Joaquin Arambula
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 31
Author
Existing law generally designates local air districts with primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources other than vehicular sources. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to coordinate air pollution control activities throughout the state and to ensure that the entire state is, or will be, in compliance with state standards, to review a district's attainment plan, and any revised plan, to determine whether the plan will achieve and maintain the state's ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date, to review the rules, regulations, and programs submitted by an air district to determine whether they are sufficiently effective to achieve and maintain the state ambient air quality standards, and to review the enforcement practices of a district to determine whether reasonable action is being taken to enforce the district's programs, rules, and regulations. Existing law authorizes the state board, if, after a public hearing, it finds that a program or the rules and regulations of an air district will not likely achieve and maintain the state's ambient air quality standards, to establish a program, or portion thereof, or rules and regulations it deems necessary to enable the air district to achieve and maintain ambient air quality standards. This bill would require the state board, if the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District does not receive a determination of attainment from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for a national ambient air quality standard established by the agency pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act by the applicable attainment date for that standard, to undertake certain activities, including coordinating with the district and community-based organizations in the district and conducting outreach to under-resourced communities in the district to identify gaps in the state implementation plan and the district's attainment plan, rules, regulations, programs, and enforcement practices that impact the district's ability to attain and maintain that ambient air quality standard. This bill would require the state board to conduct at least one public hearing in the district regarding the district's attainment plan, and would require the state board to solicit public comment on specified topics, including the state board's review of the district's attainment plan, rules, regulations, programs, and enforcement practices, data regarding stationary sources in the district, including monitoring and enforcement of those sources, and the state board's plan to coordinate with the district to provide additional monitoring and enforcement capacity for stationary sources in the district. The bill would require the state board, after the final public hearing, to draft, and post on its internet website, a report that includes an outline of the program, or portion thereof, or rules or regulations that the state board deems necessary for the district to attain and maintain that national ambient air quality standard and a summary of, and response to, all public comments received by the state board. The bill would require the state board, after finalizing the report and based on the findings in the report, to develop the program, or portion thereof, or rules or regulations that the state board deems necessary for the district to attain and maintain that national ambient air quality standard. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 5126.).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 15.).
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 11).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15).
6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 19. Page 5031.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 25).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2550 | HTML |
| 02/17/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/19/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/28/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/21/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/22 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/22- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 05/10/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/12/22- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 07/29/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/17/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/25/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/27/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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