Types of Businesses Regulated

Spokane Clean Air is responsible for regulating air emissions from stationary commercial/industrial facilities, as well as portable, temporary stationary sources. Types of businesses regulated include, but are not limited to, the following:

Asphalt plants Auto body shops (stationary & portable) Boilers Brick/clay manufacturers Bulk gasoline terminals Casting foundries, ferrous/nonferrous Chemical plants Coffee Roasting Concrete manufacturers/ready-mix Degreasing Dry cleaners Engines; stationary, internal combustion, 500 HP or greater (e.g. emergency generators)  Fiberglass fabrication Fuel manufacturing, including biofuels, ethanol

Gasoline storage and dispensing  Metallic mineral processing Metal plating Mills; seeds, feed, flouring Mills; lumber, plywood, shake/shingle Paint shops Paper manufacturing Plastic fabrication Printing operations Rock crushing Sandblasting Solvents, Use of Spray coating Surface coating

Air Quality Permits - Facilities may have to go through a Notice of Construction (NOC) (permit) approval process prior to installation of new equipment and any modification of existing equipment. 

Registration - There are about 650 facilities registered with Spokane Clean Air, per Regulation I, Article IV, which lists sources that have been identified as having potentially significant air emissions and therefore may be required to be in the agency's Annual Registration Program.

Other Regulations - Some businesses, based on their activities and subsequent emissions, do not fall under the annual registration program, however, they are still subject to general air quality such as dust and smoke emissions, odors, asbestos, etc.