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I. GENERAL INFORMATION

District: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Rule No(s): 4692 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: Amended September 17, 2009

Rule Title(s): Commercial Charbroiling

Date Submitted to ARB: October 8, 2009

If an Amended Rule, Date Last Amended (or Adopted): March 21, 2002

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: Sandra Lowe-Leseth Phone Number: 559-230-5834 E-mail Address: sandra.loweleseth@valleyair.org

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

Rule 4692 was amended to reduce PM2.5 emissions from charbroilers. The rule accomplishes this by reducing 

the exemption threshold for chain-driven charbroilers. The exemption level changed from 875 pounds of meat 

per week to 400 pounds meat cooked per week. Owner/operators of smaller operations may be able to cook 

more than the 400 pounds of meat per week (but less than 875 pounds per week) if the total meat cooked for the 

last 12 months is less than 10,800 pounds.

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 implemented, will result in quantifiable changes in emissions. Attach reference(s) for emission factor(s) 

and other information. Attach calculation sheet showing how the emission information provided below was determined. 

Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A 

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Source Category: District 2008 PM2.5 Plan calls for emission reductions 

of 2.28 tons per day PM2.5 total for chain-driven and for under-fired charbroilers for Year 2011 and beyond.

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissions: Plan uses a 2001 emission inventory Area Affected: total 

air basin

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible): 

 
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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measure: District 2008 PM2.5 Plan shows 2.84 tons per day PM2.5 total in 

2009 for chain-driven and for under-fired charbroilers.

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the Control Measure: District 2008 PM2.5 Plan calls for emission 

reductions of 2.28 tons per day PM2.5 total for chain-driven and for under-fired charbroilers for Year 2011 and beyond.

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any): Staff calculated current baseline inventory of 0.072 tons PM2.5 per day for chaindriven charbroilers. See Appendix C of the Final Staff Report and the District's methodology for this source category for 

details of the calculation.

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed): PM2.5 emissions are expected to be reduced by 0.018 tons per 

day beginning January 2011 - only chain-driven charbroilers would be affected. See Appendix C of the Final Staff Report 

and the District's methodology for this source category for details of the calculation.

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluation Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emission forecasting and 

planning. 

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split 

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Sources Affected by this Amendment: 64

Percent in Nonattainment Area: 100% 

Number of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled: 0 Percent in Nonattainment Area: not applicable% 

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

necessary): not applicable

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Continuous? Yes No 

If Yes, Those Limits are in Section(s) 5.0 of the Rule. 

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Reductions are: not applicable

V. OTHER REQUIREMENTS

The Rule Contains: 

Emission Limits in Section(s): 5.0 Work Practice Standards in Section(s): 5.0

Recordkeeping Requirements in Section(s): 6.0 Reporting Requirements in Section(s): 6.0
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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN

 No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment 

Discussion: Shortfall in emission reductions is made up by other rule projects. Please see Final Staff Report for further 

discussion.