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The South Coast Air Quality Management District, also using the acronym South Coast (AQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin, in Southern California.
The South Coast Air Basin—SCAB (or SoCAB) is one of several regional air basin areas designated by the state of California, for the purpose of air quality management and air pollution control in Southern California. The SCAB district was created in 1969.
Southern California air regulators have adopted a first-of-its-kind rule to curb smog-forming pollution from freight trains and cargo trucks that serve the region's rail yards.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB or ARB) is an agency of the government of California that aims to reduce air pollution.Established in 1967 when then-governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford-Carrell Act, combining the Bureau of Air Sanitation and the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, CARB is a department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency.
An estimated 700,000 pool heaters in Southern California will have to switch to electric from gas under the South Coast AQMD's new rule. ... In one of the biggest moves to reduce air pollution in ...
Meanwhile, Southern California air regulators are reevaluating the region's plans to reduce pollution in an attempt to avoid severe economic sanctions. Southern California gets $500 million from ...
The California Air Pollution Control District Act of 1947 allowed 1 or more counties to form air pollution districts. [5] [6] The California Bay Area Pollution Control Act of 1955 created the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District. [5] [7] The California Mulford-Carrell Air Resources Act of 1967 resulted in the creation of 11 air basins. [5] [8]
Southern California air regulators adopted a rule that has forgiven more than $200 million in pollution fees from facilities that emit smog-forming chemicals. SoCal has the worst smog in the nation.