The following list provides examples of common equipment, processes, and businesses that require a permit to operate from the District. For questions please contact the District's Engineering Department (530) 634-7659.

Typical equipment and processes requiring a permit:

• Stationary fuel burning engines
• External combustion devices including boilers, heaters, and incinerators
• Equipment or processes emitting respirable particulate matter
• Operations emitting volatile organic compounds or using air emissions control devices
• Paint, adhesive or solvent spraying operations, auto body refinishing, and paint booths
• Abrasive blasting operations
• Metal plating operations
• Retail and bulk gasoline stations or terminals
• Dry cleaning operations
• Contaminated soil/water remediation projects
• Solid waste disposal facilities
• Printing and graphic arts operations
• Methyl bromide fumigation (except ag soil applications and housing)
• Coating of wood, metal, plastic, glass parts and products
• Ethylene oxide sterilizers
• Equipment handling asbestos, beryllium, hexavalent chromium
• Paint stripping operations and solvent cleaning operations
• Equipment handling benzene, mercury or vinyl chloride
• Fiberglass/plastic operations
• Asphalt, concrete, rock or gravel operations

Businesses that typically require a permit to operate:

• Gasoline retail, bulk stations and terminals
• Dry cleaners using volatile organic compounds
• Electric generation or co-generation plants
• Facilities with electric or steam generators or boilers
• Wood furniture shops applying or stripping coatings
• Cabinet shops applying coatings
• Wood pulping operations
• Wood sawing, molding, hogging, pressing, treating operations
• Plastic parts/products manufacturing
• Any facility using air emissions control equipment
• Leather tanning shops
• Metal plating shops
• Rice or bean cleaning and drying operations and nut processing facilities
• Cotton gins
• Fruit or vegetable dehydration, juicing, or concentrating operations
• Paint manufacturing facilities and auto body paint shops
• Solvent degreasing operations
• Hospitals with emergency generators or boilers
• Medical facilities using ethylene oxide for sterilization
• Large printing operations and graphic arts operations
• Communications industry emergency generators
• Chemical manufacturing or repackaging facilities
• Micro-brewery / winery
• Solid waste landfills
• Asphalt, concrete, rock or gravel manufacturing/processing/mining
• Fumigation Chambers

Responsibility of Local Agencies Prior to Issuance of an Occupancy Permit

California Government Code Section 65850.2 prohibits cities from issuing an occupancy permit to a business without clearance from the local air quality agency. The checklist provided below has been made available by the District and provided to local agencies to assist with complying with the requirement.

Portable Equipment Registration Program Information and Updates

Here is the link to the California Air Resources Board's Portable Equipment Registration Program: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/portable-equipment-registration-program-perp.

 November 11 2024 Advisories From CARB on the PERP phase outs: