Memorandum
Date: July 15, 2025
To: The Honorable Eddie Crandell, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Douglas Gearhart, APCO
Subject: 11:00 A.M. - (Sitting as the Lake County Air Quality Management District Board of Directors) Consideration of the Continued Discussion of the Draft Replacement Fee Schedule (Rules 660-668)
Executive Summary:
The Lake County Air Quality Management District (District) is required to follow the legal
process outlined in California Health and Safety Code in order to adopt new rules or fees,
modify existing rules, and repeal rules. This is a continuation of the discussion from the
workshop and hearing held on June 10, 2025.
The District is proposing to repeal the existing fee rules and replace them with a new fee
rule and structure. The new structure is intended to provide clarity and better transparency
to the District fees. The fee rule proposed is considered a new rule under CA H&SC
41512.7. The District has not increased fees since 1996, other than implementation of burn
permit fees in 2003 and annual CPI adjustments. The costs of operation and requirements
placed on the District have increased significantly more than CPI since then.
The attachments provided include the fee study summary based on staff time to perform
tasks, a fee comparison of existing permitted sources and the total proposed new fees, and
the proposed implementation schedule for existing permitted sources. The recommendation
proposes to implement the fees for existing permitted sources over 3 years. The initial fee
increase for existing sources would not take affect until 2026 thus allowing time for EPA
and ARB approval and for District staff to implement the conversion.
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Recommended Action: Accept public comment and approve District Staff submittal of proposed rules to ARB and EPA for comment and to bring the final rules back to the Board of Directors for consideration of adoption.