Board Summary April 9, 1999

The Board today approved the request for proposals for the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, which will provide cash incentives to replace diesel engines with clean-fueled models. Trucks, buses, trains, marine vessels and offroad equipment used in construction and farming will be eligible for the cash incentives. For a copy of the RFP, download it, e-mail Cindy Sullivan or call her at (909) 396-3259. A series of bidder's conferences on the program are scheduled as follows:

April 26, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Riverside City Council Chambers 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522
April 27, 1999 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	San Bernardino Public Library Norman F. Feldheym Central Library Kellogg Room B 555 West Sixth Street San Bernardino, CA 92410
April 28, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	South Coast Air Quality Management District Auditorium 21865 E. Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA 91765
April 29, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Sunline Transit Agency 32-505 Harry Oliver Trail Thousand Palms, CA 92276
April 30, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Orange County Transportation Authority 8th Floor, Room 829 550 South Main Street Orange, CA 92613
April 30, 1999 9:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.	Planning Commission 10 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana
May 4, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Port and Marine Applications Only Port of Los Angeles The Port Plaza 100 West 5^th Street San Pedro, CA 90731
May 7, 1999 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Southern California Association of Governments San Bernardino A & B Room 818 West 7^th Street 12^th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017

The Board will wait two months to hold an adoption hearing on a proposed amended rule to require covers on all petroleum coke piles, as well as to establish dust controls on coal and sulfur piles at numerous storage and shipping facilities in the port area. AQMD’s Governing Board originally was slated to hold the adoption hearing April 12 on the amendments to Rule 1158 – Storage, Handling and Transport of Coke, Coal and Sulfur. The additional time is needed to recirculate the environmental analysis on the amendments for public review after two data tables were inadvertently omitted from the document. The Board is now expected to hear the amendments on June 11 at AQMD’s headquarters in Diamond Bar. For further information e-mail Carol Coy or call her at (909) 396-2434.

At its May meeting, the Board will consider increasing most AQMD fees by 2% in fiscal year 1999-00, beginning July 1, to keep up with the rising cost of living. The adjustment is based on a 2% increase in the California Consumer Products Index for 1998. AQMD’s fee proposal for the coming fiscal year also includes numerous minor adjustments and a one-year deferral of a fee increase for gasoline stations approved last year.

AQMD charges fees for permits, annual renewal of permits and emissions from large sources of pollution. A variety of other minor fees are covered too, such as for laboratory analyses and Hearing Board variances.

In a separate action, the Board received and filed an audit of AQMD’s fee structure that made several recommendations. These will be considered as AQMD develops its budget for fiscal year 2000-01. For further information e-mail Rick Pearce or call him at (909) 396-2828.

The Board approved all other items on the agenda, except item 7, which was withdrawn by staff, and items 9 and 18, which were held for consideration next month.

The agenda for each conference, except in San Bernardino, will be as follows:
9:00 a.m.	On-Road Trucks
11:00 a.m.	School Buses
1:30 p.m.	Transit Buses
3:30 p.m.	Off-Road Vehicles & Equipment

In San Bernardino the agenda will be:
11:00 a.m.	School Buses
1:00 p.m.	On-Road Trucks
3:00 p.m.	Off-Road Vehicles & Equipment
4:00 p.m.	Transit Buses