Proposed Amended Rule 218.2 – Continuous Emission Monitoring System: General Provisions, and Proposed Amended Rule 218.3 – Continuous Emission Monitoring System
Summary
SCH Number
2022090044
Public Agency
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Document Title
Proposed Amended Rule 218.2 – Continuous Emission Monitoring System: General Provisions, and Proposed Amended Rule 218.3 – Continuous Emission Monitoring System
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/2/2022
Document Description
Amendments to Rules 218.2 and 218.3 are proposed that will complement recent rule development efforts for command-and-control rules with continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) requirements. Proposed Amended Rule (PAR) 218.2 will: 1) include more specificity to the Executive Officer’s discretion on CEMS recertification requirements and the exemption provision; 2) extend the recordkeeping period; and 3) provide more time for submitting the relative accuracy test audit (RATA) report. PAR 218.3 will: 1) include an option to validate and accept data that would fall in a monitoring gap for dual range analyzers; 2) add specifications for conducting mass emission calculations data substitution procedures; 3) clarify the method for linearity error checks; and 4) include more specificity to the Executive Officer’s discretion on the exemption provision.
Contact Information
Name
Farzaneh Khalaj
Agency Name
South Coast AQMD
Job Title
Air Quality Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino
Regions
Countywide
Other Information
The proposed project is located within the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (South Coast AQMD) jurisdiction, which includes the four-county South Coast Air Basin (all of Orange County and the non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties), and the Riverside County portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin and the non-Palo Verde, Riverside County portion of the Mojave Desert Air Basin.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
South Coast AQMD, as Lead Agency, has reviewed the proposed project (PAR 218.2 and PAR 218.3) pursuant to: 1) CEQA Guidelines Section 15002(k) – General Concepts, the three-step process for deciding which document to prepare for a project subject to CEQA; and 2) CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 – Review for Exemption, procedures for determining if a project is exempt from CEQA. The proposed project provides updates to technical guidelines for operating CEMS as required by South Coast AQMD rules or permit conditions without requiring physical modifications to occur. Thus, it can be seen with certainty that implementing the proposed project would not cause a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, the proposed project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) – Common Sense Exemption.
County Clerks
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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