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Chapter 7. Expedited Air Quality Improvement Program For Electrical Generation of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
interests of the people of the State of California to ensure that the
state board establish a unified, coordinated, and expedited process
for districts to retrofit electrical generating facilities in a
manner that protects public health and the environment and that
complies fully with applicable federal and state statutes and
regulations.
On or before July 1, 2002, the state board, in consultation
with air quality management districts, air pollution control
districts, and the Independent System Operator, shall establish a
schedule for the retrofit of electric generation facilities pursuant
to retrofit criteria and procedures established under the federal
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or this division. The
schedule shall require completion of any mandated retrofits by
December 31, 2004, or such later date as the state board, in
consultation with the Independent System Operator, air pollution
control districts, air quality management districts, and the owners
and operators of electrical generating facilities determines is
necessary to maintain electric system reliability. Nothing in this
section is intended to require the retrofit of a generation facility
that could not be required to be retrofitted by an air quality
management district or air pollution control district under the law
in effect on the effective date of the act adding this chapter during
the 2001-02 First Extraordinary Session. The state board shall
suspend the deadline for the completion of a retrofit of an
electrical generation unit scheduled pursuant to this section if it
determines all of the following:
(a) The owner of the generation unit proposes to replace or repower the generation unit in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
(b) The owner has filed the necessary applications for permits for such replacement or repower prior to the suspension of the deadline for the completion of the required retrofits.
(c) The owner is diligently proceeding with the replacement or repower of the unit and the state board determines that the replacement or repower will be completed.
(a) The owner of the generation unit proposes to replace or repower the generation unit in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
(b) The owner has filed the necessary applications for permits for such replacement or repower prior to the suspension of the deadline for the completion of the required retrofits.
(c) The owner is diligently proceeding with the replacement or repower of the unit and the state board determines that the replacement or repower will be completed.
On or before July 1, 2001, the state board shall implement a
program for tracking the emission reduction credits made available
by the program required under Section 39915, and for facilitating the
banking, trading, and purchasing of those credits in order to
expedite the construction of new, clean generating facilities in the
state. The state board shall establish criteria for the development
of a state emission reduction credits bank, which shall ensure that a
specified percentage of emission reduction credits created pursuant
to section 39915 be contributed to the bank for the purpose of making
emission reduction credits available for new, clean generation
capacity.
(a) The state board shall, not later than January 1, 2004,
in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, any other state
agency the state board determines is appropriate, affected indoor
emission sources, and interested members of the public, provide a
report to the Legislature summarizing all of the following:
(1) The best scientific information available including, but not limited to, the most recent empirical data, on indoor air pollution including, but not limited to, air contaminants that have been identified as toxic air contaminants pursuant to Sections 39655, 39657, or 39660, or air contaminants for which the state board has adopted ambient air quality standards.
(2) The potential adverse effects of indoor air pollution exposure on public health in the state, including, but not limited to, vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, elderly persons, infants, and children, based upon the information described in paragraph (1).
(3) Readily available information about the effects of existing regulations and current industry practices in mitigating those exposures.
(4) A listing that references work performed by other state or federal entities regarding biological and radiological substances, including a summary of activities conducted by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 26100) of Division 20.
(b) The report described in subdivision (a) shall include all of the following:
(1) A list of indoor air pollutants that are described in the summaries provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a).
(2) A list of indoor air pollutants, as defined in Section 39013, ranked in groups designated as high, medium, and lower priorities, that the state board has determined, based upon empirical data or other scientific information, are likely to have the most significant adverse impacts on human health through exposures in schools, nonindustrial workplaces, homes, and other indoor locations, and the probable source categories for these pollutants.
(3) An analysis of the indoor emissions, indoor exposures, and potential health effects from the indoor source categories described in paragraph (1), and options for mitigating those health effects in schools, nonindustrial workplaces, homes, and other indoor locations, including, but not limited to, a discussion of the feasibility and public health effects of implementing each option.
(4) A description of options for schools and school districts to improve indoor air quality in public schools. The state board shall develop these options in consultation with representatives from school district facility departments, school district maintenance departments, and statewide educational organizations.
(c) (1) The state board shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, the University of California, the California State University, or a similar institution of higher learning that has scientific expertise, any combination of those entities, or with a scientist or group of scientists of comparable stature and qualifications that is recommended by the President of the University of California, to conduct an external scientific peer review of the scientific basis for the report described in subdivision (a).
(2) The state board may not submit the report to the Legislature until all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The draft report is submitted to the external scientific peer review entity described in paragraph (1) for evaluation.
(B) The external scientific peer review entity, within the timeframe agreed upon by the board and the external scientific peer review entity, prepares written comments that contain an evaluation of the scientific basis for the draft report. If the state board disagrees with any aspect of the findings of the external scientific peer review entity, the state board shall include as part of the final report, an explanation of its basis for arriving at that determination, including, but not limited to, the reasons that the state board determined that the report was based on sound scientific knowledge, methods, and practices.
(d) The state board shall present and review the content of the report described in subdivision (a) at a public meeting prior to providing the report to the Legislature.
(1) The best scientific information available including, but not limited to, the most recent empirical data, on indoor air pollution including, but not limited to, air contaminants that have been identified as toxic air contaminants pursuant to Sections 39655, 39657, or 39660, or air contaminants for which the state board has adopted ambient air quality standards.
(2) The potential adverse effects of indoor air pollution exposure on public health in the state, including, but not limited to, vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, elderly persons, infants, and children, based upon the information described in paragraph (1).
(3) Readily available information about the effects of existing regulations and current industry practices in mitigating those exposures.
(4) A listing that references work performed by other state or federal entities regarding biological and radiological substances, including a summary of activities conducted by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 26100) of Division 20.
(b) The report described in subdivision (a) shall include all of the following:
(1) A list of indoor air pollutants that are described in the summaries provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a).
(2) A list of indoor air pollutants, as defined in Section 39013, ranked in groups designated as high, medium, and lower priorities, that the state board has determined, based upon empirical data or other scientific information, are likely to have the most significant adverse impacts on human health through exposures in schools, nonindustrial workplaces, homes, and other indoor locations, and the probable source categories for these pollutants.
(3) An analysis of the indoor emissions, indoor exposures, and potential health effects from the indoor source categories described in paragraph (1), and options for mitigating those health effects in schools, nonindustrial workplaces, homes, and other indoor locations, including, but not limited to, a discussion of the feasibility and public health effects of implementing each option.
(4) A description of options for schools and school districts to improve indoor air quality in public schools. The state board shall develop these options in consultation with representatives from school district facility departments, school district maintenance departments, and statewide educational organizations.
(c) (1) The state board shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, the University of California, the California State University, or a similar institution of higher learning that has scientific expertise, any combination of those entities, or with a scientist or group of scientists of comparable stature and qualifications that is recommended by the President of the University of California, to conduct an external scientific peer review of the scientific basis for the report described in subdivision (a).
(2) The state board may not submit the report to the Legislature until all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The draft report is submitted to the external scientific peer review entity described in paragraph (1) for evaluation.
(B) The external scientific peer review entity, within the timeframe agreed upon by the board and the external scientific peer review entity, prepares written comments that contain an evaluation of the scientific basis for the draft report. If the state board disagrees with any aspect of the findings of the external scientific peer review entity, the state board shall include as part of the final report, an explanation of its basis for arriving at that determination, including, but not limited to, the reasons that the state board determined that the report was based on sound scientific knowledge, methods, and practices.
(d) The state board shall present and review the content of the report described in subdivision (a) at a public meeting prior to providing the report to the Legislature.
