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Supervisor District 3

JAMES JOHANSSON VICE CHAIR

Vice Mayor Oroville

W James Wagoner

Air Pollution Control Officer

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SCOTT GRUENDL Butte County Air Quality Management District

Councilmember Chico Governing Board of Directors Meeting of JERRY ANN FICHTER

Mayor Gridley September 23 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 City of Chico David Lusk Senior AQ 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 of Oroville Joe DiDuca Paradise Town Council

Angela Thompson Councilmember City of Biggs Steve Schoonover Chico Enterprise Record

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 of Women sVoters

Ward Hariel BRSWALTF Paradise

1 Call to Order

Chair Kirk called the meeting to order at 10 am at the Town of Paradise Council Chambers 5555 Skyway

Paradise CA

2 Additions and Deletions to the Consent Agenda

Supervisor Dolan requested that item 36 be removed for discussion

Agenda Item 51

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3 Consent Agenda

31 By Consent Approve Minutes of the August 26 2010 Meeting of the Board of Directors

32 By Consent Accept and File Activity Report on Butte County Air Quality Management District activities

3 By Consent Accept and file Financial Status Report for Fiscal Year 20102011

34 By Consent Accept and File Status Report on Calendar of Events

35 By Consent Accept and File Executed Lease for District Office at 629 Entler Avenue Units 14 and 15

37 By Consent Approve Adjusted Vehicle Fixed Asset Expenditure

There were no comments from the public

Motion Approve Consent Agenda Items 31 through 35 and Item 37

AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert Councilmember Gruendl Mayor Fichter

Motion Councilmember White Second

NOES None

ABSTAIN None

ABSENT Supervisor Connelly Vice Mayor Johansson Councilmember Thompson Supervisor Yamaguchi

Motion Carries

4 Items removed from the Consent Agenda for Board consideration and action

36 By Consent Approve actions related to the relocation of the District offices

1 Office closure not to exceed three 3 days to facilitate relocating the District soffice to the new Entler

Avenue location

2 Fixed asset appropriation for new telephone system

Supervisor Dolan requested that the office not be closed and that the 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 adjustment so that the office remains open for service during the move

MOTION Move to approve the purchase of a new phone system

AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Motion Supervisor Lambert Councilmember Gruendl Mayor

Fichter Councilmember White Second

NOES None

ABSTAIN None

ABSENT Supervisor Connelly Vice Mayor Johansson Councilmember Thompson Supervisor Yamaguchi

Regular Agenda

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 Fees
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Ursula Parker provided a staff discussion 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 that open burning should not be permitted within 25 feet of an 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 Influence that are less than an acre

The recommended implementation date has been changed from November 1St 2010 to March 1st 2011

Public Hearing was opened at 1031 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 sburning habits Councilmember

White stated that Tom Batterton sconcern was not directly related to the public hearing but he could speak with him

directly concerning the issue after the meeting

Ward Habriel stated that after discussing 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 lot should 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 1041 am
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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 Consider Assembly Bill 2588 Air Toxics Hot Spots program annual report

David Lusk provided a report on Assembly Bill 2588 Air Toxics Hot Spots a state law that requires the District to

annually publish a report that shows the sources of air contaminants There are no significant changes from last

year and any programs the District has addressed as well as facilities that the District oversees are available for

viewing in the report

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

stated that the inventory has taken place since the early nineties and that the larger sources are updated annually

while the smaller sources are updated every 5 years

Public Hearing was opened at 1043 am

There were no comments from the public

Public Hearing was closed at 1044 am

ACTION REQUESTED Receive Report

MOTION I make a motion to receive the report

AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Supervisor Lambert Councilmember Gruendl Motion Mayor

Fichter Second Councilmember White

NOES None

ABSTAIN None

ABSENT Supervisor Connelly Vice Mayor Johansson Councilmember Thompson Supervisor Yamaguchi

Motion Carries

7 Approve voluntary Check Before You Light program for 20101 season

Jim Wagoner provided a report on the District sannual voluntary Check Before You Light Program

The program is in effect during the months November through February when poor air quality 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 by 2pm the previous day so residents will have plenty of notice to plan a course of action

The program is strictly voluntary and will be administered the same as the previous year The advisories will be
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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 sTwitter account and phone voicemail advisory hotline would be updated

with the advisories as well

Public Comments

Bill Haggerty requested that postcards be sent to residents in the Upper Ridge and Magalia to advise them of the

proposed burn regulation changes

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

many people to believe that the program is another way of having public rights taken away The Department of

Heath declared cigarette smoke as the worst type of smoke and that second hand smoke is declared as a toxin but

people still have the right to pollute their bodies and the air that others breathe This is allowed with a warning

ACTION REQUESTED Approve program

MOTION I move to approve the program

AYES Supervisor Kirk Supervisor Dolan Motion Supervisor Lambert Councilmember Gruendl Mayor

Fichter Councilmember White Second

NOES None

ABSTAIN None

ABSENT Supervisor Connelly Vice Mayor Johansson Councilmember Thompson Supervisor Yamaguchi

Motion Carries

8 APCO Report

Jim Wagoner provided a report on current areas of potential interest to the Board including air quality related

activities at the local and state level

The District currently has a grant program available to teachers of students 4th through 12th grade who engage

their students in environmental service projects The grant has two available project areas reducing energy use at

schools or reducing traffic and pollution PG E 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 air quality monitor located in Paradise has been relocated from a fire station to the Cinema 7 on Clark Road

the monitor is now up and running and is collecting data

Currently there is a state wide issue regarding Vapor recovery at retail gasoline stations The fire marshal ordered

the removal of the hold open latches on EST nozzles The order does not include all hold open latches but ones

specific to certain type of nozzle that only 16 gasoline stations out of 85 in Butte County use
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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 105 grants which could be used to help the District

meet federal standards

In August the Air Resources Board issued a study based on a report from the EPA on the estimates of premature

deaths due to fine particle pollution in California The study estimated that 9200 premature deaths happen each

year due to air pollution

Supervisor Kirk asked whether any other air quality districts are actively promoting composting instead of open

burning Ursula Parker replied that she would have to gather that information

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 currently working on a composting project with

Compost Solutions a group out of Orland Supervisor Kirk agreed that composting is a good alternative method

and that she would like the District to look further into composting options

Supervisor Kirk pointed out that Transfer Flow was having an open house Jim Wagon explained that Transfer Flow

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 met during 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 many of the estimated deaths in the EPA sreport were due to the smoking of cigarettes

or due to previous medical conditions Jim Wagoner replied that the study factors in previous conditions and that

the report is available online for downloading and viewing

11 ADJOURNMENT 1100 am

W J es Wag er Air Pollution Control Officer I hereby attest that this is a true and correct copy of the action taken

by the Butte County Air Quality Management District Board of

Directors on September 23 2010

ATTEST

Clerk of e Governing Ward