LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES DEPARTMENTS


Indirect Source Rule for warehousing and distribution facilities that would put the burden on building owners and tenants to reduce emissions from the trucks visiting those facilities. It’s expected to be an impossible task for the property owners. Te rule will be developed over the next two years.


Asbestos Emissions Te SCAQMD has also proposed


a working group to revise rule 1403 Asbestos Emissions for construction activities that may encounter asbestos laden material. Tere may be additional monitoring, testing and reporting requirements for contractors handling these materials. A draft rule is expected in mid-summer.


After years of advocating for a BMP (Best


Management Practices) approach to controlling construction site runoff, the state appears to be heading in that direction.


Te Prop 65 warning sticker that


should be in the driver’s compartment of all your diesel equipment is now out-of-date. New language has been developed by OSHA for a variety of activities and CIAQC will print the new stickers for the contractor associations as soon as the language is approved.


AB 617 Impacts Finally, AB 617 signed by


Governor Jerry Brown will put in place a much more focused air quality monitoring program in communities designated as disadvantaged. It targets stationary sources in poorer commu- nities and could impact construction sites, and construction yards where maintenance, fueling and other activities might create emissions. Tis measure could lead to site-by-


www.AGC-CA.org


site round-the-clock monitoring rather than the more regional monitoring that is done today. It also gives local community organizations a greater say in which sites should be singled out for special monitoring. Te program is in its infancy and CIAQC will monitor its development closely.


Positive Signs on Water Quality Front


On the water quality front, the


news is not as bleak. In fact, after years of advocating for a BMP (Best Management Practices) approach to controlling construction site runoff, the state appears to be heading in that direction. Te staff of the State Water


Resources Control Board has floated the idea in their proposed Construction General Permit update, of devel- oping a more comprehensive tool box of BMP that would be acceptable means to control sediment and runoff from construction sites. Tey would


THIS WAS GRANITE CONSTRUCTION’S


CHALLENGE SOLUTION


THIS WAS OUR


The MSC Project will help provide state-of-the-art services to LAX passengers. Granite Construction needed to move around 13,000 feet of utilities and complete 350,000 cubic yards of mass grading, structural excavation and backfill.


Stephan Urban, Superintendent for the MSC wet utility portion, notes Granite rented shoring equipment from “go to” vendor, Trench Shoring Company, including: trench plates, trench shields, hydraulic trench shores and modular aluminum panel systems, plus various SBH Slide Rail Systems.


For over 40 years, Granite has relied on us to provide extensive inventory, and around-the-clock support.


We will be there for your challenges too!


10 Locations 800-423-4411 TrenchShoring.com


© 2018 Trench Shoring Company Associated General Contractors of California 15


also eliminate the need for pH and turbidity sampling for construction sites. Te proposal is a positive step in providing greater compliance certainty on construction sites. Lastly, the California Waterfix has


taken a big step forward in becoming a reality with the decision by the Metropolitan Water District to pay up to $10.8 billion of the project cost for the twin tunnels to take water from the north of the delta for southern California. In addition to providing tens of thousands of construction jobs, it will provide a more reliable source of water and allow extra water allocations in wet years without harming the delta fish population. CIAQC and CICWQ are


organized to represent the construction industry in air and water quality regulatory matters. Please go to our web sites (http://www.ciaqc.com/ and http://www.cicwq.org) and register for the latest information that may affect your company and its operations. 


Safely complete mass grading, structural excavation and backfill involving active utilities at LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) North Project.


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24