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The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board)
will conduct a public meeting at the time and place noted below to consider the approval of the Assembly Bill 617 Community Air
Protection Program requirements and selection of initial communities.
DATE: September 27, 2018
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board | Byron Sher Auditorium
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
This item will be considered at a meeting of the Board, which will commence at 9:00 a.m., September 27, 2018, and may continue at 8:30 a.m., on September 28, 2018. It is expected that this item will be considered on September 27, 2018, but please consult the agenda for the meeting, which will be available at least ten days before September 27, 2018, to determine the day on which this item will be considered.
Background
California’s air quality programs are responsible for significant public heath improvements through statewide and regional air quality planning requirements, advancement of technology-based solutions, and risk reduction efforts near industrial facilities.
However, certain communities continue to experience environmental and health inequities from air pollution. Assembly Bill (AB) 617 (Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017) provides a new community-focused action framework to reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities most impacted by air pollution. The legislation sets out an ambitious implementation schedule, and the Board must set the overall direction of the Community Air Protection Program (Program) by October 1, 2018. Under the Program, CARB must select communities for community air monitoring systems and/or community emissions reduction programs, establish how these must be developed and implemented, and identify new strategies for reducing pollution in all impacted communities.
At the Board Meeting, CARB staff will present two documents for the Board’s consideration. CARB staff will present the Final Draft Blueprint at the meeting. CARB staff recommends that the Board vote to approve the Final Draft Blueprint, Final Environmental Analysis, and the responses to environmental comments received.
CARB staff will also present the 2018 Community Recommendations Staff Report at the meeting, as part of the overall presentation of this item. The Board will select communities for the deployment of air monitoring systems and/or community emissions reduction programs. Although comments on the Final Draft Blueprint and the 2018 Community Recommendations Staff Report will be accepted during the same portion of the meeting, CARB staff recommends that the Board take a separate vote on the distinct community recommendations matter and adopt Staff’s assessment and recommendations that are provided in the 2018 Community Recommendations Staff Report.
Copies of the Final Draft Blueprint and the 2018 Community Recommendations Staff Report documents may be obtained from CARB’s Public Information Office, 1001 I Street, First Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, California, 95814, on August 24, 2018. The documents may also be obtained from CARB’s website.
Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to Monique Davis, Staff Air Pollution Specialist at (916) 322-7304 or Melissa Niederreiter, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 323-6576.
Written Comment Period & Comment Submittal
Interested members of the public may present comments orally or in writing at the meeting and may provide comments by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments not physically submitted at the meeting, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, September 24, 2018, and addressed to the following:
Clerk of the Board, California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814
Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government
Code section 6250 et seq.), your written and oral comments, attachments,
and associated contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email,
etc.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public
upon request.
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