CARB to Review San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s Emission Reduction Credit Program
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The California Air Resources Control Board (CARB), in response to a petition from the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQC), has agreed to review the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s (SJVAPCD) Emission Reduction Credit Program (ERC). CVAQC claims a substantial number of ERC certificates are potentially invalid and that gaps in publicly available information make a complete review impractical. CARB granted the CVAQC petition and requested an audit of SJVAPCD’s ERC Program, and the District agreed to cooperate. CARB’s review of SJVAPCD’s ERC Program is intended to examine the District’s equivalency determinations within the context of the District’s broader program for reducing emissions from stationary sources. These sources include permitting and other regulatory requirements and New Source Review, a title applied to programs regulating the new construction of, and/or modifactions to, industrial sources that emit, or will emit, air pollutants.
CARB expects to release a draft report of its findings in August of this year.
For more information, contact John Larrea.
