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WARNING: Significant Changes to SCAQMD Air Toxics Program, AB2588

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1402: “Control of Toxic Air Contaminants from Existing Sources” is under revision! This rule controls SCAQMD’s Assembly Bill (AB) 2588 program, and your facility has been identified as one that is required to submit a toxics emission inventory every four years. The revised rule may result in additional reporting requirements, additional costs to reduce toxic emissions, and public notification. 
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Will my facility be affected?
SCAQMD will send a letter to certain facilities required to submit an AB2588 toxics emissions inventory every four years depending on the quantity and type of toxic emissions. Whether or not you receive a letter depends on the risk level associated with your facility’s toxic air contaminant emissions. SCAQMD’s risk level designations are summarized below:

Cancer Risk Level	≥ 100	​25-100	10-25	< 10
Will I Receive a Letter?	Yes	Maybe	Maybe	No

Due to the 2015 OEHHA Risk Assessment Guidelines, risk scores may have increased even if emissions have not. Your facility’s score may exceed 10 or 25 as a result of the new guidelines.
The number of facilities between 10 and 100 that receive letters will depend on SCAQMD’s workload and capacity.

What's required under revised rule 1402?
If your facility receives a letter, you must:

• Prepare and submit an Air Toxics Inventory Report (ATIR);
• Perform and submit a Health Risk Assessment (HRA);
• Prepare, submit, and implement a Risk Reduction Plan (RRP); and
• Notify the public of potential health risks associated with facility emissions

Within the RPP, you must outline a strategy for reducing the facility-wide risk to below the Risk Action Level (25). Strategies often include purchasing and installing new pollution control equipment, implementation of process changes, or decreasing production.

When will I need to act?
Finalization of the rule is expected to occur in October 2016, and letters are expected to be sent out shortly after.

How Alta Environmental Can Help

Alta Environmental has over 20 years of experience in SCAQMD air toxics and permitting programs and can assist facilities in:

• Toxic emission inventory review to eliminate over-reporting of toxic emissions and potentially avoid AB2588 requirements;
• ATIRs, HRAs, and RRP preparation;
• Public Notification; and
• Risk reduction strategy and implementation.

For more information contact Chris Waller at (888) 608-3010, email us at info@altaenviron.com