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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s 2018-19 Winter Spare the Air season ended February 28, with 16 Winter Spare the Air Alerts called from November through February.

The Air District’s 2017-18 Winter Spare the Air season ended February 28, with 19 Winter Spare the Air Alerts called from November through February. 

The Air District announced today that its independent Hearing Board, a quasi-judicial independent body authorized under state law, has approved an abatement order for Valero Refining Co. to cease unreported emissions at its Benicia oil refinery as safely and expeditiously as possible. 

The Air District is announcing that it will bring an abatement order to correct air quality violations for faulty emissions monitoring at Chemtrade’s Richmond facility in front of the agency’s independent Hearing Board on April 12 at 1:30 PM. 

The Air District announced today that it is requesting approval of an abatement order with the agency’s independent Hearing Board to end a significant excess emissions violation by Valero Refining Co. at its Benicia refinery. 

The Air District and partners in an initiative to cut air pollution and protect whales announced the launch of the 2018 incentive program, which will start July 1 and end November 15, 2018, with voluntary vessel speed reduction zones in the Santa Barbara Channel region and San Francisco Bay area.

The Air District announced today it has reached two separate agreements with Chevron and Martinez Refining Company resulting in an end to the litigation against the agency over its groundbreaking Regulation 6, Rule 5, major emissions reductions from both refineries, unprecedented penalties and other payments of up to $138 million, and a Richmond-area Community Air Quality Fund, among other benefits. The Air District estimates that the emission reductions achieved by the rule will result in tens of millions of dollars per year in health benefits by reducing early deaths and other health impacts of exposure to particulate matter.

Open Burning For Flood Debris End May 31st

Mar 1, 2018 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2018 CONTACT: Tom Flannigan, 415.749.4900 Winter Spare the Air season comes to an end SAN FRANCISCO - The Bay Area Air Quality ...

Mar 4, 2019 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2018 CONTACT: Kristine Roselius, 415.749.4900 Winter Spare the Air season comes to an end SAN FRANCISCO - The Bay Area Air ...

Oct 26, 2016 ... NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Flannigan October 26, 2016 ...

Open Burning Period for Orchard Pruning, Attrition, and Flood Debris End May 31st

Mar 15, 2022 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2022 CONTACT: Kristine Roselius - 415.519.5419 Hearing Board approves abatement order to end significant air quality violations ...

Mar 22, 2022 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2022 CONTACT: Kristine Roselius, 415.519.5419 or kroselius@baaqmd.gov Air District files Hearing Board case to end air quality ...

Open Burning Seasons for Forest Management, Range Management, and Crop Management End April 30th

Jan 24, 2022 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2022 CONTACT: Kristine Roselius, 415.519.5419 or kroselius@baaqmd.gov Air District seeks Hearing Board approval to end significant ...

Open Burning Seasons End for Range Management, Forest Management and Marsh Management (Smoke Management Plans)

Apr 7, 2022 ... MEDIA ADVISORY DATE: April 7, 2022 CONTACT: Ralph Borrmann, 415.760.0285 Air District to bring abatement order before Hearing Board to end air quality violations at Chemtrade ...

Open Burning Seasons End for Range, Forest, and Marsh Management (Smoke Management Plans), Crop Replacement, and Orchard Pruning & Attrition

Air District to Offer End of Season Rebates $600 to Switch from Burning Wood to Using Less Polluting Natural Gas