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Learn about Authority to Construct permitting requirements.

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton and the Air District’s Chief Counsel, Alexander Crockett, today announced a joint civil enforcement action against the Martinez Refining Company (MRC).

The Air District is warning unregistered Bay Area employers subject to the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program that they could face financial penalties for not coming into compliance with the 2016 regulation. 

The Air District and Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson filed a joint civil lawsuit against Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries, for air quality violations related to the fire at the company’s facility in West Oakland on August 9-10, 2023. In addition, previous enforcement actions by the Air District and the district attorney required Radius Recycling to install new equipment that has eliminated hundreds of tons of air pollution and reduced cancer risk by 84 percent since 2022; today the Air District finalized the operating permit for this important equipment. 

Sharon Landers, interim executive officer of the Air District, has offered a statement about the Supreme Court's decision today that limits the U.S. EPA's authority to regulate carbon emissions.

Learn about the Air District’s latest initiative that integrates new enforcement strategies to ensure compliance. 

Learn about how the Air District has resolved significant penalty enforcement cases and other litigation.

View Notices of Violation issued to facilities as part of the Air District’s compliance and enforcement activities.

On March 30, the Air District invites residents to a virtual meeting to learn about current air quality issues in the Bay View Hunters Point area, including enforcement and permitting updates at key facilities; to meet Air District enforcement staff working in that community; and to get air quality questions answered.

View the full manual of technical procedures covering all aspects of the Air District's enforcement, regulatory, monitoring, evaluation, and documentation activities.

The Air District is partnering with MCE and the Transportation Authority of Marin to launch Drive Clean Bay Area, a consumer education program which offers a group purchase plan to lower the cost of electric vehicles for Bay Area customers.

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.

The Air District is announcing the launch of a web tool that provides searchable information for all the notices of violation, or NOVs, that the agency has issued within the past five years. This new web tool allows the public to access enforcement information concerning NOVs issued to facilities across the Bay Area.

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Oct 11, 2018 ... Compliance and Enforcement West Oakland Action Plan Steering Committee Meeting October 3, 2018 Paul Grazzini, Air Quality Specialist Bay Area Air Quality Management ...

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Oct 11, 2018 ... West Oakland: Outreach Presentation Community Outreach Enforcement Section Enforcement Division California Air Resources ...

Jun 7, 2018 ... Compliance Advisory May 29, 2018 Commuter Benefits Regulation ______________________________________________________ This Compliance Advisory is provided to inform you about activities of the ...

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