Air pollution: indirect sources.

Assembly Member Garcia's air pollution control legislation expands the State Air Resources Board's authority to regulate indirect emission sources, establishing new oversight mechanisms for facilities that generate vehicular traffic and air contamination. The measure requires the board to adopt and enforce regulations for indirect pollution sources while consulting affected air districts, implementing cost-recovery fees, and prioritizing controls in disadvantaged communities.

Local air districts would have 120 days after the board adopts indirect source regulations to determine whether they or the state will implement and enforce the rules within their jurisdictions. Districts choosing to implement state regulations must propose corresponding local rules within six months, though they retain the option to adopt more stringent requirements. The board must prepare annual presentations examining the impacts of any indirect source regulations and post these assessments online.

The legislation also expands the board's toxic air contaminant program to include indirect emission sources, requiring similar consultation with districts and establishment of implementation fees. The measure maintains existing provisions classifying violations of board regulations on nonvehicular pollution control as misdemeanors while specifying that local agencies will not require state reimbursement for enforcement costs. According to the bill's findings, these changes aim to address persistent air quality challenges in California communities near transportation hubs that face disproportionate pollution exposure.