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Air District funding is available to help upgrade or replace older, high-emitting, heavy-duty school buses with newer, alternative fuel or zero-emission school buses.

Air District, state of California, and federal air toxic control measures reduce air toxics emissions by targeting specific pollutants or requiring controls for specific types of emission sources.

The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program is a voluntary program that reduces emissions by funding diesel, alternative-fueled, and zero-emission replacement engines, vehicles, and equipment.

Over $90 million in incentive funding is being offered to assist businesses and public agencies in reducing their emissions through vehicle and equipment upgrades and the installation of supporting zero-emission infrastructure.

The Air District's Board of Directors is announcing the establishment of a community steering committee to help guide the development of the Community Emission Reduction Plan for the Richmond-North Richmond-San Pablo area.

At a public hearing today, the Air District released the 2024 Toxic Air Contaminant Program Annual Report, along with a user-friendly new web page that allows members of the public to view toxic emission data from a comprehensive map of permitted facilities in the Bay Area. 

Owners or operators of non-compliant small boilers that are rated between 2 and 10 million BTU/hour may be eligible for the Small Boiler Stipulated Order for Abatement Program for additional time to install or retrofit boilers to meet the applicable Regulation 9, Rule 7, emission limits.

The Air District condemns the inaction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding their recent decision to retain the existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter.

To meet federal and state air quality standards, the Air District compiles emissions inventories for criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and toxic air contaminants, and conducts special emissions studies.

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.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is advising Bay Area residents that although the forecast indicates the region will not exceed the federal health standard for smog, conditions remain elevated for fire danger and potential smoke impacts. 

Jun 8, 2020 ... Attachment A Clean Air Act Emissions Statement Certification EPA Approval for the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision Certifying that the Existing Emission Statement Program Meets ...

Mar 1, 2012 ... BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Mail to: BAAQMD EMISSION POINT FORM Engineering Division 3  %HDOH St , 6XLWH All fields are required unless otherwise noted. Please type or ...

Feb 28, 2012 ... BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BAAQMD Engineering Division 939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 Instructions: Emission Point Form Introduction Use the following instruc ...

Mar 1, 2012 ... BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Mail to: BAAQMD EMISSION POINT FORM Engineering Division 3  %HDOH St , 6XLWH All fields are required unless otherwise noted. Please type or ...

Oct 15, 2013 ... Refinery Emissions Inventory Guidelines: An Assessment of EPA Document Emission Estimation Protocol for Petroleum Refineries (Version 2.1.1, May 2011) September 2013 Prepared by: ...

Bay Area Meets Federal One-Hour Ozone Standard

Feb 19, 2010 ... Compliance and Enforcement DivisionCompliance and Enforcement Division December 3, 2004 December 3, 2004 Compliance Advisory Compliance Advisory ...

Spare the Air TONIGHT! Advisories Reflect New Particulate Standard

May 4, 2017 ... NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Flannigan May 4, 2017 415.749.4900 Bay Area achieves federal particulate ...