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 (opens in a new tab) (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

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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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Notice of Public Review and Request for Comments

Draft Federal Part 70 Permits for the Pacific Coast Energy Company Orcutt Hill and Casmalia Oil Fields Stationary Source The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) has issued sixteen (16) draft federal Part 70 permit to the Pacific Coast Energy Company – Orcutt Hill and Casmalia Oil Fields

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Notice of Public Review and Request for Comments

Draft Federal Part 70 Permits for the Sable Offshore – Santa Ynez Unit Stationary Source The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) has issued five (5) draft federal Part 70 permit to the Sable Offshore Santa Ynez Unit Stationary Source. The Santa Ynez Unit produces crude oil and

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Notice of Public Review and Request for Comments

Draft Federal Part 70 Permits for the Southern California Gas Company, La Goleta Stationary Source The Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) has issued a draft federal Part 70 permit to the Southern California Gas Company for the La Goleta Stationary Source, located at 1171 More Ranch Road

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Notice of Public Review and Comment Opportunity

Re: Operation of Emergency Standby Generators at 301 Mentor Drive En Español Google, LLC has applied to the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) to install and operate eight new Emergency/Standby Diesel Generators at 301 Mentor Drive in Santa Barbara. The engines will be used to provide backup

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Ship speed reduction lowers California coastal air pollution numbers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2024 Contact: Lyz Bantilan, Public Information Officer, Santa Barbara County APCD: (805) 979-8283 Ship speed reduction lowers California coastal air pollution numbers Environmental benefits include lower risk to whales, less ocean noise Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies vessel speed reduction (VSR) program announced results

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