Public Notice – Air Quality Regulatory Measures that May Be Adopted or Amended in 2025

For a pdf of this public notice, please click here.

State law (Health and Safety Code §40923) requires the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) to publish a list of rules and regulatory measures scheduled for consideration each year. These rules are proposed in order to implement state and federal mandates to reduce air pollution in Santa Barbara County. Before the adoption or amendment of any rule, the District publishes a notice in a local newspaper and holds a public hearing to accept comments from affected businesses and other interested parties.


The following rules are tentatively proposed to be adopted in 2025:

Rule # Title
1002 Asbestos Demolition and Renovation


The following rules are included in case adoption or amendment is needed during 2025:

Rule # Title
102 Definitions
201 Permits Required
202 Exemptions to Rule 201
312 Open Fires
316 Storage and Transfer of Gasoline
321 Solvent Cleaning Machines and Solvent Cleaning
323.1 Architectural Coatings
339 Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Coating Operations
341 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
351 Surface Coating of Wood Products
401 Agricultural and Prescribed Burning
901 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
1001 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)

If you would like to check on the status of a rule, please visit the District’s website at www.ourair.org/rules-and-regs/. For more information, contact Tim Mitro at (805) 979-8329.