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The Stationary Source Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors relating to the air quality and climate impacts of stationary sources, including indirect sources. The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding all aspects of the Air District’s stationary source programs, including but not limited to the following: permitting, compliance, small business assistance, rule development, California Environmental Quality Act thresholds of significance, and state and federal regulations that affect stationary sources. The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding air quality planning and the development and implementation of State and Federal Air Quality Management Plans, as well as support for regional and local climate planning. This committee reviews and recommends stationary source policies, issues, and programs related to air quality management plans, air quality and economic modeling, permitting, compliance, small business assistance, toxics, source education, rule development, and grants. The committee also advises the Board of Directors on the District’s position on all regulations that affect stationary sources.
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Director Mueller asked that his request for a Rule 9-6 housing-stock study be noted in minutes, and Adams requested a Permit Efficiency Task Force update.
Why it matters: Pending agenda requests show unresolved disputes over a rule affecting housing stock and permit backlog oversight.
Industry commenters said the working group lacked meaningful engagement; the Chair wanted refineries to present responses, while others warned against surrendering regulatory authority.
Why it matters: The process dispute will shape how industry input is incorporated into the draft rule.
Staff are modeling an in-lieu mitigation fee on South Coast's approach, and directors cautioned it must reduce preventable flaring rather than become a revenue stream.
Why it matters: Fee design will determine whether refineries invest in prevention or pay to flare.
Staff are exploring requiring real-time video and monitoring data from refineries; Director Lee suggested a voluntary pilot ahead of rulemaking.
Why it matters: Currently the District gets flare video only after the fact and cannot verify complaints in real time.
Directors asked whether refineries can be required to warn communities before turnarounds that cause flaring; staff said it is under study with legal counsel.
Why it matters: No notification system exists for planned flaring; South Coast requires advance notice and real-time alerts.
Directors and commenters disagreed on whether renewable-fuel refineries should be analyzed differently from crude refineries under the new flare rules.
Why it matters: Two large Contra Costa facilities have converted to renewable fuel; differing treatment affects compliance costs and community protection.
Staff are producing short-form Flaring 101 videos; Director Hopkins asked they be released before draft workshops and staff took that as direction.
Why it matters: Communities often cannot tell whether a flare is routine or an emergency; education is intended to improve participation.
Staff argued that more than half of flaring volume and events could reasonably have been prevented, a figure refineries dispute and members probed.
Why it matters: The preventable-flaring finding is the core justification for new rules; its accuracy will drive the debate with industry.
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