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On July 14, the Air District released draft amended rule language outlining potential exemptions and a delayed start date for the existing zero-NOx residential water heater requirement under Air District Rule 9-6. The Air District is publishing the draft language for public review and comment ahead of the Board of Director’s consideration for adoption this fall.

Learn about the Air District’s zero-NOx space and water heating rules.

Learn about the Air District’s external stakeholder Implementation Working Group, or IWG, for zero-NOx space and water heating rules.

The Air District and Contra Costa Health Services continue to work together to investigate the source of odors that fouled San Francisco and Richmond on December 28 and 29. The joint investigation has ruled out any sources on San Francisco Bay, including ships or oil spills on the water, and now centers on Chevron’s Richmond refinery and other potential sources in Richmond, such as the waste water treatment plant, waste management facility, and other industrial sources.

Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine announced today the beginning of construction of the Water-Go-Round, a first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel-cell boat. Funding for the project comes from a $3 million grant to the Air District from the California Air Resources Board.

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. 

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority and the Air District announced that WETA’s Gemini Class Clean Air Conversion Project has been completed, resulting in a substantial decrease in air pollution emissions from four San Francisco Bay Ferry vessels serving Oakland, Alameda, and Richmond.

Today, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced that Value Plumbing Co., Inc., of Oakley, California, has agreed to pay $310,000 in a settlement filed with the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Contra Costa for installing uncertified residential water heaters in the Bay Area.

The Air District will host a public learning session on Tuesday, October 22, virtually via Zoom, regarding adopted rules (“Building Appliance Rules”) impacting nitrogen oxide, or NOx, emissions from natural gas-fired water heating appliances. Members of the public are invited to attend, learn, and ask questions about these rules.

Simula sa Enero 1, 2011, ang Regulasyon 9, Tuntunin 7 ay mag-aatas sa mga partikular na pakuluan, tagalikha ng singaw at pampainit ng proseso na magparehistro sa Distrito at sumunod sa mga limitasyon sa emisyon na nakalagay sa tuntunin.

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