MAUREEN KIRK CHAIR

Supervisor District 3 JAMES JOHANSSON VICE CHAIR Vice Mayor Oroville W James Wagoner Air Pollution Control Officer

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BILL CONNELLY Supervisor District 1
JANE DOLAN Supervisor District 2
STEVE LAMBERT Supervisor District 4
KIM YAMAGUCHI Supervisor District 5
ANGELA THOMPSON 

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# Butte CountyAirQuality Management District SCOTT GRUENDL Councilmember Chico 

# Governing Board ofDirectors Meeting of JERRY ANN FICHTER Mayor Gridley 

# September23 2010
ALAN WHITE Councilmember Paradise Members Present Staff Present Maureen Kirk Chair Butte County Supervisor W James Wagoner Air Pollution Control Officer Jane Dolan Butte County Supervisor Bob McLaughlin Assistant APCO Steve Lambert Butte County Supervisor Robyn Sousa Admin Services Officer Scott Gruendl Councilmember Cityof Chico David Lusk SeniorAQ Engineer Jerry Ann Fichter Mayor City of Gridley Ursula Parker AQ Compliance Specialist II Alan White Councilmember Town of Paradise

Members Absent Others Present James Johansson Vice Mayor City ofOroville Joe DiDuca Paradise Town Council Angela Thompson Councilmember City of Biggs Steve Schoonover Chico EnterpriseRecord Kim Yamaguchi Butte County Supervisor Thomas Batterton Resident of Paradise Bill Connelly Butte County Supervisor Richard Alloway PPPOH Magalia Frank Cook Resident of Oroville Bill Haggerty URCC Magalia John Scott BEC Butte Valley Trish Weir Resident of Paradise Linda Furr League ofWomen s Voters Ward Hariel BRSWALTF Paradise 1 Call to Order Chair Kirk called the meeting to order at 10 a m at the Town of Paradise Council Chambers 5555 Skyway Paradise CA
2 Additions and Deletions to the ConsentAgenda Supervisor Dolan requested that item 3 6 be removed fordiscussion 

# Agenda Item 5 1

2525 Dominic Drive Suite J Chico CA 95928Butte CountyAirQuality Management District

Board of Director s Meeting Minutes September23 2010 Page 2 of6 3 Consent Agenda
3 1 

### By Consent Approve Minutes ofthe August26 2010 Meeting ofthe Board ofDirectors 3 2 

### By Consent Accept and File Activity Reporton Butte CountyAirQuality Management District activities 3 

### By Consent Accept and file Financial Status Reportfor FiscalYear20102011 3 4 

### By ConsentAccept and File Status Report on Calendarof Events 3 5 

### By ConsentAccept and File Executed Lease forDistrictOffice at629 EntlerAvenue Units 14 and 15 3 7 By Consent ApproveAdjusted Vehicle Fixed Asset Expenditure There were no comments from the public 

### Motion Approve ConsentAgenda Items 3 1 through 3

5 and Item 3

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AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk SupervisorDolan Supervisor Lambert CouncilmemberGruendl Mayor Fichter

Motion Councilmember White Second NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT 

### Supervisor Connelly Vice MayorJohansson CouncilmemberThompson SupervisorYamaguchi
Motion Carries
4 Items removed from the ConsentAgenda for Board consideration and action
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### By ConsentApprove actions related tothe relocation ofthe District offices 1 Office closure not to exceed three 3 days to facilitate relocating the District s office to the new Entler Avenue location 2 Fixed asset appropriation for newtelephone system 

### Supervisor Dolan requested that the office not be closed and thatthe District make staff and services available to 

### the public during the relocation process A discussion ensued with several Board members requesting staff make the necessary adjustmentso thatthe office remains open forservice during the move MOTION Move to approve the purchase ofa new phone system
AYES Supervisor Kirk SupervisorDolan Motion Supervisor Lambert Councilmember Gruendl Mayor

Fichter CouncilmemberWhite Second NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT 

### Supervisor Connelly Vice MayorJohansson CouncilmemberThompson SupervisorYamaguchi RegularAgenda
5 PUBLIC HEARING Consider Adopting Proposed Recodification and Amendments to Regulation III and Rule 300 Open Burning Requirements Prohibitions and Exemptions and Amendments to Rule 507 Burn Permit FeesButte County AirQuality Management District

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Ursula Parker provided a staffdiscussion on proposed revisions to the District burn regulations Changes include uniform burn hours throughout Butte County and required drying times for vegetative waste Additional residential burning regulations have been added for residential lots less than an acre in size such as maximum pile size clearance area requirements surrounding burn piles an adult in attendance at all times a water sources must be readily available and burning is not allowed in times when wind movement is unsafe Also 

### proposed is thatopen burning should notbe permitted within 25feetofan adjacent parcel due to smoke impact The geographical division in the Upper RidgeMagalia area would divide burning sections into North and South Residences North of Wycliff Road would be able burn the first half of the month and residences South of Wycliff Road would be able to burn in the second half of the month 

### Proposed amendments in the Chico Sphere of Influence include prohibition of open burning on unincorporated county residential properties within the Chico Sphere of Influencethat are less than an acre The recommended implementation date has been changed from November 1St2010 to March 1st2011 Public Hearing was opened at 10 31 am Bill Haggerty is concerned with people being allowed to burn during the months of January and February in Magalia because of the high use of wood stoves and wood smoke He also stated that the allowing of burning during January and February does not make sense due to the clash with the proposed vegetative waste dry times and the weather Tom Batterton with the use of photos expressed his concern over his neighbor s burning habits Councilmember White stated that Tom Batterton

s concern was not directly related to the public hearing but he could speakwith him directly concerning the issue afterthe meeting Ward Habriel stated that afterdiscussing the proposed regulations with other people he found that many people do not understand the benefits of the proposed changes and instead feel as if their rights are being taken away He also stated that he believes vegetative waste should be able to be moved to burn and the regulation requiring burning to be at least 25 foot from an adjacent lotshould be removed An example he gave was that one neighbor burns one pile for two residents instead of each resident having their own burn pile He stated that he does not favor burning with the exception of fireplace burning He also stated that Recology has a small scale composting facility with positive results and as a county we should invest in a larger scale composting facility where the after product could go back into agriculture to offset the waste He stated that other boards and panels have offered discounts for attending workshops structured to teach people how to compost from home that free or discounted services should be offered for home compost bins and that people should be aware of the benefits of homemade composted soil and that if people cannot compost at home the county should be offering services to transport vegetative waste to composting facilities Public Hearing was closed at 10 41 amButte CountyAirQuality Management District

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### ACTION REQUESTED Open public hearing to receive comments and continue hearing to the December 9 2010 Board Meeting Chair Kirk stated that the Board would consider action on the proposed amendments at the December Board Meeting 6 PUBLIC HEARING ConsiderAssembly Bill 2588 AirToxics Hot Spots program annual report 

### David Luskprovided a report on Assembly Bill 2588AirToxics Hot Spots astate lawthat requires the Districtto 

### annually publish a report that shows the sources ofaircontaminants There are no significant changesfrom last year and any programs the District has addressed as well as facilities thatthe Districtoversees are available for viewing in the report 

### Chair Kirk asked ifthe inventory has been done since 1987 and whether the inventory is the same David Lusk 

### stated thatthe inventory hastaken placesince the early nineties and thatthe largersources are updated annually while the smallersources are updated every 5 years Public Hearing was opened at 10 43 am There were no comments from the public Public Hearing was closed at 10 44 am ACTION REQUESTED Receive Report MOTION I make a motion to receive the report
AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert CouncilmemberGruendl Motion Mayor

Fichter Second CouncilmemberWhite NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT 

### SupervisorConnelly Vice MayorJohansson CouncilmemberThompson SupervisorYamaguchi
Motion Carries 

### 7 ApprovevoluntaryCheckBeforeYou Light program for2010 1 season Jim Wagoner provided a reporton the District s annual voluntary Check BeforeYou Light Program 

### The program is in effect during the months Novemberthrough February when poor airquality is forecasted due to high fine particulate matter PM2

5 On days when the air quality is poor District staff will send an advisory to residents in the affected area requesting them to reframe from using woodstoves and fireplaces Forecasting will be 

### completed by2pm the previous dayso residentswill have plentyofnotice to plan acourse ofaction The program is strictly voluntary and will be administered the same as the previous year The advisories will beButte CountyAirQuality Management District

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### published through the District

s website where a link is provided for residents who would like to sign up for Enivroflash email notification The District s Twitter account and phone voicemail advisory hotline would be updated with the advisories as well
Public Comments 

### Bill Haggerty requested that postcards be sentto residents in the Upper Ridge and Magalia to advise them ofthe proposed burn regulation changes 

### Ward Habriel stated thatthrough speaking with others about the Check Before You Light program he had found 

### many people to believe that the program is anotherway of having public rights taken away The Department of Heath declared cigarette smoke as the worsttype ofsmoke and thatsecond hand smoke is declared as a toxin but 

### peoplestill havethe rightto pollutetheirbodiesand the airthatothers breathe This is allowed with awarning ACTION REQUESTED Approve program MOTION I move to approve the program AYES 

### Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Motion Supervisor Lambert CouncilmemberGruendl Mayor

Fichter CouncilmemberWhite Second NOES None ABSTAIN None ABSENT 

### Supervisor Connelly Vice MayorJohansson CouncilmemberThompson SupervisorYamaguchi
Motion Carries 8 APCO Report 

### Jim Wagoner provided a report on current areas of potential interest to the Board including airquality related activities atthe local and state level 

### The District currently has a grant program available to teachers of students 4th through 12th grade who engage theirstudents in environmental service projects The grant has two available project areas reducing energy use at schools or reducing traffic and pollution PGE along with Greenline Cycles and the Butte County Office of 

### Education is working with the District on this grant The District hopes the grant program will raise environmental awareness at the school level 

### The airquality monitor located in Paradise has been relocated from afire station tothe Cinema 7 on Clark Road the monitor is now up and running and is collecting data 

### Currently there is a statewide issue regarding Vapor recovery at retail gasoline stations Thefire marshal ordered the removal ofthe hold open latches on EST nozzles The order does not include all hold open latches but ones 

### specifictocertain typeofnozzle thatonly 16gasoline stations outof85 in Butte County useButte CountyAirQuality Management District

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### At a recent CAPCOA rural section meeting located in Sonora the Carol Moyer program was discussed along with 

### various potential diesel regulations and the possibility of EPA 105grants which could be used to helpthe District meet federal standards 

### In Augustthe Air Resources Board issued astudy based on a reportfrom the EPAon the estimates of premature deaths due to fine particle pollution in California The study estimated that 9 200 premature deaths happen each yeardue to air pollution 

### Supervisor Kirk asked whether any other air quality districts are actively promoting composting instead of open burning Ursula Parker replied thatshewould haveto gatherthatinformation Councilmember Gruendl stated that residents in Hamilton City have requested that open burning be prohibited but 

### the only way to do that is to provide alternative options The city is currentlyworking on a composting projectwith 

### Compost Solutions a group out of Orland Supervisor Kirk agreed that composting is a good alternative method and that she would like the Districtto lookfurther into composting options 

### Supervisor Kirk pointed outthatTransfer Flowwas having an open house Jim Wagon explained thatTransferFlow works on retrofit technology and they have come up with a cost effective retrofit that would meet compliance standards as long as certain requirements were metduring a source test There were no comments from the public ACTION REQUESTED Receive Report The Board took no action on this item
9 Other Business
None
10 Public Comment Period 

### Ward Habriel asked how manyofthe estimated deaths in the EPA s reportwere duetothe smoking ofcigarettes 

### ordueto previous medical conditions Jim Wagoner replied thatthestudyfactors in previous conditions and that the report is available onlinefordownloading and viewing
11 ADJOURNMENT 11 00 am

W J es Wag er Air Pollution Control Officer I hereby attestthat this is a true and correct copy ofthe action taken by the Butte County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors on September23 2010
ATTEST Clerk of e Governing Ward