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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is proposing to amend the EICG Regulation to ensure continued protection of public health by collecting more comprehensive emission data, provide CARB and the local air districts with a better understanding of stationary source emissions, enhance the public access to information on toxic pollutant emissions, and require the reduction of localized health risks at facilities that may present significant impacts.

The proposed amendments are also designed to support community-focused efforts at CARB to reduce criteria pollutant and air toxic emissions from California’s most disadvantaged communities. The amendments are to be considered for adoption during the CARB Board meeting scheduled for November 19-20, 2020

We have posted the draft materials listed below related to the proposed amendments to the EICG website. These materials are provided for review and comment prior to the publication of the formal regulatory materials at the end of September 2020. In order to allow sufficient time to fully consider your input, we request that you submit your comments via email by August 12, 2020.

1. Phase-In Schedule Diagram: Illustrates the reporting schedule for industrial sectors subject to expanded applicability in the Criteria & Toxics Reporting Regulation (CTR) and the EICG Appendix A new chemicals list
2. Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines Report (draft sections I to V of regulatory text proposed amendments)
3. Appendix A: Proposed List of Substances to be Reported (updated draft)
4. Appendix C: Examples of Chemicals Expected by Process and/or Industry Sectors (updated draft)
5. Appendix D and EICG Section IX: Source Testing (discussion of proposed revisions for source testing)

We plan to post additional materials for informal review as they become available. Please note that comments received prior to the start of the formal review period on October 2, 2020, are not part of the official rulemaking record; however, they will be considered and evaluated as we continue our work on developing the proposed amendments to the regulation.

For questions about the posted materials please contact Anne Klein, Air Pollution Specialist, or Gabe Ruiz, Manager, Toxics Inventory and Special Projects Section.

Note: The EICG Regulation is Section 93300.5, Title 17, California Code of Regulations, and it incorporates by reference the Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines for the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Program (including appendices), which was last amended August 27, 2007.  More detailed information on the current regulation is available on our website.

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