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## RULE 10.9 RICE STRAW EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS AND BANKING

(Adopted 4 / 6 / 09 2009; Amended 10/6 /2014 )



## A. A. 

## GENERAL

A.1 A.1 

## PURPOSE: The purpose of this Rule 

## r ule is to provide a

federally recognized procedure for quantifying and

certifying rice straw burning emission reductions, and

issuing the resulting Emission Reduction Credit (ERC)

certificates. This rule provides the only process by which

ERC certificates issued for reductions in rice straw

burning may be stored for later use to meet federal new

source review offset requirements. Once issued in

accordance with this rule, the procedures in Rule 10.2

-

EMISSION REDUCTION CREDIT AND BANKING shall be used as the

administrative mechanism for sources to transfer ERCs to

other sources for use as offsets.

A.2



## A.2 APPLICABILITY: The provisions of this Rule 

## r ule shall apply

to any agricultural operation that grew rice and burned

rice straw in the in the Sacramento Fede ral Nona t tainment

Area (SFNA) portion of the District during the baseline

period.

B.



## B. DEFINITIONS :



## Unless otherwise defined below, the terms used in this Rule 

## r ule

are the same as defined in District Rule 10. 2, EMISSION REDUCTION

CREDITS AND BANKING , Rule 10. 

## 1

, 

## - NEW SOURCE REVIEW , or Rule 1 .1 , GENERAL

PROVISIONS, in that order of priority



## . B.1 AGRICULTURAL BURNING



## B.1 A gricultural B urning : Open outdoor fires used in the

growing of crops. For the purpose of this Rule 

## r ule

, agricultural burning is considered to be a source and such

activity requires an agricultural burn permit.

B.2 AGRICULTURAL BURN PERMIT



## B.2 A gricultural Burn Permit : A permit issued by the District,

which is required in order to conduct an agricultural burn.

B.3 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION



## B.3 Agricultural Operation : Equipment used exclusively in the

growing of agricultural crops or in the commercial raising

of fowl or animals.

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## B.4 Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO): The Air Pollution

Control Of ficer of the Feather River Air Quality Management

District (District), or his or her designee.

B.5 APPLICANT



## B.5 A pplicant : For a new application, the owner (or his/her

designee) of the parcel. For a re

- certification

application, the current owner (or his/her designee) of an
existing rice straw burning ERC.

B.6 APPLICANT DESIGNEE



## B.6 Applicant Designee : The person, company, or entity

submitting an application on behalf of the applicant. Such

designee shall provide written authorization signed by the

applicant to serve as the designee.

B.7 BANKING



## B.7 B anking : The system of quantifying, certifying, recording,

and storing ERCs for future use and transfer. This system

shall be called the ERC Bank.

B.8 BASELINE PERIOD



## B.8 B aseline Period : Calendar years 1988 through 1992.

B.9 CERTIFIED



## B.9 C ertified : ERCs which have been evaluated under the

requirements of this Rule 

## r ule and other applicable District,

State, and Federal Rules and Regulations and which have

been granted by the APCO.

B.10 EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS



## B.10 Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs): Reductions of actual

emissions that are registered with the District in

accordance with the requi rements of Rule 10.2

- EMISSION

REDUCTION CREDIT AND BANKING

. B.11 H ISTORIC BURN FRACTION



## B.11 Historic Burn Fraction (HBF): The amount of rice (as a

percentage of the amount planted) which was burned during

the baseline period. The HBF equals 96 

## 100 %.

B.12 NEW APPLICATION



## B.12 N ew Application : An application subm itted in accordance

with this rule for which the District has not already

issued an ERC for reductions in rice straw burning for a

parce l(s) prior to adoption of this Rule 

## r ule

. B.13 PARCEL



## B.13 Parcel : A legally identifiable piece of land as registered

with a County Assessor’ s office for property tax purposes

and assigned an Assesso rs 

## Assessor ’ s Parcel Number (APN).

B.14 RE

- CERTIFICATION APPLICATION



## B.14 Re

- Certification A pplication : An application submitted in

accordance with this rule for which the District has

previously issued an ERC for reductions in rice straw

burning for a parcel(s) pri or to adoption of this Rule 

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## B.15 Register : The document that records all ERC deposits,

withdrawals, transfers, and transactions.

B.16 RESTRICTED BURN LIST



## B.16 Restricted Burn List : A list (maintained by the District)

of parcels which have restrictions related to future

agricultural burning.

B.17 RICE STRAW BURNIN G



## B.17 Rice Straw Burning : The intentional open burning of rice

straw mat erial. For the purpose of this Rule 

## r ule , rice straw

burning is considered to be a source and such activity

requires an agricultural burn permit.

B.18 RICE STRAW BURNING EMISSION REDUCTIONS



## B.18 Rice Straw Burning Emission Reductions : Emission reductions

that qualify for banking pursuant to Section 41865 of the

California Health and Safety Code.

B.19 RICE GROWING ACREAGE



## B.19 Rice Growing Acreage : The amount of acreage contained in a

parcel that was used for the growing of rice during the

basel ine period.

B.20 SURPLUS



## B.20 S urplus : The amount of emission reductions that are, at the

time of generation of an ERC, not otherwise required by

federal, s tate, or local law, not required by any legal

settlement or consent decree, and not relied upon to meet

any requireme nt FRAQMD related to the California State

Implementation Plan (SIP). However, emission reductions

required by a state statute that provides that the subject

emission reductions shall be considered surplus may be

considered surplus for purposes of this Rule 

## r ule if those

reductions meet all other requirements of this

Section 

## s ection . Examples of federal, state, and local laws,

and of SIP

- related requirements, include, but are not

limited to, the following:

a. a

. 

## The federally

- approved California SIP;

b. b. 

## Other adopted State air qu ality laws and regulations

not in the SIP, including but n ot limited to, any

requirement, regulation, or measure that: (1)



## 1. the District or the State has included on a legally

required and publicly

- available list of measures that

are scheduled for adoption by t he District or the

State in the future; or (2)



## 2. is the subject of a public notice distributed by the

District or the State regarding an intent to adopt

such revision;

c. c

. 

## Any other source

- 

## or source

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## (RACT), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS),

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP), Be st Available Control Measures (BACM), Best

Available Control Technology (BACT), and the Lowest

Achievable Emission Rate (LAER); and

d. d. 

## Any regulation or supporting documentation that is

required by the federal Clean Air Act but is not

contained or referenced in 40 Code of Federal

Regulations(CFR) Part 52, including but not limited to:

assumptions used in attainment and maintenance

demonstrations (including Reasonable Further Progress

demonstrations and milestone demonstrations), including

any proposed control measure identified as potentially

contributing to an enforceable near

- term emissions

reduction commitment; assumptions used in conformity

demonstrations; and assumptions used in emissions

inventories.

C.



## C. STANDARDS

C.1 C. 1 

## DETERMINATION IF A PARCEL IS ELIGIBLE: A particular

parcel Q ualifies 

## q ualifies to generate ERCs under this rule if

the following requirements are met:

a. a. 

## The parcel is located in the Sacramento Federal Ozone

Non

- attainment 

## Nona ttainment Area (SFNA); and

b. b

. 

## Rice straw burning occurred on the parcel during the

baseline period.

C. 2



## C.2 DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE ACREAGE: The available acreage

for generating ERCs shall be determined by adding all of

the rice growing acreage of a FRAQMD applicant’s eligible

parcels and multiplying by 75% x HBF. In no case shall the

total available acreage for the entire District exceed

36,228 acres. In the event that the District receives

applications for which the total available acreage exceeds

36,228 acres, the District shall lower the amount of

available acreage for each applicat ion in accordance with

section E 

## S ection D.4

.

C. 3



## C.3 DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE:

The amount of annual emission reductions available shall be

determined by multiplying the available acreage times the

applicable emission factor in the following table:

Pollutant Emission Factor (lbs/acre)

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### Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 15.6

Carbon Monoxide (CO) 172.2

Particulate Matter less than 10

microns (PM10) 18.9

Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 3.3

C. 4



## Pollutant Emi ssion Factor

( lbs/acre)

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) 14.1

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 15.6

Carbon Monoxide (CO) 172.2

Particulate Matter less than 10

microns (PM 10 

## ) 18.9

Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 3.3

C.4 DETERMINATION OF QUARTERLY EMISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE:

The emission reductions shall be quantified on a calendar

quarter basis. The following percentages shall be used to

determine the amount of emission reductions in each

calendar quarter:

Calendar Quarter Percentage

First Quarter 34%

Second Quarter 22%

Third Quarter 6%

Fourth Quarter 38%

C. 5



## Calendar Quarter Percentage

First Quarter 34%

Second Quarter 22%

Third Quarter 6%

Fourth Quarter 38%

C.5 PRIORITY RESERVE ADJUSTMENT: Before the APCO may issue an

ERC, the calculated emission reductions shall be reduced by

5%. Emission reductions captured by this adjustment shall

pass to the District’s Priority Reserve Bank.

C. 6



## C.6 DEED RESTRICTION: Prior to the issuance of an ERC, a deed

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## copy provided to the District. The deed restriction shall

prohibit agricultural b urning on the parcel consistent with

the ERC.

C. 7



## C.7 RESTRICTED BURN LIST: Prior to the issuance of an ERC, the

District shall place the parcel or group of contiguous

parcels on the restricted burn list. In each calendar year,

no agricultural burn permit may be issued for greater than

25% of the rice growing acreage of any parcel listed on the

restricted burn list.

C. 8



## C.8 BURNING PROHIBITION : No person shall conduct agricultural

burning on more than 25% of the rice growing acreage of a

parcel which has received an ERC certificate pursuant to

the provisions of this rule. In addition, applicants must

comply with California Health & Safety Code (CH&SC) 

## , Section

41865.

D.



## D. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS

D.1 D. 1 

## APPLICATION FILING DEADLINE: All applications to

obtain rice straw ERC certificates in accordance with this

rule shall be submitted no later than October 6, 2009 or

upon approval of this rule by the USEPA 

## U nited States

E nvironmental Protection Agency (US EPA) into the State

Implementation Plan 

## California SIP , whichever is later.

Applications submitted after October 6, 2009 or upon 

## after

approval of this rule by the USEPA 

## US EPA into the State

Implementation Plan 

## SIP , whichever is later, shall not be

eligible for ERCs under this rule.

D. 2



## D.2 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

- NEW APPLICATIONS: The applicant

shall submit one application for each parcel or for each

set of contiguous parcels. The application shall contain

the following information:

a. a

. 

## List of each parcel included in the application,

including APN and any owner’s designation or identifier.

b. b

. 

## The acreage of each parcel that was used to grow rice

during the baseline period, and documentation of such

acreage.

c. c. 

## Documentation that rice straw burning occurred on the

acreage of each parcel (identified above) during the

baseline period. Examples of acceptable documentation

include, but are not limited to, copies of a Distri ct

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## permit or other records are not available, the District

may accept a signed affidavit (under penalty of perjury)

from the applicant certifying that rice straw on the

parcel was burned during the baseline period.

d. d. 

## A statement of intent to file a deed restriction , as

required by Section C .6, for each parcel or for each set

of contiguous parcels for which an application is being

submitted (A copy of the deed restriction must be

provided prior to final issuance of the rice straw ERC

certificate).

e. e

. 

## Filing fees for the evaluation and issuance of ERCs in

accordance with District Rule 7.11

, 

## - ERC BANKING FEE.

D. 3



## D.3 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

- RE

- CERTIFICATION APPLICAT IONS:

The applicant shall submit one application for each

existing ERC certificate. In addition to the information in

section 

## S ection D.2, prior to re

- issuance of the ERC, the

applicant must surrender all previous certificates issued

for rice straw burning on the parcel or group of contiguous

parcels.

D. 4



## D.4 AVAILABLE ACREAGE ADJUSTMENT : In the event that the

District receives applications in which the requested

available acreage totals to more than 36,228 acres, the

District shall lower the percentage available as foll ows:

a. a. 

## The re

- certification applications meeting the criteria

of this rule shall get full credit on their acreage.

b. b. 

## The applications with verifiable burn records will

have second priority. If the total available acreage for

all these applications along with t he recertification

applications does not exceed 36,228 acres, these

applications will get full credit. If the total of all

these applications along with the recertification

applications exceeds 36,228 acres, these applications

shall be adjusted proportiona lly so that the total

acreage for which all rice straw burning ERCs are issued

does not exceed 36,228 acres.

c. c. 

## For all remaining applications with affidavits for

burn documentation, the amount of rice straw acreage

determined to be available shall be adjuste d

proportionally so that the total acreage for which all

rice straw burning ERCs are issued does not exceed

36,228 acres.

D.5 D. 5 

## APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES:

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## a. COMPLETE APPLICATION: The APCO shall determine whether

the application is complete not later than 30 days after

receipt of the application for ERC certificates. If the

APCO determines that the application is not complete,

the applicant shall be notified in writing of the

decision specifying the information required. If the

specified information is not submitted within 30 days

the application shall be canceled by the APCO.

b.



## b. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Upon receipt of additional

information for an incomplete application

, a new 30 day

period to determine completeness shall begin. During the

processing of the application, the APCO may request an

applicant to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise

supplement the information submitted in the application.

c.



## c. PRELIMINARY DECISION: Following acceptance of an

application as complete, the APCO shall perform the

evaluations required to determine compliance with all

applicable District Rules and Regulations and make a

preliminary written decision as to whether the emission

reduction shou ld be certified as ERCs. The decision

should be supported by a succinct written analysis.

d.



## d. PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT: Within 10 calendar days

following a preliminary decision, the APCO shall

publish, in at least one newspaper of general

circulation in the District, a notice stating the

preliminary decision of the APCO, noting how the

pertinent information can be obtained, and inviting

written public comment for a 30 day period following the

date of publication.

e.



## e. DEED RESTRICTION: Within 90 calendar day s of the public

notice being published, the applicant shall submit a

final copy of the legal deed restriction for all parcels

upon which the ERC is based. The ERC shall not be

issued prior to this submittal.

f.



## f. PUBLIC INSPECTION: The APCO shall make availab le for

public inspection at the District office the information

submitted by the applicant and the APCO’s analysis no

later than the date the notice of the preliminary

decision is published, pursuant to Section D. 1 . Further,

all 

## 5.d

. A ll such information shall be transmit ted to the

California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental

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## 1.

FEATHER RIVER AQMD

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## which requests such information no later than the date

of publication.

g.



## g. FINAL ACTION: After considering all written comments,

the APCO shall take final action on the applications

within 180 days after the application filing deadline in

Section D.1. or upon approval of this rule by the USEPA into the

State Implementation Plan, whichever is later 

## , as listed in

Section D.1

.

D. 6



## D.6 VIOLATIONS: Failure to comply with any provision or

restriction of this rule shall be considered a violation of

this rule.

E.



## E. MONITORING AND RECORDS

E.1 E. 1 

## BURN RECORDS: For any parcel or group of contiguous

parcels for which a rice straw ERC certificate has been

issued, the initial ERC holder or current land owner shall

keep records of the amount of acres, crop type

, and burning

that has occurred during the previous 5 years.

F.



## F. PROGRAM EVALUATION :



## Within two (2) years after adoption of this rule, the District

shall evaluate the program and submit an evaluation report to

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