Rule 3503 - Emissions Inventory and Health Risk Assessment for Railyards

This purpose of Rule 3503 is to determine criteria pollutant and toxic emissions from railyards to conduct health risk assessments estimating the cancer risk, chronic hazard index and acute hazard index caused by emissions at railyards and to notify the public regarding such health risks.

Rule 3503 was adopted by the SCAQMD Governing Board at a Final Public Hearing on October 7, 2005.  The final approved versions of the rule and staff report can be accessed from the following links:

• Rule 3503 – Emissions Inventory and Health Risk Assessment for Railyards (PDF file,42 kb)

• Final Staff Report for Proposed Rule 3503 - Part 1 (October 2005)(PDF file, 760 kb)

• Final Staff Report for Proposed Rule 3503 - Part 2 (October 2005)(PDF file, 4.7 Mb)

SCAQMD Contacts

Rule Development:

Andrew Lee, Program Supervisor

(909) 396-2643, alee@aqmd.gov

CEQA:

Michael Krause, Air Quality Specialist

(909) 396-2706, mkrause@aqmd.gov

Socioeconomic:

Shah Dabirian, Air Quality Specialist

(909) 396-3076, sdabirian@aqmd.gov

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