California State Parks is raising questions about the feasibility and affordability of a settlement agreement it reached with the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District last year that calls for an approximately 50 percent reduction in emissions from the Oceano Dunes off-road riding area. Read More …
Conditions were smoky across San Luis Obispo County on Monday as a result of a wind pattern that blew smoke from the Northern California Camp Fire to the Central Coast.
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District rated the air quality as moderate — between good and unhealthy Read More …
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) Hearing Board on Monday approved a hotly contested agreement between the APCD and California state parks over reducing dust flows coming from the Oceano Dunes.
State parks’ deal with the APCD will lead to the closure of portions of the Oceano Dunes to off-road vehicles in order to create islands of vegetation within the park. Read More …
An agreement that was billed as a great compromise between California state parks and the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) did not satisfy the APCD’s hearing board, which rejected the deal on Wednesday and demanded that more be done to reduce dust flows coming from the Oceano Dunes.
The APCD and Nipomo Mesa residents, on one side, have long clashed with state parks and off-road vehicle riders over Oceano Dunes dust flows. Read More …
Following years of contested regulatory procedures and court hearings, the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and the California Department of Parks and Recreation appear to have struck a deal on mitigating dust flows from the Oceano Dunes.
State parks has agreed to fence off about 100 acres to create islands of vegetation within the Oceano Dunes off-road vehicle riding area. Read More …