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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.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California 's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma. The BAAQMD is governed by a 24-member ...
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]
In one of the biggest moves to reduce air pollution in the past decade, Southern California air regulators on Friday adopted a rule that will require pool and hot tub owners to go electric. The ...
Southern California officials plead for help as cross-border sewage crisis poisons air. Sharon Udasin. September 9, 2024 at 1:34 PM. Southern California’s border-adjacent communities are pushing ...
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 State Air Resources Board or California Air Resources Board is the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of greenhouse gas emissions under AB32. [24] California's 35 local air pollution control districts (APCDs) and air quality management districts (AQMDs) are the agencies primarily responsible for regulating ...
The members of the Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee are appointed by the Air Pollution Control Board. The committee was created to ensure that private citizens, health and environmental organizations, government agencies and industry representatives have an in-depth forum to discuss district rule development and air pollution ...