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The District actively solicits participation in the rule development process through its public workshops and public hearing process.  Workshops prior to 2006 are listed below.

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Year Workshop Date Regulation Workshop
2005
  12/23/05

Request For Comments, Regulation 12, Rule 12: Flares at Petroleum Refineries; Lower Threshold for Causal Analysis

Comments requested by January 20, 2006

Contact: Alex Ezersky, Principal Air Quality Specialist, 415-749-4650

  09/30/05

Further Study Measure 9: Refinery Wastewater Treatment Systems

Further Study Measure 8: Atmospheric Blowdown Systems

scheduled for October 27, 2005

Workshop Notice

Workshop Report on Refinery Wastewater Treatment Systems

Workshop Report on Atmospheric Blowdown Systems

Contacts: Virginia Lau, Senior Air Quality Specialist, 415-749-4696 (wastewater)

Victor Douglas, Senior Air Quality Engineer, 415-749-4752 (blowdown systems)

  09/20/05

Regulation 8, Rule 44: Marine Vessel Loading Operations,

Regulation 8, Rule 46: Marine Vessel to Marine Vessel Loading,

Manual of Procedures, Volume IV, Source Test Method 34

scheduled for October 19, 2005

Workshop Notice

Draft Rule

Draft ST-34

Workshop Staff Report

Contact, Julian Elliot, Senior Air Quality Engineer, 415-749-4705

  08/12/05

Regulation 8, Rule 28: Episodic Releases from Pressure Relief Devices at Refineries and Chemical Plants

scheduled for September 14, 2005

Workshop Notice

Draft Rule

Draft Staff Report

Contact: Victor Douglas, Senior Air Quality Engineer, 415-749-4752

  04/21/05

Regulation 3: Fees

scheduled for May 6, 2005

Workshop Notice

Draft Rule

Fact Sheet

Cost Recovery Study

Contact: Brian Bateman, Director of Engineering, 415-749-4653

  04/07/05

Regulation 2: Permits, Rule 1: General Requirements, Section 407

Request for Comments, due by April 29, 2005

Draft Rule

Draft Staff Report

Contact: Steve Hill, Manager of Permit Evaluation, 415-749-4673

  04/05/05

District Trade Secret Information

scheduled for April 28, 2005

Workshop Notice

Contact: Adan Schwartz, Senior Assistant Counsel, 415-749-5077

  03/16/05

New Regulation 2, Rule 5: New Source Review for Toxic Air Contaminants

scheduled for April 8, 2005

New - Notice of Completion of Draft EIR (posted 4/20/2005)

New - Draft Environmental Impact Report (posted 4/20/2005)

Comments on Draft EIR due by May 23, 2005

Workshop Notice

Draft Rule(s)

changes in draft rule from 2003 (strikethrough-underline)

Toxics NSR Fact Sheet

CEQA Notice of Preparation (posted 1/31/05)

Contact: Scott Lutz, Manager, Toxic Evaluation Section, 415-749-4676

  02/15/05

New Regulation 12: Rule 12: Flares at Petroleum Refineries,
scheduled for March 16 and March 24, 2005

New - Draft Environmental Impact Report (posted 5/27/05)

Comments on Draft EIR due by June 27, 2005

Workshop Notice

Draft Rule

Flare Fact Sheet

CEQA Notice of Preparation and Initial Checklist (posted 3/28/05)

Contact: Alex Ezersky, Principal Air Quality Specialist, 415-749-4650

 
2004
  09/20/04

Regulation 1: General Provisions and Definitions; Regulation 2, Rule 1: Permits, General Requirements; and Regulation 2, Rule 2: Permits, New Source Review, scheduled for October 12, 2004

Workshop Notice

Draft Regulation 1

Draft Regulation 2, Rule 1

Draft Regulation 2, Rule 2

Draft Staff Report

Contact: Steve Hill, Manager of Permit Evaluation, 415-749-4673

  09/15/04

Manual of Procedures, Volume III, Laboratory Procedures

Request for Comments

Introduction

Method 10A

Method 21

Method 22

Method 31

Method 33

Method 41

Method 43

Method 45

Method 46

contacts: James Hesson, Laboratory Manager, 415-749-4625

Cleofina David, Principal Air Quality Chemist, 415-749-4622

Dinesh Patel, Senior Air Quality Chemist, 415-749-4627

  05/14/04

Regulation 3: Fees

Request for Comments, Revised Proposal

REVISED Draft Rule Language

REVISED Draft Staff Report

New: Supplemental Analysis of Title V Program Costs

Proposed Schedule P

contact: Brian Bateman, Director of Engineering, 415-749-4653

  04/27/04 Second Workshop, Reg 8, Rule 8: Wastewater (Oil - Water) Separators scheduled for May 18, 2004
Workshop Notice
Draft Rule Language
Draft Staff Report
New: Revised Technical Assessement Document
contact:  Damian Breen, Air Quality Specialist, 415-749-5041
  04/05/04 Regulation 3: Fees
REVISED Workshop Notice
REVISED Draft Rule Language
REVISED Draft Staff Report
  04/02/04 Regulation 8, Rule 8: Wastewater (Oil - Water) Separators
Workshop Notice
Draft Rule Language
Draft Staff Report
  03/19/04 Regulation 3, Fees
Workshop Notice
Draft Reg. 3
Draft Staff Report
 
2003
  10/28/03 Reg 8, Rules 10 and 18, Process Vessel Depressurization/Equipment Leaks
Workshop Notice
Draft Reg. 8, Rule 10
Draft Staff Report
Draft Reg. 8, Rule 18
Draft Staff Report
  10/23/03
10/29/03
11/05/03
11/06/03
Refinery Flare Control Status Workshops
Workshop Notice
  10/16/03 Marine Loading Operations
Draft Regulation 8, Rule 44 and 46
Workshop Notice
Fact Sheet
Draft Staff Report
  05/30/03,
06/3,5,10,12/03
Proposed Changes to District Air Toxics New Source Review Program
  N/A Request for Comments on Proposed Flare Monitoring Rule
  03/24,27/03,
04/03/03
Community Meetings, Flare Monitoring Rule
  03/21/03 Regulation 3, Fees
  02/21/03 Reg 2, Rule 6, Major Facility Review
  02/20/03 Proposed Regulation 8, Rule 53, Yeast Manufacturing
  N/A Request for Comments on Reg 8, Rule 18, Equipment Leaks


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