California Air Resources Board

CARB 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, CARB has developed 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. CARB is directed to assist smaller businesses in these efforts.

The risk reduction audit and plan guidelines provide industry with a menu of risk reduction compliance options. CARB has four source-specific risk reduction guidelines as shown in table below. In addition, a General Guidance Document is available 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. 

Risk Reduction Audits and Plans