Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 § 70500

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section 70500 - Transport Identification

(a) Purpose.

This regulation identifies the areas in which transported air pollutants from upwind areas cause or contribute to a violation of the state ambient air quality standard for ozone and the areas of origin of the transported pollutants. All areas identified in the table are air basins except as otherwise specifically described and defined.

(b) Definitions.

(1) "California Coastal Waters" includes the area between the California coastline and a line starting at the California-Oregon border at the Pacific Ocean; thence to 42.0 degrees North, 125.5 degrees West; thence to 41.0 degrees North, 125.5 degrees West; thence to 40.0 degrees North, 125.5 degrees West; thence to 39.0 degrees North, 125.0 degrees West; thence to 38.0 degrees North, 124.5 degrees West; thence to 37.0 degrees North, 123.5 degrees West; thence to 36.0 degrees North, 122.5 degrees West; thence to 35.0 degrees North, 121.5 degrees West; thence to 34.0 degrees North, 120.5 degrees West; thence to 33.0 degrees North, 119.5 degrees West; thence to 32.5 degrees North, 118.5 degrees West; and ending at the California-Mexican border at the Pacific Ocean.

(2) "Upper Sacramento Valley" includes the Colusa, Butte, Glenn, Tehama, and Shasta County Air Pollution Control Districts, and that area of the Feather River Air Quality Management District, which is north of a line connecting the northern border of Yolo County to the southwestern tip of Yuba County, and continuing along the southern Yuba County border to Placer County.

(3) "Broader Sacramento Area" includes the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District; the Yolo-Solano Air Pollution Control District; the portions of the El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District included in 1990 U.S. Census Tracts 306.01, 307, 308.01, 308.02, 308.03, 308.04, 309.01, 309.02, 310, 311, 312, 315.01, and 315.02; and the portions of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District included in 1990 U.S. Census Tracts 203, 204, 205, 206.01, 206.02, 206.03, 207.01, 207.02, 207.03, 208, 209, 210.01, 210.02, 211.01, 211.02, 212, 213.01, 213.02, 214, 215.01, 215.02, 216, 218.01, and 218.02; and that area of the Feather River Air Quality Management District which is south of a line connecting the northern border of Yolo County to the southwestern tip of Yuba County, and continuing along the southern Yuba County border to Placer County.

(c) Transport Identification Table

*OZONE IMPACTED BY TRANSPORT:*	*AREAS OF ORIGIN OF TRANSPORT:*
1. North Central Coast	San Francisco Bay Area
	San Joaquin Valley
2. South Central Coast	South Coast
	California Coastal Waters
	San Joaquin Valley
	San Francisco Bay Area
3. South Coast	South Central Coast
4. San Diego	South Coast
	Mexico
5. Upper Sacramento Valley	Broader Sacramento Area
6. Broader Sacramento Area	San Francisco Bay Area
	San Joaquin Valley
7. San Joaquin Valley	San Francisco Bay Area
	Broader Sacramento Area
8. Great Basin Valleys	San Joaquin Valley
9. Mojave Desert	South Coast
	San Joaquin Valley
	Mexico
10. San Francisco Bay Area	Broader Sacramento Area
11. Mountain Counties	Broader Sacramento Area
	San Joaquin Valley
	San Francisco Bay Area
12. Salton Sea	South Coast
	Mexico
13. North Coast	San Francisco Bay Area

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 70500

1. New section filed 4-9-90; operative 5-9-90 (Register 90, No. 15).
2. Amendment of subsections (b)(2)-(3) filed 5-11-93; operative 6-10-93 (Register 93, No. 20).
3. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 8-8-94; operative 9-7-94 (Register 94, No. 32).
4. Editorial correction of subsection (b)(3) (Register 97, No. 35).
5. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 8-27-97; operative 9-26-97 (Register 97, No. 35).
6. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 4-22-2002; operative 5-22-2002 (Register 2002, No. 17).
7. Editorial correction of subsection (c) (Register 2008, No. 12).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601 and 39610(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 39610(a), Health and Safety Code.