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ZOA No. 2024-02 & AA No. 2024-03 (Transit Zoning Code Amendments) <br />April 1, 2025 <br />Page 9 <br />in the TZC. Specifically, these agencies are responsible for permit issuance, compliance <br />activities, and/or monitoring hazardous clean-up sites, or other industrial facility -related <br />activities and have received current data requests for sites located within the TZC zoning <br />district. <br />Data from outside regulatory agencies assists City staff in further understanding activities <br />between external regulatory agencies and industrial businesses that may place additional <br />impacts on public health, safety, and welfare in affected neighborhoods adjacent to industrial <br />businesses in the TZC. This information would enable City staff to understand the correlation <br />and environmental burdens that may be attributed to permitted activities for industrial <br />businesses in historically environmentally disadvantaged communities, specifically the <br />Logan and Lacy neighborhoods. <br />Records show SCAQMD issued two notices to comply with one industrial business on <br />August 2023 and April 2024 for failure to maintain records, such as temperature graphs, <br />poundage logs, and source test data. SCAQMD issued several permits to construct and to <br />operate to the new operator of this same facility, which is currently in compliance with <br />SCAQMD. Two notices of violation were issued to one industrial business for operating a <br />paint spray booth without a valid permit to operate from SCAQMD. <br />The report from the SARWQCB from 2024 shows three (3) active industrial business in the <br />TZC in violation of their permit for providing a late report or incomplete and/or insufficient <br />information for their Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP). In March 2025, one of <br />the three businesses with active violations concluded a financial settlement directly with <br />the SARWQCB agency. <br />Public records from the CUPA for Orange County, spanning 2022-2024, reveal a pattern <br />of non-compliance with environmental and hazardous materials regulations among <br />industrial businesses within the TZC. While some 2023 violations related to Hazardous <br />Material Business Plan staff training and reporting were later corrected, current records <br />indicate four businesses still have multiple open violations. These ongoing issues include <br />non-compliance with documentation for hazardous waste transportation and disposal, as <br />well as deficiencies in industrial stormwater reporting requirements. Notably, records from <br />2022-2024 show repeated failures to submit required stormwater reports and deficiencies <br />in hazardous waste management and emergency response planning, including missing <br />documentation and training. These violations highlight potential risks to public health and <br />the environment. <br />Air emission complaints continue to be reported to SCAQMD. These complaints included <br />one involving black smoke and another regarding unpermitted soil vapor extraction <br />equipment onsite. SCAQMD staff has clarified that for air quality complaints they receive, <br />their inspector is required to be physically present to observe the activity from the facility <br />described in the complaint to determine if the complaint warrants further investigation or <br />enforcement action in accordance with SCAQMD Rules 401 (Visible Emissions), 402 (Public <br />Nuisance), and (Fugitive Dust). Therefore, although community members continue to <br />share concerns with City and SCAQMD staff, the turnaround time for an SCAQMD inspector <br />