IMPERIAL COUNTY AIR POLLUTION

CONTROL DISTRICT

AB 617

CALEXICO-HEBER

EL CENTRO CORRIDOR

SUCCESSES & HIGHLIGHTS

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Establishment • Over 60 Applications

Recieved

• 15 Member Community Steering Committee (Total of 30 Members)

• Co-Chairs: ICAPCO Matt Dessert and Comite Civico del Valle CEO Luis Olmedo

AB 617 CSC Members

2018-2019

Representing Members Alternates

Co-Chair (APCD) Matt Dessert Reyes Romero

Co-Chair {CCV} Luis Olmedo Humberto Lugo

Community Corridor Mersedes Martinez Rosa Guerrero

Community Corridor Dora Alvarez Yvette Herrera

Community Corridor Diahna Garcia-Ruiz Bob Fischer

Community Corridor Juan Cruz Tony Sandoval

Community Corridor Mireya Diaz Sandra Mendivil

Community Corridor Kristian Salgado Marcella Marlett

Community Corridor Blake Plourd Steven Snow

Community Corridor Sergio Cabanas Michael Moore

Community Corridor Mark Baza Virginia Mendoza

Community Corridor Aide Fulton Diego Gamboa

Community Corridor Mary Salazar Irene Garcia

Community Corridor John Hernandez Paul Monarrez

Community Corridor Jose Celaya Tyler Salcido

November 14, 2018 1st Community

Steering Committee Meeting

Topics:

Brown Act

AB 617 Incentives

December 17, 2018 CSC Took Action on

Roster

Topics:

BARCT Update

Incentive Funding

IVAN Air Monitoring

Source Attribution Analysis

January 16, 2019 CSC Set Regular Meeting Date

(2nd Wednesday of Every Month)

Topics:

Regulatory Monitoring

Anthropogenic vs. Non-Anthropogenic

Sources

Ag Burning in Imperial County

January 30, 2019 Roundtable

Discussions on First 5 Elements of Community

Monitoring Plan

Community Meeting Summary

February 13, 2019 CSC Took Action & Adopted Charter

(Charter will go before Air District

Board on March 19, 2019)

Topics:

Control Strategies for CERP

Ag Burning-Policy #34

January 30, 2019 With the coordination of

Comite Civico del Valle staff, the CSC broke off into 4 groups to discuss the first 5 Elements.

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Form Community Partnerships

AB 617 Website

Dedicated ICAPCD Contact Person

Education & Outreach

AQ Data Interpretation

Impacts of poor AQ

Air Monitoring

Concerns of PM10, PM 2.5, and o zone

Location of Monitors

Deployment

Roles & Responsibilities

ICAPCD

CCV

CSC & Community

CARB

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Community Air Monitoring Plan • Submitted by February 28,

2019 Deadline

• Community Steering Committee Input

• Contributions to Worsening Air Quality Within Corridor

• Pollutants to Monitor

• Locations to Monitor

Outreach & Continuous Efforts

• Website Dedicated to AB 617 Activity • www.ICAB617Community.org

• Creation of APCD Social Media Pages • Facebook @CountyAir

• Instagram & Twitter: @County_Air

• ICAPCD & CCV Preparing Surveys for CSC Members

• Code of Conduct drafted in collaboration with CCV

• Final Approval by CSC of Corridor Boundary

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COMMITTMENTS

THE ICAPCD IS COMMITTED TO:

• SUBMITTING THE COMPLETE DRAFT COMMUNITY MONITORING PLAN BY MAY AND FINAL VERSION BY JUNE 2019

• ADOPTING THE COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM BY OCTOBER 2019

• CONTINUING OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH COMITE CIVICO DEL VALLE AND THE AB 617 COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE

IMPERIAL COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT &

COMITE CIVICO DEL VALLE

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