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SLO County APCD CEQA Air Quality Handbook 2012 PERMIT CATEGORIES Businesses with the following equipment, operations or materials will require clearance from the Air Pollution Control District before obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy. Businesses which store, handle, or use hazardous materials will require clearance from the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department or San Luis Obispo County Environmental Health before obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy. CHEMICALS Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers Acid Chemical Milling Evaporators, Dryers, and Stills Processing Organic Materials Dry Chemical Mixing and storage COATINGS AND SURFACE PREPARATION Abrasive Blasting Equipment Coating and Painting (not housepainting) Paint, Stain, and Ink Manufacturing Printers COMBUSTION Piston Internal Combustion Engines (50 hp or larger) Incinerators and Crematories Boilers and Heaters (2 million BTU/hr or larger) ELECTRONICS Solder Levelers Wave Solder Machines Vapor Degreasers Fume Hood Scrubbers Electrolytic Plating Silicone Chip Manufacturing FOOD Smokehouses Feed and Grain Mills Coffee Roasters Bulk Flour and Grain Storage METALS Metal Melting Devices Hot Dip Galvanizing Cadmium or Chrome Plating Chromic Acid Anodizing PETROLEUM FUELS MARKETING Gasoline and Alcohol Bulk Plants and Terminals Gasoline and Alcohol Fuel Dispensing ROCK AND MINERAL Hot Asphalt Batch Plants Sand, Rock, and Aggregate Plants Concrete Batch, Concrete Mixers, and Silos Brick Manufacturing SOLVENT USE Vapor and Cold Degreasing Solvent and Extract Dryers Dry Cleaning OTHER Asphalt Roofing Tanks Aqueous Waste Neutralization Landfill Gas Flare or Recovery Systems Waste Disposal and Reclamation Units Grinding Booths and Rooms Oil Field Exploration or Production Plastic/Fiberglass Manufacturing Soil Aeration/Reclamation Storage of Organic Liquids Powder Coating Fiberglass Chopper Guns Waste Water Treatment Works EXAMPLES OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Ammonia Acids and Bases Chlorine Compressed Gases Corrosives Cryogenic Fluids Explosives Fertilizers Flammable Liquids and Solids Gasoline Hazardous Material Mixtures Herbicides Industrial Cleaners Infectious/Biological Materials Oxidizing Materials Paint Thinners Paints Pesticides Petroleum Products Poisons Pyrophoric/Hypergolic Materials Radioactives Solvents Waste Oils Water Reactives Welding Gases 4-4
SLO County APCD CEQA Air Quality Handbook 2012 NOTE: Other equipment not listed here that is capable of emitting air contaminants may require a San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Permit. If there are any questions, contact the APCD at (805) 781-5912. For information on Hazardous Materials located within the City of San Luis Obispo contact the San Luis Obispo Fire Department at (805) 781-7380. All other areas contact County Environmental Health at (805) 781-5544. IF YOU INSTALL AND/OR OPERATE EQUIPMENT WITHOUT A REQUIRED PERMIT, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO LEGAL ACTION AND PENALTIES OF UP TO $50,000 PER DAY FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION TIMELINE AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS I. Outside Agency (Planning Department) Responsibilities A. Planning Department distributes Development Plan (DP) Application Packet to applicant. This packet includes AB3205 information. B. Applicant completes the DP packet, and returns it to the Planning Department. C. Planning Department conducts initial screening of Hazardous Materials Questionnaire (hereafter referred to as the Questionnaire). This screening consists of reviewing the Questionnaire for answers to the following questions: 1. Will the intended occupant(s) install or use any of the equipment listed on attached list ("San Luis Obispo County APCD Permit Categories"). 2. Will the intended occupant store, handle, or use hazardous materials in any quantity? D. The Planning Department performs one of the following actions, based on the response to the questions listed in Section I.C. above: 1. If the answers to Questions #1 and #2 are NO, then this project is exempt from AB3205 requirements, and from APCD permitting action. The Planning Department can sign off on the Questionnaire, indicating that the project is exempt from further action under AB3205. This questionnaire is then retained as part of the project file maintained by the Planning Department. 2. If the answer to either Question #1 or Question #2 is YES, the questionnaire is forwarded to the APCD for further review. II. APCD Responsibilities APCD reviews the Questionnaires received from the Planning Department. Within 14 days, one of the following determinations will be made: A. If the answer to question 1 on the Facility Operations Questionnaire is NO and the APCD agrees, complete the appropriate boxes on the rest of the form and return to the Planning Department. B. If the answer to question 1 on the Facility Operations Questionnaire is NO but the APCD disagrees, continue to sections C and D below. C. APCD Permit Required/Exempt from AB3205 Requirements. 4-5
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