Notice of Public Hearings
Consideration of the Granting of a Regular Variance
to the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
for operations at Owens Lake
Consideration of the Granting of a Regular Variance
to Desert Aggregates
for the continued operation of three diesel
engines at their Five Bridges Road Aggregate Pit

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) Hearing Board will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Multipurpose Room at 300 Mandich Street (west entrance), Bishop, California to consider the granting of a Regular Variance to the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for Operations at Owens Lake. The Petitioner is requesting a variance from District Board Order #031113-01 for approximately 3.1 square miles of dust control measures at Owens Lake. The Petitioner is currently unable to comply with shallow flood control requirements in areas T5-2, T5-3, T9 and T13-1, and is also requesting a variance from control requirements in areas T36-2 and T36-3 to allow the removal of military hardware.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) Hearing Board will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. or soon thereafter on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Multipurpose Room at 300 Mandich Street (west entrance), Bishop, California to consider the granting of a Regular Variance to Desert Aggregates. The Petitioner is requesting a variance from District Rule 200, Permits Required for the operation of three diesel power engines. The Petitioner is unable to immediately comply with the retrofit requirements of Title 17 CCR § 93115(e)(2)(D)1(Table 4). Consequently, the District is unable to grant Permits to Operate for this equipment.

Copies of supporting documentation are available for inspection at the GBUAPCD office, 157 Short Street, Bishop, CA and the office of the Inyo County Clerk, 168 North Edwards Street, Independence, CA. Interested persons may attend and submit oral or written statements at the hearing. It is requested that four (4) copies of written statements be submitted to the Clerk of the Hearing Board by 1:30 pm on Thursday, February 15, 2007 and signed under penalty of perjury. Interested persons wishing t o attend the hearing should contact Wendy Sugimura, Hearing Board Clerk, at (760)8 72-8211or wendy@gbuapcd.org no later than February 15, 2007 , to be notified of any changes regarding the scheduling of the hearing.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
GREAT BASIN UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
REVIEW OF 2007-2008 ORDER ASSESSING LADWP MITIGATION FEES

The Governing Board of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing a proposed order (budget) authorized by California Health & Safety Code Section 42316 requiring the City of Los Angeles to pay fees to the District to fund air quality mitigation measure development and other costs, and fixing the amount of those fees. These fees constitute the assessment for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and are based on an estimate of the District’s actual costs associated with air quality mitigation measure development and related air quality analysis. A description of the proposed fee assessment order (budget) is available for inspection at the District office at the address shown below. The order (budget) will not be adopted at the same meeting during which this public hearing is conducted. Rather, the Governing Board will consider adoption at its next regular meeting, tentatively schedule during May 2007.

The public hearing will be conducted at a regular meeting of the District Governing Board to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2007, in the Town of Mammoth Lakes Council Chambers, 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite Z (Minaret Shopping Center), Mammoth Lakes, California, 93546. The public hearing to review the proposed fee order (budget) is set for 10:35 a.m. Written comments are invited, and should be addressed to Theodore D. Schade, Air Pollution Control Officer, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 157 Short Street, Bishop, CA 93514. Written comments received by the close of business Monday, March 5, 2007, will be included in the staff report sent to the Governing Board members. Comments may also be made during the public hearing. For further information, call the District’s Board Clerk, Wendy Sugimura at (760) 872-8211.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GREAT BASIN UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT REVIEW OF 2007-2008 DISTRICT BUDGET

The Governing Board of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing the District’s annual budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and providing the public with an opportunity to comment on the proposed budget. The District has prepared a summary of its proposed annual budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, including a schedule of fees to be imposed by the District to fund its programs. A copy of that summary and supporting documents is available for inspection at the District office at the address shown below. The FY 2007-08 District budget includes a previously adopted increase of its permit renewal fees by fifteen percent. The budget will not be adopted at the same meeting during which this public hearing is conducted. Rather, the Governing Board will consider adoption of the budget at its next regular meeting, tentatively scheduled during May.

The public hearing will be conducted at a regular meeting of the District Governing Board to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 19, 2007, in the Town of Mammoth Lakes Council Chambers, 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite Z (Minaret Shopping Center), Mammoth Lakes, California, 93546. The public hearing on the District’s annual budget is set for 10:35 a.m. Written comments are invited, and should be addressed to Ted Schade, Air Pollution Control Officer, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 157 Short Street, Bishop, California 93514. Written comments received by the close of business Monday, March 5, 2007 will be included in the staff report sent to the Governing Board members. Comments may also be made during the public hearing. For further information, call the District’s Board Clerk, Wendy Sugimura at (760) 872-8211.