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SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
       RULE 2305 – WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE
             WAREHOUSE ACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS TO
            REDUCE EMISSIONS (WAIRE) PROGRAM OVERVIEW
               WAIRE COMPLIANCE TRAINING VIDEO #1
WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
                Purpose                              Applicability

  • Reduce local and regional smog-       • Applies to owners and operators
    forming emissions associated with       of warehouses greater than or
    warehouses and the mobile               equal to 100,000 square feet of
    sources attracted to warehouses         indoor floor space in a single
  • Assist in meeting state and federal     building
    air quality standards for ozone and
    fine particulate matter
  • Reduce public health impacts for
    communities located near
    warehouses
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OVERVIEW OF RULE 2305
      Applicability            Requirements           Warehouse Actions and Investments to
 Owners and operators of                              Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Menu
  warehouses >100,000 sf                                                                     Funds projects in
  Owners are only subject                                       Mitigation Fee              communities near
                                  Annually Earn                                              warehouses that
   to reporting, but they                   Options                                          paid the mitigation
                                  WAIRE Points
   can voluntarily earn                                       Custom WAIRE Plan              fee

   points
                                                          Limited transferring/banking
                                                          with early or over-compliance
          Phase-In
 Starting January 1st, 2022
  warehouses introduced into                           Warehouse Operations Notification
  program over 3 years
   Largest are first                   Reporting
                                    Reporting             Initial Site Information Report
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 Once in, stringency
  increases over 3 years                                     Annual WAIRE Report
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WAIRE POINTS
                COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION (WPCO)
                                    Weighted                                                               Annual
     WAIRE Points                     Annual
     Compliance                                                 Stringency                                Variable
      Obligation
                                   Truck Trips                (Points/WATT)                              (Phase-in
       (WPCO)                        (WATTs)                                                             Schedule)

                                                                        Annual WAIRE                     Annual Variable
                                                                         Report Year*
WATTs = [Class 2b to 7 truck trips]      0.0025 Points/WATT                                     Phase 1       Phase 2      Phase 3

                    +                                                          2022               0.33           0             0
                                           (Phased in over 3 years)
                                                                               2023               0.67         0.33            0
     [2.5 × Class 8 truck trips]
                                                                               2024                1.0         0.67          0.33
                                                                               2025                1.0          1.0          0.67
                                                                        2026 and beyond            1.0          1.0           1.0
                                                                         *This is the compliance period for which a warehouse        4
                                                                         operator is first required to submit its Annual WAIRE Report.
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2305 - WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE - WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW - South Coast Air Quality ...
OVERVIEW OF RULE 2305
      Applicability            Requirements           Warehouse Actions and Investments to
 Owners and operators of                              Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Menu
  warehouses >100,000 sf                                                                     Funds projects in
  Owners are only subject                                       Mitigation Fee              communities near
                                  Annually Earn                                              warehouses that
   to reporting, but they                   Options                                          paid the mitigation
                                  WAIRE Points
   can voluntarily earn                                       Custom WAIRE Plan              fee

   points
                                                          Limited transferring/banking
                                                          with early or over-compliance
          Phase-In
 Starting January 1st, 2022
  warehouses introduced into                           Warehouse Operations Notification
  program over 3 years
   Largest are first                   Reporting
                                    Reporting             Initial Site Information Report
                                                                                                      5
 Once in, stringency
  increases over 3 years                                     Annual WAIRE Report
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2305 - WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE - WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW - South Coast Air Quality ...
WAIRE Menu Item
WAIRE        Acquire ZE/NZE Trucks

MENU         Visit from ZE/NZE Truck
              Acquire ZE Yard Truck
INCLUDES         Use ZE Yard Truck
MANY       Install Onsite ZE Charging or
               Fueling Infrastructure
OPTIONS                                                      >1,200 NZE trucks funded by
                                                             South Coast AQMD since 2017
           Use Onsite ZE Charging or
             Fueling Infrastructure
            Install and Energize Onsite       8/20/19
                     Solar Panels
              Use Onsite Solar Panels
           Install or Replace Air Filters                                          6
             for Sensitive Receptors        >200 warehouses
                                            already have solar
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OTHER METHODS OF EARNING OR
               OBTAINING POINTS

Custom WAIRE Plan                    Mitigation Fee              Transfer/Banked Points
                                                                         Limited Transfers
  A warehouse operator                                             1. Excess WAIRE Points
 can apply to develop and        A warehouse operator can             transferred to a warehouse
 implement a site-specific                                            under the same operator
                                   pay a mitigation fee of
                                                                   2. WAIRE Points transferred
 Custom WAIRE Plan for            $1,000 per WAIRE Point              between a warehouse owner
  actions that are not on                                             and operator
     the WAIRE Menu                                                3. Excess WAIRE Points banked
                                                                      for future use at that site

    Warehouse operators can mix and match ways to obtain WAIRE Points to meet their WPCO.          7
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2305 - WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE - WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW - South Coast Air Quality ...
OVERVIEW OF RULE 2305
      Applicability            Requirements           Warehouse Actions and Investments to
 Owners and operators of                              Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Menu
  warehouses >100,000 sf                                                                     Funds projects in
  Owners are only subject                                       Mitigation Fee              communities near
                                  Annually Earn                                              warehouses that
   to reporting, but they                   Options                                          paid the mitigation
                                  WAIRE Points
   can voluntarily earn                                       Custom WAIRE Plan              fee

   points
                                                          Limited transferring/banking
                                                          with early or over-compliance
          Phase-In
 Starting January 1st, 2022
  warehouses introduced into                           Warehouse Operations Notification
  program over 3 years
   Largest are first                   Reporting
                                    Reporting             Initial Site Information Report
                                                                                                      8
 Once in, stringency
  increases over 3 years                                     Annual WAIRE Report
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2305 - WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE - WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW - South Coast Air Quality ...
WAIRE PROGRAM REPORTING OVERVIEW
                                   Warehouse              Initial Site Information Report (ISIR)                       Annual WAIRE Report
             Warehouse             Operations                            (One-Time)                                           (AWR)
Phase           Size               Notification*
            (Square Feet)            (WON)                                                                   1st Compliance
                                                          Reporting Period               Due Date                                 1st Due Date***
                                    Due Date                                                                      Period

                                                                                                             January 1, 2022 –
   1            ≥250,000                                   Now – June 2022               July 1, 2022                              January 31, 2023
                                                                                                            December 31, 2022

              ≥ 150,000 -           September 1,             June 1, 2022 –                                  January 1, 2023 –
   2                                                                                     July 1, 2023                              January 31, 2024
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2305 - WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE - WAIRE PROGRAM OVERVIEW - South Coast Air Quality ...
REPORTING - WAREHOUSE OWNERS
                                                        Submit
                    Warehouse
                                                      Warehouse
                      building                                                 Submit online
                                                      Operations            through WAIRE POP
                     ≥100,000
                                                      Notification
                    square feet
                                                       (WON)

Warehouse Operations Notification (WON) include the following:
•   Warehouse size and area that may be used for warehousing activity
•   Warehouse lessee’s name(s) and contact information
•   Lease start and end dates
•   Previous warehouse operator(s) information
•   Square footage used by the warehouse owner for warehousing activities            10
REPORTING - WAREHOUSE OPERATORS

                Warehouse                   Submit Initial Site               Submit
                  Building                     Information                 Annual WAIRE               Submit online
                                                                                                   through WAIRE POP
                 ≥100,000                     Report (ISIR)                Report (AWR)
                square feet

       Initial Site Information Report (ISIR)                         Annual WAIRE Report (AWR)
•   Warehouse size and area                                  • Truck trips for the compliance period
•   Truck trips in the previous 12-month period              • Number of WAIRE Points earned for each
•   Number of truck trips anticipated                          action
•   Anticipated action to meet WPCO                          • Associated metrics used for the WAIRE Menu
•   Details on potential onsite equipment                      actions used to earn WAIRE Points               11
EXEMPTIONS*
                                     Warehouse operators who cannot use
                                     more than 50,000 sq. ft. of a warehouse
                                     that is larger than 100,000 square feet

                                     Low use (WPCO
QUESTIONS?

                         QUESTIONS?

waire-program@aqmd.gov     (909) 396-3140    www.aqmd.gov/waire

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