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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]
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 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 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.
New air-quality rule requires electric water heaters. 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 ...
According to AirNow.com, which reports air quality using the official U.S. Air Quality Index, Sacramento’s air quality index was at a moderate level on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday’s AQI ...
California's 35 local air pollution control districts (APCDs) and air quality management districts (AQMDs) are the agencies primarily responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution. These air districts traditionally provide guidance to lead agencies, such as counties, cities and public utilities, on the evaluation of air ...
South Coast Air Basin. 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. [1] and includes all of Orange County and the non-desert regions ...