(a) Following adoption of the determinations pursuant to Section 39662, the executive officer of the state board shall, with the participation of the districts, and in consultation with affected sources and the interested public, prepare a report on the need and appropriate degree of regulation for each substance which the state board has determined to be a toxic air contaminant.
(b) The report shall address all of the following issues, to the extent data can reasonably be made available:
(1) The rate and extent of present and anticipated future emissions, the estimated levels of human exposure, and the risks associated with those levels.
(2) The stability, persistence, transformation products, dispersion potential, and other physical and chemical characteristics of the substance when present in the ambient air.
(3) The categories, numbers, and relative contribution of present or anticipated sources of the substance, including mobile, industrial, agricultural, and natural sources.
(4) The availability and technological feasibility of airborne toxic control measures to reduce or eliminate emissions, the anticipated effect of airborne toxic control measures on levels of exposure, and the degree to which proposed airborne toxic control measures are compatible with, or applicable to, recent technological improvements or other actions which emitting sources have implemented or taken in the recent past to reduce emissions.
(5) The approximate cost of each airborne toxic control measure, the magnitude of risks posed by the substances as reflected by the amount of emissions from the source or category of sources, and the reduction in risk which can be attributed to each airborne toxic control measure.
(6) The availability, suitability, and relative efficacy of substitute compounds of a less hazardous nature.
(7) The potential adverse health, safety, or environmental impacts that may occur as a result of implementation of an airborne toxic control measure.
(8) The basis for the finding required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 39658, if applicable.
(c) The staff report, and relevant comments received during consultation with the districts, affected sources, and the public, shall be made available for public review and comment at least 45 days prior to the public hearing required by Section 39666.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1161, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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