Nonvehicular air pollution.

(1) Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control and air quality management districts with the primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. This bill would authorize air districts to send electronically instead of by mail any required public notice. The bill would require air districts to send a public notice by mail to any person who has requested the notices to be sent by mail. The bill would require an air district governing board, if the air district opts to send public notices electronically, to adopt, and update as needed, procedures for a person to request public notices to be sent by mail and to update an electronic mail address. This bill also would delete references to an obsolete definition and make other nonsubstantive changes. (2) Existing law requires an air pollution control officer to prepare a public notice prior to approving an application for a permit to construct or modify a source that emits hazardous air emissions, as defined, and that is located within 1,000 feet of a school. This bill would authorize air districts to send electronically instead of by mail that public notice. The bill would require air districts to send a public notice by mail to any person who has requested those public notices to be sent by mail. The bill would require an air district governing board, if the air district opts to send those public notices electronically, to adopt, and update as needed, procedures for a person to request public notices to be sent by mail and to update an electronic mail address.