Bill Text: CA AB1686 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: South coast district: diesel generators: communication
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1686 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB1686-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1686 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jeffries
JANUARY 26, 2010
An act to add Section 40440.15 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1686, as introduced, Jeffries. South coast district: diesel
generators: communication facilities.
Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air
contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and
nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air
Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility
for the control of vehicular air pollution, and air pollution control
districts and air quality management districts with the primary
responsibility for the control of air pollution from all sources
other than vehicular sources. Existing law creates the South Coast
Air Quality Management District with jurisdiction over air quality
within the South Coast Air Basin, including in the Counties of Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino.
This bill would prohibit the South Coast Air Quality Management
District from imposing requirements, or engaging in actions, that
would prevent the operation, use, or maintenance of diesel-powered
generators that would provide either primary or back-up electricity
to specified facilities.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Santa Rosa Peak
Communication Site, the Sunnyslope Communication Site, and the Glen
Avon Communication Site.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 40440.15 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
40440.15. (a) The south coast district shall not impose a
requirement, or engage in an action, that would prevent the
operation, use, or maintenance of a diesel-powered generator that
would provide either primary or back-up electricity to any of the
following:
(1) The Santa Rosa Peak Communication Site.
(2) The Sunnyslope Communication Site.
(3) The Glen Avon Communication Site.
(b) This section shall be implemented in a manner consistent with
federal law.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique nature of the Santa Rosa Peak Communication
Site, the Sunnyslope Communication Site, and the Glen Avon
Communication Site.
