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| Overview |
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The
purpose of the Fee Regulation is to recover State and local air
pollution control district costs of implementing and administering
the Air Toxics "Hot
Spots" Program. The fees assessed through
this regulation fund various ARB, OEHHA and district
activities. The fees are used to support State and local
activities to develop air toxics emission inventory guidelines, provide
emission inventory technical assistance, develop and maintain
a statewide air toxics emission inventory database, review and approve
air toxics emission inventories, prioritize facilities for health risk
assessment purposes, develop health risk assessment guidelines, review
and approve health risk assessments, implement public notification
requirements for facilities whose emissions present a significant
health risk, and implement risk reduction requirements and
risk reduction guidance to the facilities. |
| Annual Status Reports |
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The Annual Status Report on Fees and a list of fees
for each core and industrywide facility are shown below. |
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General Process for Assessing State Fees for each Fiscal Year:
September - ARB requests update of facility information from district.
November - District sends prioritization scores and HRA results to ARB, as well as adds/removes facilities from updated list.
December - ARB determines fee rate for each facility based on prioritization score and HRA result.
January - ARB publishes annual report and invoices each district for fee total.
February through April - District collects State fees from fee-paying facilities for ARB.
May - District requests waiver for any uncollected fees.
June - ARB grants waiver request. |
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| Future Fee Regulations |
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The "Hot Spots" Fee Regulation has been streamlined
for future fiscal years. The fee amounts for each risk level will
remain the same, but the annual process to approve those fees
has been altered. Instead of a new Fee Regulation every year, the ARB
will use the formula that has been used in previous
years to calculate fees for facilities in the "Hot Spots" Program. If
the State Facility Fee Rates that allow the ARB to calculate
fees must be changed, a formal Fee Regulation must then be adopted by
the Air Resources Board and approved by the Office of Administrative
Law. That means any changes to fee rates would have to go
through the regular public comment period with a notice sent to all
interested parties and stakeholders. |
| Fee Regulation for Fiscal Year
2001-2002 Approved by OAL June 10, 2002 |
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The
fee rates in the FY 01-02 Fee Regulation are currently being applied to
facilities subject to AB 2588 State fees. For the years between 2001 and 2008, the average State fee for a
fee-paying facility was between $35 and $200 per year.
At the October 25, 2001, Board hearing, the Board approved ARB staff's
proposal for amending the Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Fee Regulation for
fiscal year 2001-2002. Revisions were made to include updated facility
data submitted by the local air districts. These modifications were
made available on November 30, 2001, in a published document and were
available on this site for a 15-day public comment period. The ARB
received no written comments during the 15-day comment period. The
final package was filed with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on
April 26, 2002. |
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The
Staff Report for the proposed amendments
to the Fee Regulation, available since
September 7, 2001, contained the proposed amendments to the Fee
Regulation and the justification for those amendments, the revised
regulatory language, and the results of an economic
impact analysis of the proposed amendments. |
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For
more information on the Fee Regulation for fiscal year 2001-2002, visit
the ARB Office of Legal Affairs
Rulemaking Project Profiles page. |
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This
page last reviewed on January 28, 2008
Please
send questions or comments to: chalm@arb.ca.gov
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"Hot
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