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Statewide News

·      Current Air Quality In Yuba City

·      Click here to sign up for Air Quality Forecasts by email!

·    NEW!!!  The 2009 Smoke Management Plan is now available here.

·    The District is proud to be one of Breathe California's 2009 Clean Air Champions!  Please see their website for more information on this award here.

·     Burn restrictions within the Sutter Buttes restricted zone are in effect.

·     Wildfire Information: CDF incidents, CAPCOA's Smoke Impact Management, OEHHA's  Wildfire Guide and Safe Cleanup of Fire Ash.

·     Effective July 1, burning within CALFIRE and U.S. National Forest areas is suspended.
(Burn Info)

·     The Environmental Protection Agency announced new, more health-protective 8-Hour Ozone Standard on March 12, 2008.  To see the announcement, click here.  To see how the new standard influences the AQI, click here. 

·     Bike for your health and air quality.  Check here to see how bikeable your neighborhood is. More information about bicycling. 

·     Secondhand smoke linked to health risks in children & women.

 ·   Applications for Year 11 Carl Moyer Program are due April 2nd, 2010.  Details here

 ·   Woodstove Changeout Program-all vouchers are gone for this year's program.  More info here

 ·    The District has recently adopted amendments to Rule 10.1: New Source Review

 ·    The District has recently adopted amendments to Rule 3.17: Wood Heating Devices

 ·    The District is no longer accepting proposals for Blue Sky Grants.  Please see here for info on next year's program.

·     Request for Comments on Exceptional Event Demonstration for High Ozone in the Sacramento Federal Nonattainment Area Due to 2008 Wildfires available here.

·     The District office has moved to our new location:

      1007 Live Oak Blvd Suite B-3, Yuba City, CA  95991

      Phone numbers and email remain the same.

      Click here for a map to our new location.

·     District Rule 3.22: Internal Combustion Engines- The District Board of Directors adopted Rule 3.22 on June 1, 2009. For more info click here.

·     Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision was adopted by the District Board of Directors on June 1, 2009. For more info click here.

·     Gasoline Dispensing Facilities (GDFs) were required to install Phase II EVR by April 1, 2009. (Details)

·     The District launched a new webpage on March 6th, 2009, to inform residents about particle pollution.  To see the new page go here.

·     District Board of Directors adopted the Federal 8-hour Ozone Attainment Plan and Final EIR for South Sutter County at the Feb 2, 2009, Meeting (Details)

  ·    AGRICULTURAL ENGINE REGISTRATION PROGRAM - The district recently adopted a registration program for stationary and portable diesel engines used in Agricultural Operations. (Details)

·     The District is accepting Carl Moyer Program applications for Year 11 projects.

·      NEW!!! CAPCOA Climate Change Forum

·       Grant opportunity for heavy-duty diesel trucks through Voucher Incentive Program

·    Information on AQIP (AB 113) CARB's new grant/loan program 

·       New regulations for off-road and on-road diesel vehicles on CARB's website here.

·     Amended IC Engine ATCM.

·     Beware of Ozone-Generating Indoor "Air Purifiers."

·     The California Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality - 2006 is available now.

·     California Air Resources Board's Air Quality and Land Use Handbook