Mission
To attain and maintain National and State Ambient Air
Quality
Standards, and to insure air pollutants do not
pose
a nuisance or significant public health threat.
Notices
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the Board of Directors of the Kern County Air Pollution Control District
(District) has set a public hearing to be held July 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at
Golden Hills Community Services District,
21415 Reeves
St, Tehachapi, CA for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Fiscal Year
2009-2010 Budget and to provide the public an opportunity to comment.
(Click here for more information)
- IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
GASOLINE DISPENSING FACILITIES: To avoid costly enforcement action,
gasoline dispensing facilities with underground storage tanks are
required to have Phase II EVR updates completed by April 1, 2009.
SCHEDULE FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2009
(click
here)
EPA
PRESS RELEASE: On September 25, 2008, EPA approved our request to
separate the East Kern portion of the SJV PM-10 nonattainment area from the
SJV Air Basin portion. The East Kern (Kern River Valley, Walker
Basin, Keene, Bear Valley and Cummings Valley) portion will remain a PM-10
nonattainment area. EPA also approved the commitment from the Air Resources
Board and our District to establish a monitor in Canebrake and to take
appropriate Clean Air Act action based on data from that monitor.
(click here for more information)
-
-
VAPOR RECOVERY ADVISORY:
Enhanced Vapor
Recovery Phase II April 1, 2009 Deadline for Kern
County Air Pollution Control District Gasoline Dispensing Facilities.
-
(Click here for details)
(Click
here for ARB's VST Contractors List)
Priority Processing:
Beginning
April 1, 2009 the Priority Processing Fee
shall be 1.5 times an Air Quality Engineer II, 5th step hourly salary multiplied
by the total actual overtime hours worked ($57.11 per hour) plus
the Application Processing fee (Rule 303.II--$46.00 per hour). Applicant must note on
their application that they agree to the Fee and for how
many hours of overtime processing they are willing to pay for in order to
process the application.
Contact Information
Kern County Air Pollution Control District
(KCAPCD) encompasses the Eastern Half of Kern County (see Maps).
- Telephone
-
661-862-5250
- FAX
-
661-862-5251
- Postal address
-
2700 "M" Street, Suite 302
- Bakersfield,
California 93301-2370
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
Applicant Support: kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
Webmaster:
kcapcd@co.kern.ca.us
