California Air Resources Board

Joint Webinar: February 11, 2021
Proposed 15-Day Changes for CTR & "Hot Spots" EICG

CARB staff hosted a webinar to discuss proposed 15-day changes to the Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants (or CTR) and the AB 2588 Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines Regulation (EICG). The proposed modifications to CTR and EICG were presented in a joint webinar due to multiple common elements between the two programs.

During the workshop staff presented the proposed changes and answered questions about the changes. There is now a period for informal written comments to help refine the draft text prior to the official release of the proposed 15-day changes. Please submit comments via email by February 25, 2021.

• Presentation Slides
• Webinar Video Recording
• Questions Submitted During Webinar
• Workshop Notice
• Submit "Informal" Comments by 2/25/2021, to be used in preparing final 15-day modifications

"Informal" 15-day Modification Materials for Review

• INFORMAL Proposed 15-Day Modifications to the Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants

Joint Webinar: September 30, 2020
CTR & "Hot Spots" EICG Proposed Amendments

CARB staff hosted a webinar to discuss proposed amendments to the Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants (or CTR), as well as proposed amendments to the AB 2588 Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines Regulation (EICG). The proposed amendments to CTR and EICG were presented in a joint webinar due to multiple common elements between the two programs. Please see the materials below for additional information.

• Presentation Slides
• Webinar Video Recording
• Questions Submitted During Webinar
• Regulatory Documents including the Proposed Regulation Order and Staff Report
• Workshop Notice
• Phase-In Schedule Diagram: Illustrates the reporting schedule for industrial sectors subject to expanded applicability in the Criteria & Toxics Reporting Regulation (CTR) and the EICG Appendix A new chemicals list

2020 CTR Regulation Amendment Workshops - February 2020

CARB adopted the “Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants” (or CTR), which became effective on January 1, 2020. CARB staff held a series of workshops during February 2020, to discuss proposed amendments to CTR. Among other changes, the amendments to be considered would expand the applicability requirements and increase the number and types of facilities subject to emissions data reporting. Please see the Workshop Notice below for additional information.

• Public Comments Received Following Workshops
• Presentation Slides (full page, color)    Slides (2/page, B&W)
• Video Recording of Sacramento Workshop
• Preliminary Draft Regulation Amendments
• Workshop Notice

Archive: 2018 Regulation Development Workshops

Comments Received during 2018-2019 rulemaking process

Third Workshops: March 2019 - Proposed "15-Day" Revisions

During December 2018, CARB adopted the newly established “Regulation for the Reporting of Criteria Air Pollutants and Toxic Air Contaminants” (or CTR Regulation). However, prior to finalizing the regulation, the Board directed CARB staff to consider modifications to the CTR applicability criteria in order to require reporting from additional facilities which may pose community-level, cumulative, and other air quality and health impacts. 

To discuss the potential updates to the applicability requirements of the regulation, as well as other proposed updates based on comments received, CARB staff hosted a series of workshops from March 5^th through March 14^th, 2019, to share the draft “15-day” revisions to the regulation. Workshop materials and written comments comments received following the workshops are available below.

• Workshop Notice
• Presentation Slides
• Presentation Speaking Script
• Video Recording of Sacramento Workshop
• Regulation Text: Proposed "15-Day" Revisions

Second Workshops: July-August 2018

• Workshop Notice
• Presentation Slides
• Preliminary Draft Regulation Text
• Video Recording of Sacramento Webcast, July 30

First Workshops: May-June 2018

• Workshop Notice 
• Presentation Slides
• Outline of Proposed Regulation
• Video Recording of Sacramento Webcast, May 30

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Background

Among other provisions, SB 1 states that as of January 1, 2020, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) must check that vehicles are compliant with, or exempt from, CARB’s Truck and Bus Regulation prior to being registered to operate in California. Separate from SB 1 provisions, CARB can also place registration holds on vehicles if they do not meet applicable regulatory requirements when enforcing the Truck and Bus Regulation. These processes help create a level playing field for businesses operating in California and ensure the emissions benefits envisioned by the regulation are achieved.

SB 1 also sets a useful life period for commercial vehicles, precluding CARB from requiring, via potential future regulations, commercial vehicle retirement, replacement, retrofit, or repower until 13 years or 800,000 miles with a maximum of 18 years from the model year the engine and emission control system are first certified. SB 1 directed CARB, by January 1, 2025, to report to the Legislature on the impact of the useful life provisions on efforts to meet State and local clean air goals.

To inform the development of this report, CARB staff entered into a two-year contract with University of California, Berkeley. The contract began in June 2022 and will explore strategies to further reduce pollutant emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. Specific tasks include: (1) a synthesis of current market conditions affecting truck ownership and scrappage, and (2) a qualitative assessment of policies to accelerate scrappage of old trucks and promote zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle adoption.