Public Notices

Notice of Public Review and Comment Opportunity

Google, LLC has applied to the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) to increase the permitted daily hours of operation for eight Emergency/Standby Diesel Generators at 301 Mentor Drive in Santa Barbara. The engines are used to provide backup power to their facility during emergency events. The engines are currently permitted to a maximum of 2 hours/day of operation, but this permitting action will increase that allowance to 4 hours/day to accommodate annual load testing requirements. You are receiving this notice because the engines are within 1,000 feet of the property boundary of St. Raphael School.

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Notice of Public Review and Comment Opportunity

Crestwood Behavioral Health, which is a mental health care facility, has applied to the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) to operate a linear generator at 303 South C Street in Lompoc, used to provide prime power to their facility. The location has property boundaries that are within 1,000 feet of the property boundary of Hapgood Elementary School.

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Notice of Exemption

For the purposes of review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the District’s Regulation VIII, New Source Review, the project consists of the actions described in District permits no. PTO 15962 01, PTO 15978 01, ATC 16435, ATC 16459, and ATC 16460. These permits authorize operations and equipment in support of the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of oil and gas wells associated with Platform Hogan and Platform Houchin.

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