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Air District presents draft replacement fee schedule; board presses for longer phase-in and data transparency
Summary
The county Air Quality Management District presented a draft replacement fee schedule and a proposed three‑year phase-in for existing permittees; supervisors pressed for a longer, five‑year phase-in option and asked staff for clearer staff‑hour justifications and revenue projections.
The Lake County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) presented a draft replacement fee schedule at the July 15 meeting and asked the Supervisors for direction after an extensive public workshop and staff analysis.
District staff explained that the fee study quantified the staff time and overhead associated with permitting, emissions reporting and inspections and proposed separating authority-to-construct / permit-to-operate fees from an emissions-based fee component. The draft table reclassifies many existing permit categories and, for some source types, shows large percentage increases compared with the decades‑old fee table (the last significant update was in the 1990s). To soften the financial…
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