TheOceanoDunesStateVehicleRecreationArea(SVRA)ismanagedbytheOff-Highway MotorizedVehicleRecreation(OHMVR)DivisionoftheCaliforniaDepartmentofParksand Recreation(DPR).TheOHMVRDivisionwasestablishedbytheOff-HighwayMotorVehicle RecreationActof2003.ThislawexpiredJanuary1,2018.Areauthorizationbill(SB249)haspassed theStateSenateandtheAssembly.VariousotherstatelawsalsoapplytoSVRAoperationand off-roadvehicles.ThetopmanageroftheOHMVRDivisionisaDeputyDirectorappointedbythe DPR Director. TheOceanoDunesSVRAistheonlyoff-highwayvehicleareaoperatedonthecoastofCalifornia.DevelopmentandoperationoftheSVRAissubjecttotheconditionsofapermitissuedbythe California Coastal Commission. TheCaliforniaAirResourcesBoard(CARB),alsopartoftheCaliforniaEnvironmentalProtection Agency,setsstateairpollutionstandards,includingPM10andPM2.5concentrationdust standards.TheCARBisdevelopingacomputermodeloftheOceanoDuneSVRAPM10dust emissions,whichcanhelptheOHMVRDivisiontodeterminewheredustcontrolmeasureswould be most effective.In2017theCoastalCommissiongrantedtotheOHMVRDivisionapermittoimplementdustcontrolmeasuresdescribedinitsOceanoDunesStateVehicular RecreationAreaUpdatedDustControlProgramDescription.ThisplandoesnotreflectCARBemissionsmodelresults,andisviewedasinsufficientbytheCARB staffandtheSLOCountyAPCDAirPollutionControlOfficer.In2018theOHMVRDivisionagreedtoabidebyaStipulatedOrderofAbatementi(SOA)ssuedby theSLOCountyAPCDHearingBoard,whichrequiredtheOHMVRDivisiontoreducedustemissionsby50%infiveyears.Thedustabatementplansrequiredby SOA to be prepared by the OHMVR Division have not met the requirements of the SOA.
CARB Chair comments on OHMVR Division’s Coastal Commission permit application, which is based on the updated Division’s 5 year plan. Letter states a broader plan will be needed to incorporate the results of the CARB’s SVRA dust emissions computer model.
APCO’s comments on OHMVR Division’s Coastal Commission permit application, which is based on the updated Division’s 5 year plan, and recommending approval with caveats regarding deficiencies in the submitted plan.
Status report presentation by CARB representative on Oceano Dunes PM10 dust emissions modeling to San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board meeting on June 21, 2017.
Status report presentation by Mat Fuzie, Acting Deputy Director, and Ronnie Glick, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Parks and Recreation Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division to San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board meeting on June 21, 2017.
SLO County APCD staff’s review comments on OHMVR Division’s draft Environmental Impact Report, which is based on the Division’s 5 year plan, and describing deficiencies in the plan.
The Standard and supporting Guidelines intended to ensure appropriate resource management and maintenance in areas of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use. They specifically apply to: (1) California’s State Vehicular Recreation Areas (SVRAs).