DATE: March 12, 2019
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INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION ON THE SAN DIEGO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY AIR PROTECTION PROGRAM AND FORMATION OF ITS PORTSIDE COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 617 LEGISLATION
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In September 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) selected the Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods (or Portside Community) for community air monitoring as part of Assembly Bill No. 617 (Attachment A - Assembly Bill 617, Garcia, C., Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017. Nonvehicular air pollution: criteria air pollutants and toxic air contaminants) Community Air Protection Program (or AB 617 Program). According to CARB, "[the AB 617 legislation] requires new community-focused actions that go beyond existing State and regional programs to reduce exposure to air pollution in disproportionately burdened communities throughout the State, including statewide strategies and community-specific emissions reduction programs".1 The Portside Community includes the neighborhoods of Barrio Logan, West National City, Logan Heights, and Sherman Heights, and it encompasses the area along the District's working waterfront.
The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDADPCD) is implementing the AB 617 Program. Beginning in October 2018, the SDAPCD has convened the Portside Steering Committee on a monthly basis to discuss the number and types of additional air monitoring equipment that could be deployed, the criteria pollutants and toxic air contaminants that the community wants to monitor, as well as potential siting locations for additional air monitoring equipment in the Portside Community.
The District's Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT) has been identified as one potential site for additional air monitoring equipment by SDAPCD. The location, duration and type of air monitoring equipment that would potentially be deployed at TAMT is still under discussion, as is the...
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