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The 2018 Climate Protection Grant Program will award up to $4.5 million to Bay Area public agencies to accelerate local implementation of greenhouse gas reductions in two program areas: (1) reducing GHGs from existing buildings and (2) fostering innovative strategies (in multiple sectors).

The public comment period for the Draft Guidelines for the Local Community Benefits Fund for Benicia, Richmond, and surrounding areas closes on Tuesday, November 25, at 5:00 PM. The Draft Guidelines describe the Local Community Benefits Fund, which will reinvest penalty funds back into communities impacted by air quality violations, supporting local projects that improve public health, reduce pollution, and promote a just transition.

The Air District’s Board of Directors voted to adopt new amendments that will strengthen the agency’s wood-burning regulation to safeguard public health against the hazards of fine particle pollution, especially during wildfires.

The Air District will host a public meeting on the preliminary health risk assessment for the Chevron Refinery in Richmond to explain the findings and the comment process. The public comment period closes on Monday, November 23 at 5 p.m.

The Air District Board of Directors has adopted amendments to Regulation 9, Rules 4 and 6, to eliminate emissions of nitrogen oxides, or NOx, from residential and commercial natural gas furnaces and water heaters in the Bay Area by requiring new appliances to be zero-NOx. 

During this challenging time, the Air District is asking the public to not burn wood in their fireplaces, outdoor fire pits or woodstoves during the shelter-in-place order for COVID-19 to protect the respiratory health of all Bay Area residents.

The Air District is asking the public not to light fireworks or burn wood over the Lunar New Year holiday to keep air quality from becoming unhealthy.

The Air District's Board of Directors approved amendments to Regulation 6, Rule 3: Wood-Burning Devices and Regulation 5: Open Burning that will provide stronger public health protections and support wildfire prevention efforts through improved use of prescribed burns across the region.

The Air District is hosting a virtual public workshop on February 4, 2021, from 6 - 8 PM., focusing on developing draft amendments to Regulation 6 Rule 5: Particulate Emissions from Refinery Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units, in order to further reduce particulate matter emissions from petroleum refineries.

The California Public Records Act requires local agencies to provide a public list of certain software applications and computer systems.

The Air District is announcing the development of a pollution reduction plan that will help improve local air quality and health in Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco.

View information and materials about upcoming and past workshops, public meetings and events.

The Bay Area Air District supports and sponsors public events, conferences, and community programs that align with our central mission - to improve air quality to protect public health, reduce historical and current environmental inequities, and mitigate climate change and its impacts.

View the Air District's proposed and approved annual budgets, audit reports, and related public notices.

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. 

Oct 21, 2021 ... NOTICE OF PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF PETROLEUM REFINERY FLARE MINIMIZATION PLAN (FMP) ANNUAL UPDATES October 21, 2021 TO: INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ...

May 1, 2019 ... NOTICE OF PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF PETROLEUM REFINERY FLARE MINIMIZATION PLAN (FMP) ANNUAL UPDATES April 30, 2019 TO: INTERESTED PARTIES FROM: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ...

Dec 31, 2007 ... PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS NOTICE is hereby given that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is proposing to revise the Major Facility Review Permit for the ...

Aug 3, 2005 ... PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE INVITING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS NOTICE is hereby given that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is reopening the Major Facility Review Permit for the following ...

Aug 26, 2015 ... NOTICE INVITING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICE is hereby given that the Executive Officer/Air Pollution Control Officer of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District invites interested persons ...