Section 42316 Of Article 1. Permits From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
42316
. (a) The Great Basin Air Pollution Control District may
require the City of Los Angeles to undertake reasonable measures,
including studies, to mitigate the air quality impacts of its
activities in the production, diversion, storage, or conveyance of
water and may require the city to pay, on an annual basis, reasonable
fees, based on an estimate of the actual costs to the district of
its activities associated with the development of the mitigation
measures and related air quality analysis with respect to those
activities of the city. The mitigation measures shall not affect the
right of the city to produce, divert, store, or convey water and,
except for studies and monitoring activities, the mitigation measures
may only be required or amended on the basis of substantial evidence
establishing that water production, diversion, storage, or
conveyance by the city causes or contributes to violations of state
or federal ambient air quality standards.
(b) The city may appeal any measures or fees imposed by the
district to the state board within 30 days of the adoption of the
measures or fees. The state board, on at least 30 days' notice, shall
conduct an independent hearing on the validity of the measures or
reasonableness of the fees which are the subject of the appeal. The
decision of the state board shall be in writing and shall be served
on both the district and the city. Pending a decision by the state
board, the city shall not be required to comply with any measures
which have been appealed. Either the district or the city may bring a
judicial action to challenge a decision by the state board under
this section. The action shall be brought pursuant to Section 1094.5
of the Code of Civil Procedure and shall be filed within 30 days of
service of the decision of the state board.
(c) A violation of any measure imposed by the district pursuant to
this section is a violation of an order of the district within the
meaning of Sections 41513 and 42402.
(d) The district shall have no authority with respect to the water
production, diversion, storage, and conveyance activities of the
city except as provided in this section. Nothing in this section
exempts a geothermal electric generating plant from permit or other
district requirements.