SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT

RULE 6110 - EPISODE ACTION STAGE 3 (EMERGENCY)
(Adopted May 21, 1992, Amended December 17, 1992)

1.0 Requirements

Upon the following declaration of this Stage, the APCO shall take the following actions or any combination of actions in the source and receptor areas:

1.1 The actions required by Rule 6100 (Episode Action Stage 2 (Warning)).

1.2 Oxidant

1.2.1 Implement the Stage 3 oxidant traffic abatement plans as required by Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans).

1.2.2 Implement the Stage 3 oxidant stationary source abatement plans as required by Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans).

1.3 Carbon Monoxide

1.3.1 Implement the Stage 3 carbon monoxide traffic abatement plans as required by Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans).

1.3.2 Implement the Stage 3 carbon monoxide stationary source abatement plans as required by Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans).

1.4 Review abatement action and determine if curtailment plans should include additional industrial sources and the closing of all but essential business where continued operation would result in emissions that contribute to the episode.

1.5 If it appears that the steps taken by the APCO will be inadequate to cope with the emergency, the Air Pollution Control Board shall request action of the Executive Officer of the ARB.

1.5.1 The Office of Emergency Services and the ARB shall evaluate actions that have been taken and jointly advise the Governor of the conditions and shall recommend to the Governor whether or not further actions under the Emergency Services Act should be taken.

1.5.2 If it is determined that further action is necessary, the Office of Emergency Services shall activate its predetermined procedures in accordance with the applicable portion of the State Peacetime Emergency Plan developed pursuant to the Emergency Services Act.

1.6 Persons operating any facility named in Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans) shall implement the appropriate plans submitted in accordance with Rule 6130 (Stationary Source Curtailment Plans and Traffic Abatement Plans).

1.7 The general public, schools, and industrial, business, commercial, and governmental activities throughout the San Joaquin Valley shall operate as though the day were a major national holiday.