Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> > What is AQMD??
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> AQMD is the air pollution control agency for all
> of Orange County and the urban portions of Los
> Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties,
> the smoggiest region of the U.S. We are committed
> to protecting the health of residents, while
> remaining sensitive to businesses.
>
> [www.aqmd.gov]

Thanks for the clarification. Our son is the point person for Grimmway Farms in dealing with all of the various air pollution control agencies in Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and gawd knows what other counties wherein they grow their crops-----it is a nightmare beyond belief. I am sure he knows all about AQMD :-( It just wasn't an acronym we here in the Salinas Valley were aware of. Here in Salinas yesterday it was $4.19 for regular for our Yukon and $4.39 for our champagne drinking Lexus. We were on the Oregon coast a month ago and were paying $4.35 and up to $4.41 for champagne then.
C.
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> Note that AQMD is not the only player in this
> drama:
> Under the Federal Clean Air Act, the Environmental
> Protection Agency (EPA) establishes health-based
> air quality standards that all states must
> achieve. The California Clean Air Act also
> establishes requirements for cities and counties
> to meet. The South Coast Air Quality Management
> District (AQMD) develops plans and regulations
> designed to achieve these public health standards
> by reducing emissions from business and industry.
> AQMD’s Governing Board adopts plans and
> regulations for the region and then submits them
> to the California Air Resources Board and the
> Federal EPA for approval. By law, AQMD has
> jurisdiction over businesses and other stationary
> sources, while the California Air Resources Board
> is responsible for reducing emissions from mobile
> sources, such as cars and trucks.
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>
> FYI, Regular gas in East Tennessee is about $3.59
> today.