[BHS etree] SUPT: Public Notice: Berkeley High & Washington Elementary

[bhs at idiom.com]

The following message is from Mark Coplan, BUSD Public Information
Officer [mailto:Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us] 

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has asked for assistance
from the BUSD in sharing this important public notice with the
parents/guardians of the students at Berkeley High and Washington
Schools, and we have offered to post it on the etrees for both sites.


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PUBLIC NOTICE

August 4, 2006 

TO: Parents or guardians of children enrolled at the following
school(s): 
Berkeley High School
Washington Elementary School
All residential and business neighbors located within 1,000 feet of
the proposed new or modified source(s) of air pollution listed below.


FROM: Bay Area Air Quality Management District
RE: Permit Application #14800 for the following source(s) of air
pollution: 

Stationary Emergency Generator- Diesel Engine Peralta Community
College District (Berkeley City College) 2050 Center Street Berkeley,
CA 94704 The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (the
“District”) is a local agency that regulates stationary sources of
air pollution such as factories, industrial sites, and gasoline
stations. 

Whenever we receive a permit application for a new or modified
source(s) of toxic air contaminants located within 1,000 feet of a
school site, State law requires that we notify the public. To comply
with this requirement, we distribute or mail a Public Notice to the
parents or guardians of students enrolled at schools located within ¼
mile, and all residents and businesses located within 1,000 feet, of
the proposed source(s). 

You are receiving this Public Notice because a permit application has
been filed with the District for the above referenced source(s) of
air pollution. A description of the proposed project follows: 
Peralta Community College District (Berkeley City College) has
applied for an Authority to Construct and/or Permit to Operate a
Stationary Emergency Diesel Engine Powered Generator that will be
used for providing electrical or mechanical work during emergencies,
and will be periodically run for maintenance, reliability testing,
and/or emissions testing. 

The District has determined that the increase in health risks
resulting from toxic air contaminant emissions from the proposed
source(s) are within acceptable levels, and that the project will
comply with all other applicable air pollution control requirements.
Accordingly, the District plans to issue a Permit to Operate for the
proposed project. 

If you are interested in getting more information on the District’s
evaluation of this proposed project, you may request copies of the
applicable staff report(s) by calling the District at the telephone
number listed at the end of this notice. This information also can be
viewed or downloaded from the District website at: 
http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/public_notices/2006/index.htm

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

There is a 30-day period for public response to this proposal. If you
wish to comment on the proposed project, you may do so in writing or
by e-mail.

Alternatively, you may call and leave a telephone message up to one
minute in length. Please leave your name and telephone number so that
a District staff member may respond to your message. 

Please use the following contact information if you would like to
comment on the proposed project: 
Mailing address: 

Peralta Community College District (Berkeley City College) 
Public Notice Response
BAAQMD Engineering Division
939 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Attn: Brenda Cabral

E-mail address: bcabral at baaqmd.gov
Telephone Number: (415) 749-5122 Box #3 

The public comment period for this project ends on September 5, 2006.



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Mark A. Coplan
Public Information Officer, BUSD
510-644-6320
Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us
Berkeley Unified School District
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, Ca 94704-1180