January 13, 2002

Notice of Public Hearing

An APCD Declaration That There is No Need for Rules for Three Chemical Manufacturing Categories and a Wood Furniture Manufacturing Category

Thursday, February 21, 2002 - Approximately 2:00 p.m.
Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room
105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101

The Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District (The APCD) Board will hold a public hearing at the time and location listed above to accept comments and consider adoption of a negative declaration in lieu of rules.

The federal Clean Air Act requires that certain large sources use control methods called reasonably available control technology. These are reasonably available devices, systems, process modifications, or other apparatus or techniques that reduce air pollution. A local air agency adopts the control methods if it has a large source in its area subject to the requirements. If there are no such large sources, then there is no need to adopt a rule. The U.S.EPA allows an air agency to declare that there are no large sources in its area subject to a reasonably available control technology requirement. When an air agency makes such a declaration, the requirement to adopt a rule for the large sources is no longer applicable. This Board action declares that the Santa Barbara County APCD does not have any major sources or major emitting facilities in the following source categories:

1) Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations Processes in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry;

2) Batch Processes; and

3) Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations

The control methods would apply to sources in the county that have a potential to emit 50 or more tons per year of reactive organic compounds or oxides of nitrogen. Based on the APCD’s inventory of pollution sources, there are no major sources or major emitting facilities in the county of this size in these categories.

The Santa Barbara County APCD has determined that the project is exempt under State CEQA Guideline §15061(b)(3) (general exemption). The adoption of this negative declaration is expected to have no impacts on the environment.

The draft Board Package and the proposed negative declaration in lieu of rules may be reviewed at:

Santa Barbara County APCD 

26 Castilian Drive
Goleta, CA 93117 
(805) 961-8800

5^th District Supervisor’s Office
511 E. Lakeside Pkwy, Ste 141 
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805) 346-8400

County Clerk’s Office
401 East Cypress, Ste. 101
Lompoc, CA 93436
(805) 737-7705

Or downloaded here:

Draft Board Package and Proposed Negative Declaration:

drnegdec.pdf  
drnegdec.zip  

Alternatively, copies may be obtained on a floppy disk or in hard copy by calling Ms. Lillian Coony at 805.961.8817. For more information on this action, contact Doug Grapple at 805.961.8883 or GrappleD@sbcapcd.org, or write to the Goleta address listed above.

The APCD is accepting comments on the proposed negative declaration in lieu of rules until February 14, 2002.