Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION & APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN AGREEMENT WITH OR FILING AN ACTION TO COMPEL THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO ACCELERATE STATUTORY AND RULE 1180 IMPLEMENTATION OF FENCELINE AND COMMUNIITY AIR MONITORITNG SYSTEMS IN THE CITY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On December 1, 2017, the South Coast Air Quality Management District ("SCAQMD") adopted Rule 1180 (Exhibit "A") to require community air monitoring systems and fenceline air monitoring systems that provide air quality information to the public at or near the property boundaries of petroleum refineries. Rule 1180 requires refineries to (1) submit a fenceline monitoring plan by August 1, 2018 to SCAQMD for approval, and (2) complete installation and begin operation of a real-time fenceline monitoring system within one year after the fenceline monitoring plan is approved, latest January 1, 2020. Rule 1180 also establishes the fees to be paid by the petroleum refineries to cover the costs associated with the installation, operation and maintenance of community air monitoring systems.
The City is within the air shed of three major refineries, Andeavor (formerly Tesoro) Refinery in Carson, Phillips 66 in Carson, and Andeavor (formerly Tesoro) Refinery in Wilmington (to be combined with the Andeavor Refinery in Carson as part of the LARIC project) ("Carson Refineries"). However, there is no air quality monitoring station within the City boundaries. The Mayor is seeking City Council approval to establish agreements with SCAQMD for accelerated implementation of the Rule 1180 fenceline air monitoring requirements, to establish an agreement with SCAQMD to undertake the implementation of community air monitoring systems, and/or to take action to compel SCAQMD to prioritize the implementation of air monitoring systems in the City congruent with similar projects a...
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