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The Air District, in partnership with the Communities for a Better Environment and the East Oakland community, will convene a community steering committee kick-off meeting on Thursday, September 15, at 6 PM. 

The Air District will be holding a virtual webinar on April 10 from 6 -7 PM to provide an overview of the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 and proposed fee regulation amendments.

The Air District is offering $6 million in grant funding to public agencies to support projects that improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing vehicle trips and miles traveled in the Bay Area. 

The Air District is proposing amendments and additions to Regulation 6, which governs particulate matter emissions from various commercial and industrial operations. A series of open houses/workshops are being held from January 30 through February 8 to discuss these amendments.

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 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 Air District is issuing an air quality advisory for smoke for the far South Bay, including Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy through Monday, July 6. Beginning late Saturday, the Park Fire broke out east of Morgan Hill. Air quality impacts are possible near the fire.

The Air District’s Board of Directors today adopted amendments to Regulation 6, Rule 5: Particulate Emissions from Refinery Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units to further reduce particulate matter emissions from petroleum refineries. The rule is now the most health-protective and stringent regulation of its kind in the country.

The Bay Area, San Joaquin, and South Coast Air Districts, in cooperation with the California Air Resources Board, are hosting a public stakeholder workgroup meeting about the implementation of California’s $423 million allocation of the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust on Monday, May 6 at 10 AM in San Francisco. 

The Air District is extending the Spare the Air Alert for smog through Tuesday, September 6. Air quality is forecast to be unhealthy. Ongoing triple-digit temperatures combined with light winds and vehicle exhaust are expected to continue causing unhealthy smog, or ozone, accumulation in the Bay Area.

On July 15, 2020, the Air District’s Board of Directors will hold a public hearing to consider approval of Emissions Statement Certification for the 1997, 2008 and 2015 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards.  The public comment period is now open and will close on Monday, July 6, 2020.

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May 31, 2020 ... Integrating Environmental Justice into the General Plan - Leveraging Regional Air Planning and Community Engagement Client Report for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Isa Gaillard, ...

Oct 13, 2020 ... Statewide SB 1000 Implementation Summary Tables [Excerpts from Isa Gaillard, MCP Client Report to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District 2020]. The following tables summarize ...

Sep 15, 2011 ... Oil Refinery CO Performance Measurement 2 Prepared for the Union of Concerned Scientists Technical analysis prepared by Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) Greg Karras, Senior ...

May 1, 2018 ... 4 1 5 - 7 4 9 - 4 9 9 4 2018 GRANT FUNDING West Oakland Zero-Emission Grant Program Application Deadline: May 18, 2018 PROGRAM This program provides funding to help accelerate reductions in air ...

Mar 3, 2015 ... March 3, 2015    Air District Proposals to Regulation 6, Rule 3: Wood Burning Devices    Current Reg 6‐3 Requirements Air District Proposed Changes Rationale     Exemptions ...

Apr 30, 2015 ... Proposed Rule Amendments Tracy Lee Air Quality Specialist ...

Refineries’ Lawsuits • 2 separate lawsuits: one by Chevron, one by MRC • Claim that Air District failed to comply with CEQA • Claim that Rule is too expensive and costs were not properly evaluated ...

Dec 12, 2016 ... Bay Area Air Quality Management District 939 Ellis Street375 Beale Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 941059 (415) 771-6000 FinalProposed MAJOR FACILITY REVIEW PERMIT Issued To: ...