--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Hot Spots Act description: Hot Spots Act | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [California regulates Air Toxics “Hot Spots”](https://blog.stpub.com/california-regulates-air-toxics-hot-spots) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Sep 15, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/industry-1752876_1920.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-regulates-air-toxics-hot-spots) In 1987, California adopted the Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Information and Assessment Act, responding to increasing concern over toxics in the air (AB 2588 (Connelly, Sterling)).  This law complements California’s enforcement of national requirements governing stationary source emissions of air toxics. The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) required the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and maintain a list of air toxics, named as Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), and to set emissions standards (National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for many HAP emission sources; California incorporates HAP/NESHAP requirements into the state’s Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC) / Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) program. (I discussed these requirements [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/regulating-routine-emissions-of-air-toxics)). [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-regulates-air-toxics-hot-spots) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-regulates-air-toxics-hot-spots#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [CAA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/caa), [Cal/OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cal-osha), [California](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/california), [Air Toxics](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/air-toxics), [NESHAPs](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/neshaps), [TAC](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/tac), [ATCM](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/atcm), [Hot Spots Act](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hot-spots-act), [OEHHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/oehha), [BAAQMD](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/baaqmd), [HAPs](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/haps), [ARB](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/arb) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved