§ 19-0301. Powers and duties. 1. Consistent with the policy of the state as it is declared in section 19-0103, the department shall have power to: a. Formulate, adopt and promulgate, amend and repeal codes and rules and regulations for preventing, controlling or prohibiting air pollution in such areas of the state as shall or […]
§ 19-0302. Permits and certificates. 1. The rules and regulations adopted by the department to implement this article and the provisions of article 70 of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted thereunder and the provisions of the state administrative procedure act shall govern permit and certificate applications, renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations under this […]
§ 19-0303. Codes, rules and regulations. 1. A code, rule or regulation or any amendment or repeal thereof shall not be adopted until after a public hearing within the area of the state concerned. Notice of such hearing shall be given at least sixty days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing by public […]
§ 19-0304. Burning of hazardous wastes. 1. Any person applying for a permit to burn hazardous waste pursuant to the department’s rules and regulations shall be subject to the requirements of this section. For the purposes of this section, all burning of hazardous wastes shall be subject to the provisions of this section, including combustion […]
§ 19-0305. Commissioner; enforcement power. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to enforce the codes, rules and regulations of the department established in accordance with this article. 2. In addition to the powers otherwise granted under this article, and in accordance with the policies of department, the commissioner shall have power to: a. Enter and […]
§ 19-0306. Municipal solid and regulated medical waste incineration facilities. 1. Definitions. When used in this section: a. “Municipal solid waste incineration facility” means a facility that is owned, operated, or utilized by, or under contract with, a municipality or political subdivision and which utilizes high temperature thermal destruction technologies, including combustion for the recovery […]
§ 19-0306-a. Personal watercraft emissions regulations. 1. Pursuant to The Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. section 7543 (e)(2)(b) as amended by Public Law 101-549, November fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety, within one year from the effective date of this section, the commissioner shall adopt regulations which are consistent with the California air emissions reduction and […]
§ 19-0306-b. Zero-emissions cars and trucks. 1. It shall be a goal of the state that one hundred percent of new passenger cars and trucks offered for sale or lease, or sold, or leased, for registration in the state shall be zero-emissions by two thousand thirty-five. It shall be a further goal of the state […]
§ 19-0307. Certificates of compliance for purposes of the Real Property Tax Law. 1. For the purposes of section 481 of the Real Property Tax Law, the commissioner or his designated representative is hereby authorized to issue certificates of compliance concerning air pollution control facilities and air pollution controlled process facilities as defined in such […]
§ 19-0309. Certificates of compliance for purposes of the Tax Law. 1. For the purposes of sections 208, 210, 606 and 612 of the Tax Law, the commissioner or his designated representative is hereby authorized to issue certificates of compliance concerning air pollution control facilities and air pollution controlled process facilities as defined in such […]
§ 19-0311. Operating permit program for sources subject to federal Clean Air Act. 1. The department shall establish an operating permit program for sources subject to Title V of the Act. Upon approval of such program by the administrator, the following sources of regulated air contaminants, hereinafter referred to as “sources”, shall obtain an operating […]
§ 19-0312. Power plant emissions and performance standards. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: a. “Mercury” means elemental, oxidized, and particle-bound mercury in source emissions. b. “Major electric generating facility” means any electricity generating facility with a nameplate capacity of twenty-five thousand kilowatts or more. 2. Any major electric generating facility shall demonstrate compliance […]
§ 19-0313. Small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish, develop and implement a small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program for those categories of sources of air contamination identified in section 7661f(c) of the Act or any other category […]
§ 19-0315. Small business stationary source compliance advisory panel. 1. There is hereby established a small business stationary source compliance advisory panel which shall have the responsibility to: a. provide guidance to the department on the development of the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program; b. render advisory opinions concerning the […]
§ 19-0317. Air program evaluation. Within eighteen months after the effective date of this section, and biennially thereafter, the department shall, in coordination with the department of economic development, prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a report evaluating the programs proposed or adopted to implement the Act. The evaluation shall include: 1. […]
§ 19-0319. Centrally fueled fleet program. 1. The department shall develop a centrally fueled fleet program for light duty and heavy duty vehicles, as specified in subdivision (b) of section 7586 of the Act, unless the department has adopted a substitute program or programs for the centrally fueled fleet program, provided that the substitute program […]
§ 19-0320. Emissions inspections of heavy duty vehicles. 1. When used in this section: a. “Heavy duty vehicle” means any vehicle powered by diesel fuel and having a gross vehicle weight of greater than eight thousand five hundred pounds, except that those vehicles defined in sections one hundred one, subparagraph two of paragraph E and […]
§ 19-0321. Permits to construct and operate certain municipally sponsored major facilities. 1. For the purposes of this section only: a. “Major facility” means an air contamination source which directly emits, or has the potential to emit, twenty-five tons per year of either oxides of nitrogen or volatile organic compounds. b. “Municipally sponsored facility” means […]
§ 19-0323. Use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology by the state. 1. As used in this section, the terms: a. “Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel” means diesel fuel having sulfur content of 0.0015 per cent of sulfur or less. b. “Heavy duty vehicle” or “vehicle” means any on and off-road […]
§ 19-0325. Sulfur reduction requirements. (1) On or after July first, two thousand twelve, all number two heating oil sold for use in residential, commercial, or industrial heating within the state shall not have a sulfur content greater than fifteen parts per million. (2) The governor may, by issuing an executive order, temporarily suspend the […]
