South Coast Air Quality Management District

EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR (ETC) TRAINING FOR RULE 2202

Go to the web link below to register for the AQMD’S ETC Training. Take this class to become an Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC). Each worksite that chooses to implement an Employee Commute Reduction Program (ECRP) is required to have a designated ETC who is either an employee or a consultant. All ETCs must have successfully completed a one-time certified training course.

Prospective ETCs should sign up for a training class as soon as possible. Enrollment is limited to 20 students. Classes are filled on a "first-come, first-served" basis.  For ETC training information go to: http://www.aqmd.gov/trans/traing.html

Rideshare Terminology

AQMD (or SCAQMD) – South Coast Air Quality Management District, the air district for the South Coast Air Basin which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

AQMD’s Rule 2202 – Is a menu of options to reduce mobile source emissions generated from employee commutes, to comply with federal and state Clean Air Act requirements. This rule applies to any employer or agency that employs 250 or more people on a full or part-time basis at a worksite.

AVR – Average Vehicle Ridership, the average number of people per vehicle arriving at the work site; AQMD sets AVR targets ranging from 1.30 to 1.75 for employers.

ECRP – Employee Commute Reduction Program, known informally as a rideshare program.

ETC – Employee Transportation Coordinator, the person at a work site charged with the responsibility of running a rideshare program.

Good Faith Elements – Strategies that an employer plans to do in good faith as part of its ECRP.

Transportation Survey – An annual survey of employees’ commute habits conducted by the ETC to determine AVR and obtain employee rideshare data.

RULE 2202

The purpose of Rule 2202 is to provide employers with a menu of options to reduce mobile source emissions generated from employee commutes, to comply with federal and state Clean Air Act requirements, Health & Safety Code Section 40458, and Section 182(d)(1)(B) of the federal Clean Air Act.

Effective in June 19, 1998, the Rule applied to any employer who employs 250 or more employees on a full or part-time basis at a worksite for a consecutive six- month period calculated as a monthly average, except as provided in subdivision (m) of this Rule.  Effective February 6, 2004, employers shall notify the District within 30 days when they become subject to Rule 2202 or no longer qualify for the employee threshold exemption pursuant to paragraph (m)(1).  Employers shall have 90 days from the date of notifying the District to comply with provisions of this Rule.