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## Compliance Advisory

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Under

- fired Charbroilers : Upcoming Requirements

This Advisory is provide d to inform you about activities of the Air District which may affect your operation. It is inte nded to assist you in your effort to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable air pollutions regulations.

ATTENTION: RESTAURANT OWNERS AN D OPERATORS

SUBJECT: REQUIREMENTS FOR RES TAURANTS WITH UNDER

- FIRED

CHARBROILERS

Effective January 1, 2013 , t he Bay Area Air Quality Management District ’s (Air District) Regulation 6, Rule 2: Commercial Cooking Equipment, requires a ny restaurant that operates an under

- fired charbroiler(s) with an aggregate grill size of 10 square feet (ft 2 ) or

more

, that purchases 1 000 pounds or more of beef per week and that cooks 800 pounds or more of beef per week on the charbroiler

, to take all of the following actions :

1. Register the charbroiler with the District at http://registration.baaqmd.gov/ . At the time of registration, you will be required to pay a registration fee of $421 and an annual renewal fee of $117, thereafte r.

2. Install an emission control device ( e.g. afterburner, scru bber ) that is certified by the control device manufacturer to comply with the Air District regulation. To be certified, the control device must satisfy the emissions standards in Section 302

.

3. Keep records at the restaurant that contain the following info rmation and retain each record for 5 years:  Date of installation for any emission control device (Section 502.1).

 Date of installation of any under

- fired charbroiler installed on or after January 1, 2008 (Section 502.2).

 All maintenance, preventative maint enance, breakdown repair and cleaning performed on the emission control device including the date, time and description of work (Section 502.3 ).

Exemption: A restaurant need not comply with the above requirements if it purchases less

than 1000 lbs of beef per week or if it grills on the under

- fired charbroiler less than 800 lbs of beef per week, provided the restaurant maintains records documenting the amount of beef grilled per week.

NOTE: At the present time, there are no certified control device s avail able in the Bay

Area

. However, testing of several control devices is in process

. The Air District will post certified devices on our website as soon as they are available. Due to this delay, the Air

District will allow a reasonable period of time for co mpliance. R estaurants subject to the

rule must still register their charbroiler(s) by January 1, 2013.Compliance Advisory January 18, 2013

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- 0338 Charbroilers produce air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM). VOCs react with other compounds in the atmosphere to form ground

- level ozone, commonly called smog. PM consists of fine particles that are equal to or less than 10 microns in diameter, commonly referred to as PM 10 . Both VOC s and PM 10 present significant public health risks.

More informati on can be obtained from the following sources :

 For a copy of the rule, see www.baaqmd.gov/rules

.  For questions about this advisory

, contact Jeannette Lim, Supervising Air Quality Inspector at jlim@baaqmd.gov or (415) 749

- 4981.
 For registration assistance, call the Engineering Division at (415) 749

- 4990.
 For compliance assistance, call the Compliance Counselor Hotline at (415) 749

- 4999

.

Wayne Kino Director of Compliance and Enforcement