questions,
please contact Monique Davis at (916) 322-7304.
Background – SNAPS Project
CARB is also developing SNAPS to better
characterize air quality in communities near oil and gas operations. This study includes limited-term, intensive
air quality monitoring with a particular focus on production facilities. Under SNAPS, monitoring trailers will be
equipped with state-of-the art monitoring technologies capable of measuring
toxic air contaminants (TACs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate
matter (PM), metals, and criteria pollutants.
This source-specific study can also provide valuable information to support
the Community Air Protection Program.
Additional
information on the SNAPS project is available below:
To receive
meeting notices and email updates for the SNAPS project, please subscribe
below:
For further questions,
please contact Carolyn Lozo at (916) 445-1104.
Special Accommodations Request
Consistent with California Government Code Section 7296.2,
special accommodation or language needs may be provided for any of the
following:
-
An interpreter to be available at the meeting;
-
Documents made available in an alternate format or another language;
-
A disability-related reasonable accommodation.
To request these special accommodations or language needs, please contact Monique Davis at (916)
322-7304 as soon as possible, but no later
than five business days before the scheduled meeting. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech
users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.
Consecuente con la sección 7296.2 del Código de Gobierno de
California, una acomodación especial o necesidades lingüísticas pueden ser
suministradas para cualquiera de los siguientes:
- Un
intérprete que esté disponible en la audiencia;
- Documentos
disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma;
- Una
acomodación razonable relacionados con una incapacidad.
Para solicitar
estas comodidades especiales o necesidades de otro idioma, favor de contactar a
Andrea Juarez al (626) 450-6158 lo más pronto posible, pero no menos de 5 días de trabajo antes de la
junta programada. TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar el
711 para el Servicio de Retransmisión de Mensajes de California.
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