Permits
As part of the Air District’s responsibility to meet state and federal clean air standards, the District adopts rules and issues permits that require compliance with these standards. Permits allow the District to specify operating conditions consistent with our countywide clean air strategy and state air toxics requirements.
Any device or contrivance that may be a source of air contaminants, or is intended to control or mitigate those air contaminants, has the potential to require a Permit to Operate from the Air District. A Permit to Operate is based on the Air District Rules 401 and Rule 501, and and Health & Safety Code: Section 42300).
Air District General Permits
For questions regarding Air Pollution permits for the purposes of residential or non-residential open burning, please visit our Open Outdoor Burning page.
If you plan to engage in any kind of soil cleanup where there is any potential for contaminants to be emitted into the air, however minute they may be, then you will probably need an Air Pollution permit. Visit our Forms page to download the form: Soil Vapor Extraction.
