CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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I. GENERAL INFORMATION

District: Butte County Air Quality Management Dist rict

Rule No(s): 300 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: Adopted February 23, 1971; Amended December 12, 1972 and

July 15, 1980; Recodified and Amended August 6, 198 5; Amended September 18, 1990 and April 7, 1992; Re codified and

Amended August 20, 1998; Recodified August 22, 2002 ; Amended January 22, 2004; Recodified and Amended

December 9, 2010);Amended February 24, 2011; Amende d August 27, 2015

Rule Title(s): Open Burning, Prohibitions, and Exe mptions

Date Submitted to ARB: September 28, 2015

If an Amended Rule, Date Last Amended (or Adopted): August 27, 2015

Is the Rule Intended to be Sent to the U.S. EPA as a SIP Revision? Yes No ( If No, do not complete remainder of form)

District Contact: Jason Mandly, Associate AQ Plann er Phone Number: 530-332-9400, x108

E-mail Address: jmandly@bcaqmd.org

Narrative Summary of New Rule or Rule Changes: New Rule Amended Rule

Following the adoption of the amendments to Rule 30 0 on February 24, 2011, Butte County Air Quality

Management District (District) staff submitted the amended regulation to the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) to be included in the State Implementation Pl an (SIP) due to the District’s federal PM2.5 non-at tainment

status. Although the EPA found that the amended Rul e 300 strengthens the SIP and largely fulfils the r elevant

Clean Air Act requirements, EPA identified some def iciencies which precluded full SIP approval.

The District proposed amendments to Rule 300 that a ddressed the rule deficiencies as identified by the EPA in

order to improve the clarity of the regulation and to attain full SIP approval. Correction of the defi ciencies involved

removing the ability to petition the District’s Hea ring Board for a variance from the prohibition agai nst burning

rubbish or garbage, and removing or providing crite ria for Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO) discre tion to waive

certain drying time requirements.

Pollutant(s) Regulated by the Rule (Check): ROG (NOx) SO2

(CO) PM TAC (name):

II. EFFECT ON EMISSIONS

Complete this section ONLY for rules that, when imp lemented, will result in quantifiable changes in em issions. Attach reference(s) for emission factor(s )

and other information. Attach calculation sheet sh owing how the emission information provided below w as determined

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Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Sourc e Category: No specific emission reductions were c ommitted

because of Clean Data Finding

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissio ns: Area Affected:

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible) :CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measu re:

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the C ontrol Measure:

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any):

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed):

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluati on Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emis sion forecasting and

planning.

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Source s Affected by this Amendment: 0

Percent in Nonattainment Area: %

Number of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled: 0 Percent in Nonattainment Area: %

Name(s) and Location(s) (city and county) of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled by Rule (Attach additional sheets as

necessary) :

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Cont inuous? Yes No

If Yes, Those Limits are in Section(s) of the Rule.

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Re ductions are:

V. OTHER REQUIREMENTS

The Rule Contains:

Emission Limits in Section(s): Work Practice Standards in Section(s): 7-11

Recordkeeping Requirements in Section(s): Reporting Requirements in Section(s):CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD



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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN

No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment

Discussion: The amendments were not expected to ha ve a material impact on the implementation of the r ule.