REPORT:
Report to Legislature and CARB on AQMD’s Regulatory Activities for
Calendar Year 2001
SYNOPSIS:
The AQMD is required by law to submit a report to the Legislature on
its regulatory activities for the preceding calendar year. The report is
to include a summary of each rule and rule amendment adopted by AQMD,
number of permits issued, denied, or cancelled, emission offset
transactions, draft budget and forecast, and an update on the Clean Fuels
and RECLAIM programs.
COMMITTEE:
Legislative, April 12, 2002
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file the attached report, and direct staff to forward the
final report to the Legislature and the California Air Resources Board.
Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer
Background
The AQMD is subject to several internal and external reviews of its air
quality programs. These include an annual review of the AQMD’s proposed
operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year and compliance program audits.
The AQMD also performed triennial performance audits pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Section 40453. However, this section of law was repealed in 2001
(SB 1191, Speier).
In 1990, the Legislature directed the AQMD to provide an annual review of
its regulatory activities (SB 1928, Presley), and specified the type of
information required. Many of the required elements overlap with other
requirements of separate legislation. For example, information on the AQMD’s
Clean Fuels Program is a requirement of this report, but is now also a
separate requirement under legislation passed in 1999 (SB 98, Alarcon). The
purpose of this report is to fill in pieces of additional data needed to
compile a comprehensive regulatory overview. Most of the information
included in this report is not new, but simply a compilation of information
previously seen by the Board. For example, Chapter I lists all the rules and
rule amendments adopted by the Board during 2001.
The specific requirements of this report include:
- A summary of each major rule and rule amendment adopted by the Board;
- The number of permits to operate or construct that were issued,
denied, cancelled or not renewed;
- Data on emission offset transactions and applications during the
previous year;
- The draft budget and forecast of staff increases or decreases for the
following fiscal year (this portion of the report is a separate agenda
item before the Board on May 3, 2002);
- An identification of the source of all revenues used to finance the
AQMD’s activities;
- A biennial update on the results of the AQMD’s Clean Fuels program;
and
- The annual RECLAIM audit report.
Attachments:
Report to the Legislature for Calendar Year 2001*
* Draft report sent to Governing Board members only
with copies made available on request in the AQMD Public Information Center.
Final copies will be available after May 10, 2002 in the AQMD Public
Information Center and Library
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