| The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff invites you to participate in a joint community meeting to discuss concepts to control pollution from large freight facilities and reduce exposure in neighborhoods most impacted by air pollution. CARB staff from the Freight Transport Branch and the Office of Community Air Protection are co-hosting this joint meeting to talk with residents living in communities near seaports, railyards, warehouses, distribution centers, border crossings, and facilities that emit high concentrations of toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollutants. Community members can get information about regulatory actions already underway, the development of new concepts to reduce the air pollution and health impacts from freight, and the implementation and development process to reduce harmful air emissions with the Community Air Protection Program. Background
In March 2017, the Board heard public testimony on the South Coast Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD's) Plan and CARB's Mobile Source Strategy for the State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Board adopted Resolutions 17-7 and 17-8, as well as an addendum that provided additional direction to staff, including: Within 12 months, "…staff shall return to the Board with concepts for an indirect source rule to control pollution from large freight facilities including ports, railyards, warehouses, and distribution centers, as well as any identified alternatives capable of achieving similar levels of emission reductions…" This process involves stakeholder outreach, including formal workshops and informal meetings, to identify potential options for reducing emissions from freight facilities and to understand the relative pros and cons. CARB staff will present concepts to the Board in March 2018. These CARB freight-related activities will also work in concert with the ongoing work to implement Assembly Bill 617 (C. Garcia, Statutes of 2017), which will establish guidance for the development and implementation of community reduction plans focused on reducing exposures in the neighborhoods most impacted by pollution. San Diego Community Meeting The Community Meeting will be held at the location and date shown below. This meeting will begin with a brief welcome and overview of the issues at hand, then convene with multiple breakout sessions where participants can gather in smaller groups to discuss their views and raise questions with CARB staff. DATE: November 28, 2017
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center
140 East 12th Street
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