SB 58: Air quality: standard: hydrogen sulfide.

This bill aims to add a new section to the health and safety code, focusing on air pollution. The office of environmental health hazard assessment is required to develop health-based threshold levels for hydrogen sulfide by January 1, 2030. These levels will be used to guide the development of standards for air quality in various regions of the state. To achieve this, the office will conduct public workshops in different areas, including the Tijuana River Valley and the Salton Sea, and in consultation with communities that have experienced significant hydrogen sulfide exposure. Air pollution control districts and local environmental agencies are authorized to consider these threshold levels when developing their own standards. The state board is also given the authority to adopt additional or updated standards based on the threshold levels developed by the office. The bill expresses the…