Notice of Public Workshop and CEQA Scoping Meeting
Proposed Amended Rule 461 – Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing

Purpose of The Meeting

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has scheduled a public workshop to discuss and solicit comments and suggestions from the public on Proposed Amended Rule (PAR) 461 – Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing.  PAR 461 will be considered for amendment by the AQMD Governing Board at a public hearing tentatively scheduled for April 6, 2012.

Proposed Amendment and Objective

The proposed amendment and its air quality objective is as follows:

• Provide non-retail facilities that meet certain conditions and have fleets with 100% On-board Refueling Vapor Recovery (ORVR),with an alternative way to comply in lieu of installing Phase II Enhanced Vapor Recovery (EVR) systems certified by the California Air Resources Board;

• Remove temporary exemptions for dispensing of E-85;

• Change the deadline for submitting monthly gasoline throughput records to a specific date;

• Add specific requirements for backfill inspections;

• Require compliance with applicable California Air Resources Board requirements or procedures; and

• Make other non-substantial changes to provide clarification, improve enforceability and make administrative corrections.

California Environmental Quality Act

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and AQMD Rule 110, appropriate documentation will be prepared to analyze any potential adverse environmental impacts associated with the proposed amendment to Rule 461.  The public workshop meeting also serves as a CEQA scoping meeting to solicit public input on the scope of the analysis to be included in the CEQA document.  Comments received at the public workshop on the environmental analysis will be considered when preparing the CEQA document.

Comments and suggestions regarding the CEQA Analysis for PAR 461 should be directed to:

Available Supporting Documents

The following supporting documents will be available on the AQMD website at http://www.aqmd.gov/rules/proposed.html prior to the workshop:

• Preliminary Draft PAR 461

• Preliminary Draft Staff Report for PAR 461

To Obtain Copies of the Above Documents

Copies of the proposed amended rule and the preliminary draft staff report will be available at the public workshop and may be obtained from:

Submission of Documents or Comments

You are invited to attend the workshop and may also send comments, documents or other information relevant to the proposed rule listed above to:

Written comments on PAR 461 should be submitted by Friday, February 3, 2012.