Prescribed Training Burn Planned for Mid-June

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2024 En Español Contacts: Aeron Arlin Genet, Air Pollution Control Officer, Santa Barbara County APCD, (805) 979-8282 Scott Safechuck, Public Information Officer, Santa Barbara County Fire, (805) 896-6336 Prescribed Training Burn Planned for Mid-June SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. —  The Santa Barbara County Fire Department

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Central Coast Agriculture to Pay APCD $1.3 Million Settlement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2024 Contact: Aeron Arlin Genet, APCD Executive Director and Air Pollution Control Officer: (805) 979-8282 or news@sbcapcd.org Central Coast Agriculture to Pay APCD $1.3 Million Settlement Settlement reached on Notices of Violation issued to Lompoc cannabis manufacturing facility SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Santa Barbara

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Notice of Public Review and Request for Comments

Air Monitoring Network Plan for Santa Barbara County The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) has prepared an annual air monitoring network plan for the county. The plan includes a statement of the purpose for each air monitor, and evidence that the siting and operation of each monitor

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APCD Hearing Board Agenda – June 5, 2024 – CANCELLED

Next APCD Hearing Board Meeting: June 5, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. CANCELLED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION (pdf) The June 5, 2024 regular meeting of the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board will not be held for the following reasons: Case No. 2023-05-M1 (Modification and Modification of Final Compliance

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Training Burns at VSFB Scheduled

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2024 En Español Contacts: Lyz Bantilan, Public Information Officer, Santa Barbara County APCD, (805) 979-8283 Jesse Hendricks, Prescribed Fire Burn Boss, Vandenberg SFB Fire Dept., (805) 606-5380 Patrick Harrower, Media Operations Chief, Space Launch Delta 30 Public Affairs, (805) 757-7398 Training Burns at VSFB Scheduled

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APCD Board Actions – May 16, 2024

Closed Session Conference with Labor Negotiators (Subdivision (a) of Gov. Code §54957.6). Unrepresented Employee: Air Pollution Control Officer. Agency-designated Representative: Jennifer Richardson, District Counsel. Conference with Legal Counsel-Anticipated Litigation (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Gov. Code §54956.9). Significant exposure to civil litigation: 1 case, based on these “facts and

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East Camino Cielo Prescribed Burn This Week

MEDIA ADVISORY May 16, 2024 En Español Contacts: Lyz Bantilan, Public Information Officer, Santa Barbara County APCD, (805) 979-8283 Andrew Madsen, Public Affairs Officer, Los Padres NF (805) 961-5759   East Camino Cielo Prescribed Burn This Week WHAT: Burn plots of 2-5 acres of previously cut brush and excess surface

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