The Air District is a strong proponent of the installation and operation of clean dairy digesters in the San Joaquin Valley. This page is dedicated to providing resources to digester project proponents.

Primary Air District Dairy Digester Permitting Contact:

• All dairy digester projects in the San Joaquin Valley should, as early in the project development process as possible, be discussed with Air District personnel. We highly encourage dairy digester project proponents to contact us immediately.
• Ramon Norman
  (559) 230-5909
  ramon.norman@valleyair.org

District Permitting Process Flowchart:

• Permit Processing Flowchart

District Permitting Applications:

• All permitting applications must contain the “Application for Authority to Construct” and any supplemental applications that apply. Our dairy digester permitting contact can help you decide which applications are necessary.
• Here is a link to all applications that have been developed for agricultural operations, and the following list contains the two most relevant applications for installing a dairy digester at an existing dairy:
  
  Application for Authority to Construct  (instructions)
  Application for Spark-Ignited Engines in Agricultural Operations

Examples of Dairy Digester Permits Issued by the Air Pollution Control District:

• Vintage Dairy (Pipeline Injection)
• Gallo Cattle Company (Engine #1, Engine #2, Engine #3)
• Fiscalini Dairy (Engine, Flare, Complete Mix Digester)
• Moonlight Dairy (AgPower Visalia)
• Bidart Dairy III (Engine, Covered Lagoon Digester)

Other Dairy Digester Permitting Resources

• CalEPA’s Dairy Digester Permitting Manual