AB 2588 'Hot Spots' Risk Reduction Audit and Plan

This page last reviewed July 23, 2008

The Air Resources Board (ARB) offers support for small and medium sized business to assist them in their efforts to reduce their toxic emissions and risk. As part of this effort, the ARB is in the process of developing risk reduction audit and plan guidelines pursuant to the requirements of Senate Bill 1731 (Calderon, 1992). The law requires facilities which are determined to present a significant risk to conduct a toxic risk reduction audit and develop a plan to implement measures to reduce that risk. Each district is responsible for establishing the risk value at which facilities must conduct a risk reduction audit and plan. The ARB is directed to assist smaller businesses in these efforts. The risk reduction audit and plan guidelines will provide industry with a menu of risk reduction compliance options. Currently the ARB has five source-specific risk reduction guidelines under development. The source categories covered by the specific guidelines include the following:



In addition, a General Guidance Document is also under development to help those facilities not covered by the specific guidelines. Please refer to the table below to download a copy of a particular risk reduction guideline or to get in contact by with the ARB staff person responsible for that guideline. To obtain a physical copy of any risk reduction guideline document, please contact, by email or phone, Linda Keifer at (916) 323-4327.