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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT - Air Pollution Control Officer Joe Tona
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Requested Action(s)
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a) PUBLIC HEARING - To receive comments on the adoption of the Exceptional Event Mitigation Plan for the Tuscan Buttes
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b) Consider the adoption of the proposed mitigation plan and associated Resolution
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c) Propose changes to the text of the Exceptional Events Mitigation Plan for the Tuscan Buttes
OR;
d) Take no action
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Financial Impact:
This item has no financial impact.
Background Information:
This Exceptional Event Mitigation Plan focuses on the Tuscan Buttes Non-attainment Area, providing strategies to tackle impacts high ozone concentrations during wildfire, or other exceptional events. This document elaborates on public outreach and notifications, measures to minimize controllable sources of emissions, methods to reduce public exposure to elevated ozone levels, and a systematic approach to data collection for exceptional event consultations. It also gives an overview of our ozone monitoring network. This plan aims to serve the needs of the CARB, US EPA, county health services, district staff, and the public.
The District made the plan available for public comment beginning December 20, 2023, for the 30-day statutory public inspection period in accordance with Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51.930(b)(ii)(iii)(A)(1). Legal notices were published in the Red Bluff Daily news. The document was made available on the District’s website and at the District’s office for inspection.
The public inspection period will close on January 23, 2024, upon conclusion of the Board meeting. As required by regulation, all comments received by that time, along with District responses to those comments, will be submitted to the US EPA Region IX Administrator along with the Mitigation Plan.