40410-40414

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 40410-40414




40410.  There is hereby created the South Coast Air Quality
Management District in those portions of the Counties of Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino included within the area of
the South Coast Air Basin, as described in Section 60104 of Title 17
of the California Administrative Code, as now or hereafter amended.




40410.5.  (a) There is hereby established within the south coast
district a sensitive zone, which shall include the general forecast
areas known as the San Gabriel/Pomona Valleys and the Riverside/San
Bernardino areas.
   (b) In addition to every other requirement for the issuance of a
permit, the following requirements shall be applicable to the
issuance of a permit by the south coast district for the construction
or operation of any stationary source within the sensitive zone:
   (1) When emission offsets are required to mitigate the air quality
impacts of a stationary source, the offsets shall be secured by the
applicant so as to bring about ambient air quality improvements
within the sensitive zone. The applicant shall be required to
demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the south coast district, that
any emissions reductions acquired from stationary sources operating
within the South Coast Air Basin will result in a demonstrable net
ambient air quality improvement within the sensitive zone.
   (2) In considering an application for a permit to construct or
operate a stationary source, the south coast district board shall, in
addition to making a finding and determination that the impacts of
the stationary source will be mitigated so as to result in a net
improvement in ambient air quality within the South Coast Air Basin,
also make a finding and determination that the impacts of the
stationary source can be mitigated so as to result in a net
improvement in ambient air quality within the sensitive zone.
   (c) The south coast district board shall adopt rules and
regulations to implement this section by January 1, 1991.



40411.  (a) The south coast district board may, by resolution,
include all or part of the County of Santa Barbara or the County of
Ventura within the south coast district, upon receipt of a resolution
from the appropriate board of supervisors requesting inclusion.
   (b) The inclusion of the county, or portion thereof, as the case
may be, shall take effect at the commencement of the first quarter
commencing at least 60 days after the adoption of the resolution.
   (c) A copy of the resolution of approval shall be sent by the
south coast district board to the board of supervisors and the state
board.


40412.  The south coast district shall be the sole and exclusive
local agency within the South Coast Air Basin with the responsibility
for comprehensive air pollution control, and it shall have the duty
to represent the citizens of the basin in influencing the decisions
of other public and private agencies whose actions might have an
adverse impact on air quality in the basin.



40413.  The board of supervisors of a county that is only included
in part within the south coast district may, by resolution, request
the south coast district board to have that area of the county not
included within the South Coast Air Basin included in the south coast
district, or the board of supervisors may request to contract with
the south coast district to perform air pollution control functions
in that area of the respective county not within the South Coast Air
Basin. The south coast district board may, by resolution, agree to
(1) have that area of the county not included within the South Coast
Air Basin included in the south coast district, or (2) perform air
pollution control functions for that area of the county not included
within the South Coast Air Basin, or both (1) and (2).




40414.  No provision of this chapter shall constitute an
infringement on the existing authority of counties and cities to plan
or control land use, and no provision of this chapter shall be
interpreted as providing or transferring new authority over such land
use to either the south coast district, the Southern California
Association of Governments, or the state board.