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Since 1955 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has served as a regional agency regulating stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories, industrial sites and gasoline stations. We also monitor asbestos removal during renovation and demolition.

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BAAQMD Webcasts

Upcoming Webcasts

Workshop on Proposed Amendments to Regulation 2: Permits to be Webcast live from 10:00am to 12:00pm on 2/22/2012.
More Information:
Workshop Notice
(521 k PDF, 5 pgs)
Rule Workshops

Recent Webcasts

The Particulate Matter Workshop is available as a Webcast archive.
Meeting Presentation:
Reducing Particulate Matter in the SF Bay Area
(4 MB PDF, 49 pgs)
More Information:
Particulate Matter Planning

12/14/2011 Board of Directors Special Meeting
More Information:
12/14/2011 Agenda
(545 k PDF, 23 pgs)
Board Archives:
Agendas, Minutes and Media

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Authority to Construct / Permit to Operate

Any person or facility that puts in place, builds, erects, installs, modifies, modernizes, alters or replaces any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance, the use of which may cause, reduce or control the emission of air contaminants, shall first secure written authorization from the District in the form of an Authority to Construct, unless the source is specifically excluded or exempt from permit requirements. The District’s permit process is a pre-construction review and approval process. The District’s review is conducted after the equipment is designed, but before it is installed. This is because it is less costly and more efficient to fix a non-complying design than to retrofit or replace non-complying equipment that has already been installed. The pre-construction review for new and modified sources applies to both stationary and portable sources of emissions that do not qualify for a permit exemption.

 

Last Updated: 10/4/2010