EL DORADO COUNTY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

RULE 710 - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
(Adopted: April 13, 1981)

1. For hearings requested under Rule 519, the clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve a notice of the time and place of a hearing upon the Air Pollution Control Officer and upon the applicant or permittee affected, not less than ten (10) days prior to such hearing. In addition, such notice shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the District. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and such other information as may be necessary to reasonably apprise the people within the District of the nature and purpose of the hearing.
2. Except as stated in (A),(C),(D), and (E), in the case of a hearing to consider the application for a variance, the Clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve a notice of the time and place of a hearing upon the Air Pollution Control Officer, all other districts within the air basin, the Air Resources Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, the applicant or permittee, and every person who requests such a notice not less than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing. In addition, such notice shall be published in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation in the District at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing, and the place where the application, including any proposed conditions or schedule of increments of progress, is available for public inspection, and such other information as may be necessary to reasonably apprise the people within the District of the nature and purpose of the hearing.
3. For an application for a variance, or a series of variances, to be in effect for a period not more than ninety (90) days, the clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve a notice of the time and place of a hearing to grant such a variance upon the Air Pollution Control Officer, all other districts within the basin, the Air Resources Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and upon the applicant or permittee, not less than ten (10) days prior to such hearing.
4. For an application for interim variance, the clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing upon the Air Pollution Control Officer and upon the applicant.
5. For an application for an emergency variance, the clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve notice of the time and place of a hearing upon the Air Pollution Control Officer and upon the applicant.
6. The clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve a notice of the time and place of a hearing either by personal services or by first-class mail, postage prepaid. If either the address or identity of any person entitled to notice is unknown, the clerk shall serve such person by publication of notice in the District pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.
7. Sections 42450 through 42454 of the Health and Safety Code, Orders of Abatement, shall apply.
8. For an application for an appeal of denial of emission reduction certification or withdrawal, or for an application for an appeal of approval of innovative technology, the clerk of the Hearing Board shall serve reasonable notice of the time and the place of a hearing upon the Air Pollution Control Officer and upon the applicant.