This webinar is an update to BlueScape’s presentation on March 22, 2018. On June 7, 2018, the Air Resources Board (ARB), released the Draft Community Air Protection Program Blueprint. ARB requests that comments on the Blueprint be submitted by July 23rd, 2018. The Blueprint builds on ARB’s previous Concept Paper, containing detailed information on identification and selection of Communities; criteria for emission reduction programs; statewide rulemaking actions, tools and resources; and, Air Monitoring Plan requirements.
Communities have been self-recommending to the Air Districts. The Community Identification process closes by June 29, 2018. One of the main concerns of industry is likely to be how effectively these Communities will collect monitoring data, visualize and analyze potential impacts, and work with the regulatory agencies to make and implement appropriate emission reduction decisions.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program with potentially far-reaching consequences in California. The program is expected to be approved by the ARB Board by fall 2018 and launched by year-end. This webinar will update you on current AB 617 Program developments:
- Summary of important elements in ARB’s Draft Blueprint document;
- Expected Year 1 target Communities List in three major Air Districts;
- AB 617 activities & schedule update, at the State and Air District levels;
- Community governance, and the role of agencies and industries;
- Description of Air Monitoring Plan requirements and expected technical developments;
- Update on Community Funding Grants and other funding resources; and
- Data analysis and visualization; a demonstration on how communities could use monitoring and emissions data to assess emission reductions.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617, and if you have an air quality impact analysis needs.
BlueScape 2022 Update: CEQA Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Impact Studies Webin...BlueScape
In 2022, developers completing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must complete Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact technical studies to address the potential for significant environment impacts. In this webinar, you will learn about:
• Status in 2022 of the CEQA Guidelines, and local lead agency air quality and GHG analysis guidelines;
• When Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies must be completed under CEQA, or as otherwise required by reviewing agencies;
• Project strategies; working with agencies and the public through the process;
• Types of projects and air emission sources, the construction and operation phases, analysis types, and information needs;
• Pollutant types and typical CEQA air quality and GHG analysis significance thresholds;
• Difference between Project Design Elements and Mitigation;
• Typical air quality and GHG mitigation requirements: How to address mitigation and monitoring;
• How to review project alternatives and cumulative impacts with other projects;
• The role of California air districts in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting;
• Special non-CEQA analysis cases, such as projects near schools and freeways;
• 2022 update on software tools and guidance documents, including CalEEMod, EMFAC, AERMOD, and HARP2;
• Elements of CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical study reports;
• An example Case Study.
About the instructor:
James A. Westbrook is the President of BlueScape Environmental, with over 30 years of experience completing CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies. He has led this type of work for the development of transmission lines, renewable energy farms, petroleum refinery expansion, power plants, manufacturing, landfills, rail expansion, airports, highways, seaports, retail centers, schools, and multifamily housing.
BlueScape How to Create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis for Development Projects ...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an overview of how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis. The first section of the webinar discusses when an Air Quality Analysis must be completed under CEQA; project types including construction and operation phases; air pollutant emission sources and applicable CEQA significance thresholds; how to construct a conservative analysis while filling in assumption “holes;” review of project alternatives and mitigation requirements; the role of air agencies in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting; special analysis cases; and strategies to work with agencies and the public throughout the air quality impact review process. The webinar is presented from the standpoint of CEQA air quality guidelines provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
The second part of the webinar presents a technical discussion on methods and tools used to complete air quality studies, including CalEEMod emission modeling software, CARB EMFAC and OFFROAD databases, and AERMOD and HARP2 impact modeling software. A case example for completing an air quality study for a commercial development using CalEEMod is presented.
James Westbrook can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for questions and support for how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis.
Presentation by Scott Taylor, President, Taylor Environmental Services, on the latest changes in environmental regulations for the asphalt industry in California. Taylor is co-chairman of the CalAPA Environmental Committee. Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
Presentation by Van Troung, Civil Engineer, on "Los Angeles County's Sustainable Roadway Improvement Program." Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
BlueScape 2022 Update: CEQA Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Impact Studies Webin...BlueScape
In 2022, developers completing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) must complete Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact technical studies to address the potential for significant environment impacts. In this webinar, you will learn about:
• Status in 2022 of the CEQA Guidelines, and local lead agency air quality and GHG analysis guidelines;
• When Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies must be completed under CEQA, or as otherwise required by reviewing agencies;
• Project strategies; working with agencies and the public through the process;
• Types of projects and air emission sources, the construction and operation phases, analysis types, and information needs;
• Pollutant types and typical CEQA air quality and GHG analysis significance thresholds;
• Difference between Project Design Elements and Mitigation;
• Typical air quality and GHG mitigation requirements: How to address mitigation and monitoring;
• How to review project alternatives and cumulative impacts with other projects;
• The role of California air districts in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting;
• Special non-CEQA analysis cases, such as projects near schools and freeways;
• 2022 update on software tools and guidance documents, including CalEEMod, EMFAC, AERMOD, and HARP2;
• Elements of CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical study reports;
• An example Case Study.
About the instructor:
James A. Westbrook is the President of BlueScape Environmental, with over 30 years of experience completing CEQA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas technical studies. He has led this type of work for the development of transmission lines, renewable energy farms, petroleum refinery expansion, power plants, manufacturing, landfills, rail expansion, airports, highways, seaports, retail centers, schools, and multifamily housing.
BlueScape How to Create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis for Development Projects ...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an overview of how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis. The first section of the webinar discusses when an Air Quality Analysis must be completed under CEQA; project types including construction and operation phases; air pollutant emission sources and applicable CEQA significance thresholds; how to construct a conservative analysis while filling in assumption “holes;” review of project alternatives and mitigation requirements; the role of air agencies in CEQA review and relationship to other actions such as air permitting; special analysis cases; and strategies to work with agencies and the public throughout the air quality impact review process. The webinar is presented from the standpoint of CEQA air quality guidelines provided by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
The second part of the webinar presents a technical discussion on methods and tools used to complete air quality studies, including CalEEMod emission modeling software, CARB EMFAC and OFFROAD databases, and AERMOD and HARP2 impact modeling software. A case example for completing an air quality study for a commercial development using CalEEMod is presented.
James Westbrook can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for questions and support for how to create a CEQA Air Quality Analysis.
Presentation by Scott Taylor, President, Taylor Environmental Services, on the latest changes in environmental regulations for the asphalt industry in California. Taylor is co-chairman of the CalAPA Environmental Committee. Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
Presentation by Van Troung, Civil Engineer, on "Los Angeles County's Sustainable Roadway Improvement Program." Presentation delivered at the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference, held March 20-21, 2019 in Ontario, CA.
California Air Quality in 2019: What You Need to KnowBlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides businesses with a 2019 update on California air quality regulations.
The webinar topics include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, and NSPS/MACT Standards; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis, such as CalEEMod, AERMOD and HARP2; recent court decisions affecting CEQA air quality review, such as the Friant Case, Sierra Club v. San Diego County, and other important decisions; regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, oil & gas production, oil refining, and heavy manufacturing; and strategic business decisions companies should consider making in 2019.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies to design effective NSR permits for your operations.
Best Practices for NEPA Compliance and Related Permitting for Projects on In...Trihydro Corporation
Regulatory framework for permitting wells and pipelines
Typical timeframes and hang-ups in the permitting process
Best practices for permitting
Programmatic approaches to well field development on tribal lands, including potential benefits to tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and operators
BlueScape and Cooper White - BAAQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18 Webi...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, and Keith Casto, Partner of Cooper, White & Cooper, provides an overview of the new Bay Area AQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18, adopted on November 15, 2017.
This webinar provides you with helpful information you can use to understand the potential impacts from Rule 11-18, and to prepare for compliance, including: overview of applicability and requirements; meaning of the Significant Risk Threshold, the Risk Action Level, TBARCT, and other key definitions; description of Rule 11-18 process steps and compliance requirements, from emissions inventory and risk prioritization, to health risk assessment and risk reduction; tips to update and refine your facility Air Toxics Emissions Inventory, and to reduce potential prioritization as a high-risk facility; tips to work with the BAAQMD on preparation of your facility health risk assessment, and to refine the modeling and health risk calculations using technical methods; how to evaluate health risk reduction options and complete a Risk Reduction Plan for BAAQMD approval; how to demonstrate emission sources will meet TBARCT; and, Rule 11-18 compliance timelines for various risk categories and compliance options.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Keith Casto can be reached at 415-765-6272. Please contact us for any questions or support on the implementation of Rule 11-18 for your facility.
This is a slidecast of our August lunch training session titled "The State of Sustainability in Southern California" which took place on August 25, 2011.
Chandra Krout, Principal of Krout and Associates, delivered an update on the current status of environmental planning occurring within Southern California, with a particular emphasis on climate change and adaptation.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Planning ProcessMarti Donley
Presentation given May 16, 2011 by Asst. Secretary of Natural Resources Anthony Moore to GWRC Board of Directors.
In the above presentation, Asst. Secretary Moore discussed the State’s Watershed Implementation Plan process to comply with the federal Chesapeake Bay TMDL. The State has asked all 16 PDCs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (including GWRC) to consider assisting the Va. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation by supporting “Community Conservation Information (CCI)” review by local governments and SWCDs of input data (i.e. land cover and installed Best Management Practices) and the preliminary local Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocations from the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model developed by the US EPA and other federal agencies. A meeting was held on May 17th with local storm water management program staff, environmental planners, representatives of the Hanover-Caroline SWCD and Tri-County/City SWCD, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission and the Friends of the Rappahannock to hear a presentation by DCR staff and discuss the merits of regional coordination of the WIP/TMDL data review process. The group consensus was that regional facilitation of the review had merit, but the selection of implementation measures and investments should be developed locally.
DCR staff have indicated that revised Chesapeake Bay Water Quality model results are anticipated in late June 2011 that will reflect enhancements to the model and the resulting revised TMDL allocation data will be distributed to local governments, SWCDs and PDCs. The State is developing also an on-line tool to facilitate the sensitivity testing of the effect of changing the inventory and mix of BMPs that exist in each community to help communities prioritize where to place implementation program emphasis based on the pollution reduction goals they are assigned in the WIP process.
Slides from an Air Quality Professionals Forum (AQPF) meeting held in Austin, Texas on July 14, 2022, at the Travis County Administration Building. Features presenters Bill Gibbs (Clean Air Force of Central Texas), Doug Boyer (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and Anton Cox (Capital Area Council of Governments)
BlueScape - AB 617, The California Community Air Protection Program Webinar 0...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an update on the California Community Air Protection Program, or AB 617. The regulation is a new, one-of-a-kind program implemented by the Air Resources Board (ARB).
The Program provides more than $255 million in funding for mobile source air emission reductions and assistance grants in health-impacted, economically disadvantaged areas, primarily in the South Coast Air Basin, the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area. ARB released the AB 617 Concept Paper, and the Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Community Selections in early February 2018, and has been conducting workshops and technical summits. Communities are now able to self-recommend to ARB, and Air Districts are required to submit an initial Communities list by April 30, 2018.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program that will be launched by the end of 2018. This new and statewide process will be directed by Air Districts, but led by communities that step forward to reduce their health impacts, supported by an extensive emissions database and air monitoring networks. Companies operating in or near Communities identified under AB 617 may be required to take action under risk of enforcement, including such actions as installing Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT).
This webinar provides information on what you need to know about the current direction of AB 617 Program development, including: genesis of the AB 617 rule; relationship to existing state regulations and programs; potential AB 617 Communities, as identified using CalEnviroScreen and other tools; summary of work completed by ARB to date (Concept Plan, Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Communities Selection, and Technical Summits); current Air District actions to implement AB 617 such as description and funding sources to implement emission reductions, monitoring networks, emission databases and assistance grants; schedule for AB 617 implementation, and opportunities for you to get involved with the developing Program.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617.
California Air Quality in 2019: What You Need to KnowBlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides businesses with a 2019 update on California air quality regulations.
The webinar topics include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, and NSPS/MACT Standards; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis, such as CalEEMod, AERMOD and HARP2; recent court decisions affecting CEQA air quality review, such as the Friant Case, Sierra Club v. San Diego County, and other important decisions; regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, oil & gas production, oil refining, and heavy manufacturing; and strategic business decisions companies should consider making in 2019.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies to design effective NSR permits for your operations.
Best Practices for NEPA Compliance and Related Permitting for Projects on In...Trihydro Corporation
Regulatory framework for permitting wells and pipelines
Typical timeframes and hang-ups in the permitting process
Best practices for permitting
Programmatic approaches to well field development on tribal lands, including potential benefits to tribes, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and operators
BlueScape and Cooper White - BAAQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18 Webi...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, and Keith Casto, Partner of Cooper, White & Cooper, provides an overview of the new Bay Area AQMD Air Toxics Risk Reduction Rule 11-18, adopted on November 15, 2017.
This webinar provides you with helpful information you can use to understand the potential impacts from Rule 11-18, and to prepare for compliance, including: overview of applicability and requirements; meaning of the Significant Risk Threshold, the Risk Action Level, TBARCT, and other key definitions; description of Rule 11-18 process steps and compliance requirements, from emissions inventory and risk prioritization, to health risk assessment and risk reduction; tips to update and refine your facility Air Toxics Emissions Inventory, and to reduce potential prioritization as a high-risk facility; tips to work with the BAAQMD on preparation of your facility health risk assessment, and to refine the modeling and health risk calculations using technical methods; how to evaluate health risk reduction options and complete a Risk Reduction Plan for BAAQMD approval; how to demonstrate emission sources will meet TBARCT; and, Rule 11-18 compliance timelines for various risk categories and compliance options.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Keith Casto can be reached at 415-765-6272. Please contact us for any questions or support on the implementation of Rule 11-18 for your facility.
This is a slidecast of our August lunch training session titled "The State of Sustainability in Southern California" which took place on August 25, 2011.
Chandra Krout, Principal of Krout and Associates, delivered an update on the current status of environmental planning occurring within Southern California, with a particular emphasis on climate change and adaptation.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Planning ProcessMarti Donley
Presentation given May 16, 2011 by Asst. Secretary of Natural Resources Anthony Moore to GWRC Board of Directors.
In the above presentation, Asst. Secretary Moore discussed the State’s Watershed Implementation Plan process to comply with the federal Chesapeake Bay TMDL. The State has asked all 16 PDCs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (including GWRC) to consider assisting the Va. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation by supporting “Community Conservation Information (CCI)” review by local governments and SWCDs of input data (i.e. land cover and installed Best Management Practices) and the preliminary local Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocations from the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model developed by the US EPA and other federal agencies. A meeting was held on May 17th with local storm water management program staff, environmental planners, representatives of the Hanover-Caroline SWCD and Tri-County/City SWCD, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission and the Friends of the Rappahannock to hear a presentation by DCR staff and discuss the merits of regional coordination of the WIP/TMDL data review process. The group consensus was that regional facilitation of the review had merit, but the selection of implementation measures and investments should be developed locally.
DCR staff have indicated that revised Chesapeake Bay Water Quality model results are anticipated in late June 2011 that will reflect enhancements to the model and the resulting revised TMDL allocation data will be distributed to local governments, SWCDs and PDCs. The State is developing also an on-line tool to facilitate the sensitivity testing of the effect of changing the inventory and mix of BMPs that exist in each community to help communities prioritize where to place implementation program emphasis based on the pollution reduction goals they are assigned in the WIP process.
Slides from an Air Quality Professionals Forum (AQPF) meeting held in Austin, Texas on July 14, 2022, at the Travis County Administration Building. Features presenters Bill Gibbs (Clean Air Force of Central Texas), Doug Boyer (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and Anton Cox (Capital Area Council of Governments)
BlueScape - AB 617, The California Community Air Protection Program Webinar 0...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental, provides an update on the California Community Air Protection Program, or AB 617. The regulation is a new, one-of-a-kind program implemented by the Air Resources Board (ARB).
The Program provides more than $255 million in funding for mobile source air emission reductions and assistance grants in health-impacted, economically disadvantaged areas, primarily in the South Coast Air Basin, the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area. ARB released the AB 617 Concept Paper, and the Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Community Selections in early February 2018, and has been conducting workshops and technical summits. Communities are now able to self-recommend to ARB, and Air Districts are required to submit an initial Communities list by April 30, 2018.
AB 617 is a fast-developing program that will be launched by the end of 2018. This new and statewide process will be directed by Air Districts, but led by communities that step forward to reduce their health impacts, supported by an extensive emissions database and air monitoring networks. Companies operating in or near Communities identified under AB 617 may be required to take action under risk of enforcement, including such actions as installing Best Available Retrofit Control Technology (BARCT).
This webinar provides information on what you need to know about the current direction of AB 617 Program development, including: genesis of the AB 617 rule; relationship to existing state regulations and programs; potential AB 617 Communities, as identified using CalEnviroScreen and other tools; summary of work completed by ARB to date (Concept Plan, Draft Process and Criteria for 2018 Communities Selection, and Technical Summits); current Air District actions to implement AB 617 such as description and funding sources to implement emission reductions, monitoring networks, emission databases and assistance grants; schedule for AB 617 implementation, and opportunities for you to get involved with the developing Program.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to work with the air agencies and communities to respond to the developing regulations and requirements under AB 617.
Design and Fund Equitable Electric Transportation For Communities by Jasmine ...Forth
Jasmine Davenport, Senior Advisor for Climate Justice in the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave this presentation at Forth Design and Fund Equitable Electric Mobility For Your Community workshop on March 14, 2024.
Information for Cuyahoga County applicants to the Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program
This presentation was shown at workshops on July 23 and 24, 2018.
http://www.countyplanning.us/services/grant-programs/clean-ohio-conservation-greenspace-program/
Determinants of Evaluation Supply at the US EPA: A Case Study of the RCRA Ha...Nick Hart, Ph.D.
What facilitators encourage the production of evaluation in EPA’s RCRA Program? What real and perceived barriers impede the production of ex media and ex post evaluation in RCRA?
2023 Air Quality in California: What You Need to KnowBlueScape
his webinar by James Westbrook and Peyton Wilson of BlueScape provides an update to companies doing business in California in 2023, on how changing air quality regulations will impact their business.
The webinar topics will include: recent and upcoming changes in US EPA air quality regulations, including Ozone Standards, New Source Review, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions regulations, NSPS/MACT Standards, and Title V; new state legislative bills and changes in important state regulations, including AB617, Clean Energy and GHG regulations, Proposition 65, and onroad/offroad emission standards; status of important state and regional efforts toward electrification, use of renewable fuels, and decarbonization; an update on Air District regulations in Southern California, the Bay Area, and the Central Valley; updates to Technical Guidelines and common tools used in California for air quality technical analysis and health risk assessment, such as CalEEMod and HARP2; recent regulatory development and court decisions affecting NEPA and CEQA air quality and climate change review in California; and, regulation changes impacting such industries as power generation, chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, sand & gravel mining, heavy manufacturing and other industries.
James Westbrook can be reached at jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Please contact us for any questions or support you need to understand the impact of air quality regulations on your business.
Clean Air Partnership Green Infrastructure CAC Meeting - Don Mills Channel Fl...Robert Muir
Presentation on the application of Cost Benefit Analysis to water resources engineering projects, including for municipal flood control as part of Municipal Class Environmental Assessment infrastructure projects and city-wide programs. Evaluation of green infrastructure (Low Impact Development (LID)) capital costs and grey infrastructure costs.
This presentation was shown at workshops on August 18 and 22, 2016.
http://www.countyplanning.us/services/grant-programs/state-capital-improvement-program/
Presented by Michael Friedlander, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, at Wisconsin Clean Cities Idle Reduction Workshop & Expo on November 1, 2013.
Scott Meakin, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, spoke at the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee's Greening North America's Energy Economy public forum in Calgary on April 25, 2013. More at: http://cec.org/jpacenergy
Similar to BlueScape AB 617 Update, The Community Air Protection Program Draft Blueprint and Communities Identification 072418 (20)
BlueScape & StilesPomeroy LLP New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements are He...BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook and Chuck Pomeroy of StilesPomeroy LLP Law Firm, a refresher of a webinar in January 2017, provides an overview of California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulation requirements, how to conduct a Prop 65 exposure evaluation to determine whether to provide safe harbor warnings, and discusses the challenges to meeting the new warning requirements provided in Article 6.
James Westbrook can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or +1 877-486-9257. Chuck Pomeroy at StilesPomeroy LLP can be reached at cpomeroy@stilespomeroy.com or +1 626-243-5599. Please contact us for questions and support for conducting Prop 65 exposure evaluations, and for the procedures to develop or change Prop 65 warning labels.
BlueScape Pressure on Metal Facilities is Heating Up! Update on the Los Ange...BlueScape
Metal processing facilities are facing regulatory scrutiny and air emission controls unlike ever before, in a snowball effect of agency action.
You may have heard about metal processing facilities such as Exide in Vernon. Or Anaplex in Paramount. Fast-forward to 2017, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has made findings of elevated and significant airborne levels of hexavalent chromium (CrVI) in Paramount and Compton. The findings were made by extensive ambient fenceline and community monitoring near metal processing facilities.
Now, some metal processing facilities in the LA area are undergoing Order for Abatement actions to protect public health by SCAQMD, by controlling emissions and odors, and even by shutting down operations, at high capital cost. State and local rules are changing, to accelerate the allowed enforcement use of fenceline monitoring and expedited Orders for Abatement, and to codify stringent CrVI, lead, arsenic, cadmium and nickel air emission controls.
The City of Los Angeles just announced that 21,000 metal processing sites will be prioritized for investigation for possible public health impacts from CrVI sources. These developments have implications in LA, California and beyond.
This webinar discusses:
• The background to SCAQMD’s Community Air Toxics Initiative.
• Update of enforcement activities in Paramount and Compton.
• What is the role public nuisance laws, monitoring, source testing and health risk modeling have in all this?
• SCAQMD rule developments that may impact your operations; 1407, 1420, 1426, 1430 & 1469
• Relevant State legislation and other local actions flowing from the Air Toxics Initiative.
• How to assess your status before SCAQMD visits your facility - what is a “bad” operation and what is “good”
• Options to avoid enforcement action and revised SCAQMD toxics rule requirements, and streamline compliance costs.
• How to proactively reduce emissions, including enclosures, scrubbers, dust collectors, housekeeping and other measures.
The instructors for the webinar are James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape, and Michael Stewart, Project Manager. Since 1987, BlueScape has managed or completed more than 100 air toxics related projects for metal processing facilities. BlueScape has been working with aerospace companies, metal finishing facilities and foundries on issues related to the Air Toxics Initiative.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for your air permitting, compliance and HRA projects.
BlueScape & Dentons New Prop 65 Warning Requirements Webinar 011717BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook and Robert Kuykendall of BlueScape, and Chuck Pomeroy of Dentons Law Firm, provides an overview of California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) regulation requirements, how to conduct a Prop 65 exposure evaluation to determine whether to provide safe harbor warnings, and discusses the challenges to meeting the new warning requirements provided in Article 6.
James Westbrook and Bob Kuykendall at BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257. Chuck Pomeroy at Dentons can be reached at charles.pomeroy@dentons.com or 213-243-6256. Please contact us for questions and support for conducting Prop 65 exposure evaluations, and for the procedures to develop or change Prop 65 warning labels.
BlueScape & Coto Consulting Update to ISO 14001:2015 Webinar 092116BlueScape
This webinar by Dr. Christina Schwerdtfeger of Coto Consulting, and moderated by Bob Kuykendall of BlueScape, provides guidance on the process to update to the ISO 14001:2015 standards, which is required by 2018.
The drivers for ISO 14001 certification are discussed in the first part of the webinar. Dr. Schwerdtfeger then provides the timeline and expected level of effort for the ISO 14001:2015 from now until September 2018. The last section of the webinar discusses three types of assistance for companies to update to ISO 14001:2015, a Gap Assessment, a Quarterback role, and Full Technical Support, and then the minimum requirements for certification.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for updating to the ISO 14001:2015 standard.
BlueScape California Industrial Storm Water Compliance Webinar 090816BlueScape
This webinar by Robert Kuykendall and Hari Gupta of BlueScape Environmental covers the California Industrial Storm Water Program requirements.
The first part of the webinar provides an overview of the Program, including applicability, conditional exclusions and Notice of Non-Applicability, Storm Water Prevention Plan Requirements, the SMARTS reporting system, monitoring and sampling, and the role of the QISP. The second part discusses Level 1 and 2 Exceedance Action Requirements (ERAs), including 2016 evaluation and reporting requirements, and tips for implementing SWPPs and BMPs.
BlueScape can be reached at training@bluescapeinc.com or 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and support for developing and implementing storm water plans.
BlueScape Learn Air Permits & Compliance Training 7-28-15BlueScape
This training by James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape Environmental covers what facility operators need to know learn about air quality regulations and permits. The topics include types of air regulations, a discussion on what requirements are found in air permits, development of an Air Quality Management System, and working with agencies.
James can be reached at 877-486-9257 for questions, customized training, and air quality permitting and compliance support.
BlueScape Air Quality in 2015: What You Need to Know Webinar 2-10-15BlueScape
This webinar by James Westbrook at BlueScape describes air quality regulations and policies that will impact US businesses in 2015. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 for more information. For a video presentation go to http://youtu.be/Ot9B6lA_V0U.
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BlueScape AB 617 Update, The Community Air Protection Program Draft Blueprint and Communities Identification 072418
1. AB 617 – The California
Community Air
Protection Program
Draft Blueprint and Communities
Identification
July 24, 2018
James A. Westbrook, President
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
877-486-9257
2. AB 617 Webinar Topics
• Community Air Protection Program
Recap
• Initial Recommended Communities
• CARB Draft Blueprint Document
• Demonstration: Community-level
Monitoring and Modeling Analysis
• Conclusions
3. BlueScape
Air Quality Impact Analysis
• Facility-level air quality emissions, dispersion modeling:
– Air toxic and criteria pollutants
– AB 2588 Air Toxics Hot Spots Program
- Air District New Source Review Programs & Toxics Rules
- Odor Analysis and Control
- CEQA Air Quality Analysis
– Refineries, landfills, wastewater treatment, metals facilities, diesel
particulate sources, manufacturers
• Community/Regional impact monitoring and modeling
studies:
– Duwamish Valley in Seattle (200 facilities, Port, freeways)
– Landfill odor modeling
– Partner with EnviroModeling for WRF/CALMET/CALPUFF modeling
4. AB 617 – Community Air
Protection Program
Recap
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CARB, Update on the AB 617 Community Air Protection Program, 1/31/18
6. Community Air Protection Program - Requirements
• Strategy to reduce emissions in disadvantaged communities
with high burden, required by 10/1/18
– Criteria pollutants and air toxics
– Grants to assist communities with implementation
• Community Monitoring Plans, for criteria pollutants and air
toxics, by 10/1/18
– Highest priority locations
– Deploy community monitoring by 7/1/19
– Additional locations after 1/1/20
– Authorizes air districts to require facilities to do fence-line monitoring
• Community Emissions Reduction Programs within one year,
by late 2019
• Uniform statewide annual reporting by certain stationary
sources
– 3rd Party verification may be required
7. Community Air Protection Program - Requirements
• Best Available Retrofit Technology (BARCT)
– Air Districts to expedite schedule for BARCT rules
– Highest priority to permitted units; not modified permit
conditions for a long time
– Highest risk “priority” facilities
– Consider cost-effectiveness of control options
– Not apply if BARCT implemented since 2007
• Increased criminal and civil penalties - $5,000
• Expand information available to the public
– Annual Emissions and Monitoring Data
– Clearinghouse: BARCT and BACT determinations, criteria
pollutants and air toxics
8. AB 617 Activities in 2018 – Summary to Date
• AB 617 (Garcia) approved by the Governor 7/16/17
• $250MM Funding granted, approved by CARB Apr. 2018
• Feb 2018 – CARB Initial Program Documents
– Program Concept Paper
– Draft Process and Criteria for Community Selections
• March – July 2018 - Community Identification Process
– Community Self-Selections
– Air District Recommendations to CARB
• CARB Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint released June
7, 2018
– Comments by July 23, 2018
• Sep. 2018 – Final Community selections and planning
documents
– Board approval by Oct. 1, 2018.
10. Communities Identification - Summary
• Communities self-recommended to Air Districts
• Air Districts determined Communities
– Community self-recommendations
– Air District analysis
• Draft First Year Communities Identification
– Air Districts Submit to CARB
– CARB will submit to their Board for approval by
September 2018
11. South Coast AQMD – Identifying AB 617 Communities
Ref: SCAQMD, Cleaning the Air in the Most Impacted Communities,
AB 617, A new opportunity, not dated.
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12. Communities Identification – South Coast AQMD
• Selection approved by AQMD Governing Board, July 6, 2018
• Evaluated:
– MATES IV Monitoring Network
– Diesel Particulate Matter (2/3 MATES cancer risk)
– Schools near freeways and industrial areas
– CalEnviroscreen, most susceptible to pollution
• 55 Communities identified initially
• Year 1 Recommendation – Four Communities
– Wilmington, west Long Beach and Carson
– East Los Angeles/Boyle Heights
– San Bernardino and Muscoy
– South Gate, Huntington Park, Florence-Firestone and Walnut Park
• Years 2 – 5, 6+ - 14 additional areas: 7 in LA Co, 4 in Riverside Co, 3 in San
Bernardino Co, none in Orange Co
• See AQMD Presentation: http://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/ab-617-ab-
134/updated-prioritization-pres-eng.pdf?sfvrsn=15
13. Bay Area AQMD – Identifying AB 617 Communities
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Ref: BAAQMD, AB617 Protecting Community Health, Regional
Workshop, 1/31/18.
14. Communities Identification – Bay Area AQMD
• Selection report dated Aug. 1, 2018
• Evaluated:
– CARE Pollution Index
– Fine PM and toxic air contaminant monitoring data
– CARE vulnerability health data
– Readiness, ongoing efforts, stationary sources, community input
– Socioeconomic data and other public health data
• Year 1 – Two Communities
– West Oakland
– Richmond
• Years 2 – 5, 6+
– East Oakland, East SF, Pittsburg-Bay Point, San Jose and Vallejo
– Ongoing research for years 6+
15. San Joaquin Valley APCD – Identifying AB 617
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Ref: SJVAPCD, New Funding Opportunities for Emission Reductions
in Valley Communities, 3/1/18.
16. Communities Identification – San Joaquin Valley APCD
• Selections submitted to APCD Governing Board, June 21, 2018
• Evaluated:
– Top 30% most impacted Communities via CalEnviroscreen
– Census tracts with gridded diesel emissions exceeding 10 kg/day
• 299 communities in 645 census tracts, prioritized:
– Population-weighted exposure to ozone and PM2.5
• Concentrations over population
– Greater exposure to PM2.5 vs ozone; weighted to PM2.5
– Poverty levels
• Public engagement
• Year 1 – Two Communities
– South Central Fresno
– North Bakersfield
• Years 2 – 5, 6+ - Not listed
17. Communities Identification – San Diego APCD
• Recommendations dated April 27, 2018
• Evaluated:
– Community meeting input
– Risk factors from CalEnviroscreen
– Prioritize air pollution exposure and population
characteristics
– Special weight to historically disadvantages Communities
where pollution data lacking, factors beyond control
• Year 1 – Two Communities
– Communities of Portside Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
– San Ysidro/Otay Mesa
• Subsequent years
– National City, Chula Vista, El Cajon, and San Diego
18. Air District Activities
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
http://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/community-health-protection-program
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD)
http://www.airquality.org/air-quality-health/community-air-protection
San Diego Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD)
https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/apcd/en/community-air-protection-
program--ab-617-.html
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD)
http://www.valleyair.org/community/
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)
http://www.aqmd.gov/nav/about/initiatives/environmental-justice/ab617-134
Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (VCAPCD)
http://www.vcapcd.org/index.htm#AB617
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CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. 2.
21. Draft CARB Blueprint - Summary
• Process to meet AB 617 requirements
– Builds on the Concepts Paper from Feb. 2018
– Statewide strategy and monitoring plan
– Blueprint main chapter with Appendices A - I
• Released 6/7/18, comments were due 7/23/18
• Outlines process for:
– Identifying impacted Communities; Community Process
– Statewide strategies to reduce emissions
– Criteria for Community emissions reduction programs and monitoring
campaigns
– Agency and Community responsibilities
• A final Blueprint will be developed
• Great start, an enhanced outline!!
Ref: ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/community-air-protection-
program-ab617/community-air-protection-blueprint
22. CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. 3.
II – NEW COMMUNITY-FOCUSED FRAMEWORK
COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION PROGRAM
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Figure 2 New Actions under the Community Air Protection Program
Partnerships with community members in Program development
through community assistance grants and community steering
committees, where community members and local air districts will work
together to craft solutions for each selected community.
Community-specific emissions reduction programs that will target
new local actions to reduce emissions directly within selected
communities.
Mechanisms for community members to assess the effectiveness of
the Program through measurable outcomes, metrics to track progress,
and annual public reports.
Engagement with local land use and transportation agencies to help
reduce the current impacts of sources that sit too close to residents and to
avoid these situations in the future.
Incentive investments to help purchase cleaner vehicles and equipment,
with a focus on advancing zero emission technologies within impacted
communities.
New statewide actions to reduce emissions from sources that are
concentrated within heavily impacted communities throughout the State
and consider ways to target these actions to reduce localized exposure.
More detailed information on air pollution within communities
through new community air monitoring programs led by both air districts
and community-based organizations.
Better information on pollution sources within communities through
new requirements for reporting emissions data and making data more
accessible and user-friendly.
New Actions – Community Air Protection Program
23. CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. 8.
CAPP Timeline
DRAFT COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION BLUEPRINT – June 7, 2018
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Figure 3 Summary of Milestones
AB 617 signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
CARB Governing Board selects communities for action in the first year
and sets the Program requirements.
CARB launches Technology Clearinghouse for the cleanest pollution
control technologies: best available control technologies (BACT), best
available retrofit control technologies (BARCT), and best available control
technologies for air toxics (T-BACT).
Air districts form community steering committees for first-year
communities and begin to develop the community emissions reduction
programs.
Air districts develop expedited schedules for implementing BARCT, which
must be implemented by the end of 2023.
Air districts deploy monitoring in first-year communities selected for
community air monitoring systems.
Air districts adopt programs in first-year communities selected for
community emissions reduction programs.
CARB Governing Board selects additional communities for air monitoring
and community emissions reduction programs.
CARB Governing Board considers air districts’ community emissions
reduction programs.
JULY
2017
BY LATE
2018
Within one year after the selection of additional communities, air districts
adopt community emissions reduction programs.
CARB Governing Board updates the statewide strategy, which must be
updated at least once every five years.
BY OCTOBER
2018
BY JANUARY
2019
BY JULY
2019
BY
SEPTEMBER
2019
BY
DECEMBER
2019 AND
ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER
By
SEPTEMBER
2023
BY JANUARY
2021 AND
ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER
Air districts provide annual reports for first-year communities selected for
community emissions reduction programs.
BY OCTOBER
2020
24. Community Programs
• Community Selection
– Identify Communities
– Assess cumulative exposure burden in each
– Select First Year Communities – 10 expected
• Community Emissions Reductions Programs
– Steering Committees: live, work, own businesses + others
– Technical foundation: sources, emissions, assessments, indicators,
monitoring/modeling and gap-filling
– Goals/Objectives, measurable targets, deadlines
• Community-wide vs. proximity-based goals
• New Air District rules; BARCT Implementation; Air Permit changes
• Facility risk reduction audits
– Enforcement strategies
• Incentive Programs
• Land Use, Transportation and Mitigation strategies
• Information Management – air monitoring, emissions inventories, pollution
maps
• See Blueprint Appendices B and C
25. COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION PROGRAM
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community selection, which, for the first set of communities selected, is
October 1, 2019. Figure 4 provides an overview of the community emissions reduction
program process.
Figure 4 Overview of Community Emissions Reduction Program Process
The overall elements for inclusion in the community emissions reduction programs are
summarized in the checklist provided in Table 1, with a detailed checklist provided in a
separate appendix. CARB will review each air districts’ community emissions reduction
program to ensure they meet the requirements and will reduce air pollution exposure in
the designated community. The detailed checklist will form the basis for CARB’s review
and consideration for approval process for each community emissions reduction
program.
WHAT WILL EACH COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM
INCLUDE?
Figure 5 provides an overview of the required elements of a community emissions
reduction program.
Community
Selection
Community
Emissions
Reduction
Program
Development
District
Board
Approval
CARB Review
and
Consideration
for Approval
Implementation
and Annual
Reports
VIII – REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAMS
Figure 5 Community Emissions Reduction Program Required Elements
COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE
To ensure a collaborative partnership in developing the community emissions reduction
programs, once communities are selected for action, air districts must form local
committees composed primarily of individuals who live, work, or own businesses within
each community. Additional members may include air district staff, and participants
CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, pp.
13-14.
Emissions Reduction Programs
26. CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. 17.
See details in Appendix C Table 4.
VIII – REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAMS
COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION PROGRAM
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Table 1 Checklist for CARB Review of Air District Community Emissions
Reduction Programs
CATEGORY ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
AND PUBLIC
PROCESS
Community
partnerships
Establishes a community steering
committee to develop major program
elements.
Public outreach
Includes public workshops, community
meetings, and a community-specific
webpage.
WHAT ARE THE
AIR POLLUTION
CHALLENGES
FACING THE
COMMUNITY?
Community profile
Describes community characteristics
including pollution impacting the community
and current public health indicators.
Technical
assessment
Identifies pollutants and sources
contributing to the cumulative exposure
burden; compliance issues in the
community; sensitive receptor locations;
and land use issues impacting exposure.
WHAT ARE THE
SOLUTIONS?
Targets
Specifies commitments for five-year
compliance and technology deployment
goals, emissions reduction targets for
identified pollutants, and proximity-based
goals to reduce exposure.
Strategies
Evaluates and includes new strategies
including direct emissions reductions and
engagement with local agencies on land
use, transportation, and mitigation.
Implementation
schedule
Identifies immediate, three-year, and
five-year actions.
HOW WILL WE
TRACK PROGRESS
OVER TIME?
Enforcement plan
Includes a three-year enforcement history,
compliance goals, enforcement
mechanisms, and community outreach.
Metrics to track
progress
Identifies annual and multi-year metrics.
Annual reports
Provides public status updates on all
strategies and metrics to track progress.
Community Emissions Reduction Plan Checklist
27. Statewide Actions
• Recognize current approved regulations – mobile and offroad
sources, climate change
• New CARB regulations, mobile and offroad equipment measures:
– Heavy freight source impacts – port operations and offroad equipment,
locomotives
– Heavy traffic impacts – clean car and truck standards, testing and warranty
– Heavy impacts from other equipment – airport, lawn/garden, other offroad
equipment
– Enforcement tools – focused on hubs, theft of catalytic converters
• New CARB regulations, stationary sources – chrome plating,
composite wood products, commercial cooking
• Air District Measures – ozone, fine particles, toxics; BARCT
• Incentive Funding for early actions
• Work with land use and planning organizations
• See Blueprint Appendix D and F for more details
28. Community Air Monitoring
• Community-operated sensor networks; Air
District-led monitoring
• Monitoring Objectives:
– Real-time air quality data to support notification
systems
– Identify specific sources – inform Emission Reduction
programs
– Track progress toward lower Community impacts
• CARB Community Monitoring “toolbox” by Oct 1.
– Collaborate with South Coast AQMD and EPA
• See Blueprint Appendix E for more details
• What does monitoring mean?
29. X – DEVELOPING ACTION-ORIENTED COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING PLANS
DRAFT COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION BLUEPRINT – June 7, 2018
Please submit any written comments by July 23, 2018 to: https://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php.
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Table 2 Checklist for Developing Community Air Monitoring
CATEGORY PLANNING ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
WHAT IS
THE PURPOSE
THE AIR
MONITORING
WILL
ADDRESS?
1. Community
partnerships
Establishes community steering committee
to develop community air monitoring.
2. Community-specific
purpose for air
monitoring
Characterizes the air pollution concern
within the community (e.g., pollutants,
locations of pollution) and monitoring
need(s).
3. Scope of actions
Describes the range of potential
communication and actions that air
monitoring data will support.
4. Air monitoring
objectives
Defines the purpose of monitoring - what
will be measured, when and where it will
be measured, and why (e.g., to document
highest concentration).
5. Roles and
responsibilities
Identifies all parties responsible for air
monitoring.
HOW WILL
MONITORING
BE
CONDUCTED?
6. Data quality
objectives
Establishes level of data quality required
to meet objective (e.g., precision, bias,
sensitivity).
7. Monitoring methods
and equipment
Identifies selected method and suitability
of method to meet data quality objectives.
8. Monitoring areas
Indicates where monitoring will be
conducted and the rationale for selecting
those areas.
9. Quality control
procedures
Specifies procedures that will be utilized
to ensure data is scientifically defensible.
10. Data management
Describes how data will be collected,
managed, and stored.
11. Field
measurements
Lays out the air monitoring timeline and
field procedures for those conducting
monitoring.
HOW WILL
THE DATA BE
USED TO TAKE
ACTION?
12. Evaluating
effectiveness
Designates a procedure to check that
original objectives are being met.
13. Analyze and
interpret data
Outlines approach for analyzing data
(e.g., comparing trends, identifying
sources).
14. Communicate
results
Establishes how information will be shared
with the community, decision-makers, and
CARB to inform appropriate actions.
CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. 26.
See App. E Table 9 for detailed checklist.
Community Monitoring Plan Checklist
30. Online Tools & ResourcesAPPENDIX F – STATEWIDE STRATEGIES, TOOLS, AND RESOURCES
DRAFT COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION BLUEPRINT – June 7, 2018
Please submit any written comments by July 23, 2018 to: https://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php.
F-12
Figure 22 Basic Structure of the Online Resource Center
CARB, Draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, 6/7/18, p. F-12
31. Blueprint Next Steps
• Comments by July 23rd or at the Hearing Sep.
27, 2018
• Updated draft released in August 2018
• Board consideration in September 2018
• See CARB calendar of events:
– https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-
work/programs/community-air-protection-
program-ab617/community-air-protection-
program-events
33. AB 617 Monitoring Program DevelopmentX – DEVELOPING ACTION-ORIENTED COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING PLANS
DRAFT COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION BLUEPRINT – June 7, 2018
Please submit any written comments by July 23, 2018 to: https://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php.
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Table 2 Checklist for Developing Community Air Monitoring
CATEGORY PLANNING ELEMENT DESCRIPTION
WHAT IS
THE PURPOSE
THE AIR
MONITORING
WILL
ADDRESS?
1. Community
partnerships
Establishes community steering committee
to develop community air monitoring.
2. Community-specific
purpose for air
monitoring
Characterizes the air pollution concern
within the community (e.g., pollutants,
locations of pollution) and monitoring
need(s).
3. Scope of actions
Describes the range of potential
communication and actions that air
monitoring data will support.
4. Air monitoring
objectives
Defines the purpose of monitoring - what
will be measured, when and where it will
be measured, and why (e.g., to document
highest concentration).
5. Roles and
responsibilities
Identifies all parties responsible for air
monitoring.
HOW WILL
MONITORING
BE
CONDUCTED?
6. Data quality
objectives
Establishes level of data quality required
to meet objective (e.g., precision, bias,
sensitivity).
7. Monitoring methods
and equipment
Identifies selected method and suitability
of method to meet data quality objectives.
8. Monitoring areas
Indicates where monitoring will be
conducted and the rationale for selecting
those areas.
9. Quality control
procedures
Specifies procedures that will be utilized
to ensure data is scientifically defensible.
10. Data management
Describes how data will be collected,
managed, and stored.
11. Field
measurements
Lays out the air monitoring timeline and
field procedures for those conducting
monitoring.
HOW WILL
THE DATA BE
USED TO TAKE
ACTION?
12. Evaluating
effectiveness
Designates a procedure to check that
original objectives are being met.
13. Analyze and
interpret data
Outlines approach for analyzing data
(e.g., comparing trends, identifying
sources).
14. Communicate
results
Establishes how information will be shared
with the community, decision-makers, and
CARB to inform appropriate actions.
35. LA Community Monitoring Program
• Community – Huntington Park, Florence-Graham,
Walnut Park
• What Emission Sources and Pollutants?
– Major arterial roads, freeways, nearby industrial areas,
specific facilities
– Fine Particulate (PM2.5) especially Diesel Particulate
Matter (DPM)
– Air toxic metals and organics – CrVI, lead, Ni, Cd, PAHs
• Monitor Where?
– General community exposure burden
– Proximity to roads, freeways, facilities
– Sensitive individuals such as schools
36. LA Community Monitoring Program
• Monitor, Model and Analyze Data How?
– Fixed monitoring, MATES-IV
– Mobile sensing and fenceline monitoring near freeways
and facilities
– Low cost sensor array
– Source attribution modeling and validation with
WRF/CALMET/CALPUFF modeling
• Wind fields, pollutant dispersion and source apportionment,
background from outside areas
– Analysis and Mapping with a robust, multilayered Air
Quality Modeling Platform
• To Do What?
– Determine methods to reduce emissions, impacts and burden
– Real-time and forecasted impacts for sensitive individuals
37. Clean Air Protection Program - Conclusions
• The Community Selections are in!
– Get involved with your Community developments, esp. Steering
Committees
– Stay tuned for future year Community selections
• Track State actions – well beyond specific Communities
• Attend AB 617 workshops and hearings, comment and engage
with community/agencies
• Get funding, or consider voluntary emission reductions
• Make sure Communities and air districts have the best
information possible
– Emissions, air modeling/monitoring, and health risk assessment
data
– Limitations/accuracy/validation - Challenge the data!
• Participate in Community Monitoring Plan developments
– Procedures for developing and displaying Pollution Maps
– Commenting on Pollution Maps
• Give us a call if you need support or have questions!
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41. Contact Information / Questions
James Westbrook
BlueScape Environmental
877-486-9257
jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com
www.bluescapeinc.com
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