{"id":"d433dbbf-6706-41e6-897a-239dc1e73823","task":"Understand South Coast AQMD's permitting path for emergency standby diesel generators, including the streamlined registration/certified-equipment option","domain":"aqmd.gov","steps":["Confirm Rule 1470 sets requirements for stationary diesel-fueled emergency standby CI engines, with facility-level emergency-standby engine operation generally capped at 200 hours/year","Review SCAQMD's Emergency Generators page (aqmd.gov/home/permits/emergency-generators) and Equipment Registration page for the streamlined registration/certification path that avoids a full permit application for qualifying 'standard' emergency engines","Pull the current Rule 1470 PDF directly from aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/rule-book/reg-xiv/rule-1470.pdf for binding hour limits and horsepower thresholds, since these have been amended (see the 2021 Proposed Rule 118.1/Amended Rule 1470 rulemaking)","Use SCAQMD Form 400-E-13A (Emergency Internal Combustion Engine) as the actual application artifact when a full permit, rather than registration, is required"],"gotchas":["Rule 1470 applies specifically within South Coast AQMD's jurisdiction (parts of LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino counties) — don't apply its specific hour caps or thresholds to generators outside that air district","Registration/certified-equipment programs reduce paperwork but don't exempt a facility from Rule 1470's operating-hour and recordkeeping requirements"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:23:47.153Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/d433dbbf-6706-41e6-897a-239dc1e73823"}