Santa Clara County
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
In short
Bay Area Air Quality Management District issues 1 permit we publish for Santa Clara County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAAQMD Permit to Operate (auto-body coatings / spray booths)only if it applies to you | Bay Area Air Quality Management District | BAAQMD's fee for this permit is published under Regulation 3, Schedule E of its own fee regulation, rather than a flat countywide dollar figure captured here. | ongoing permit to operate, subject to BAAQMD's periodic renewal and reporting requirements | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
BAAQMD Permit to Operate (auto-body coatings / spray booths)
An auto-body or auto-repair shop that uses 30 gallons or more of coatings a year, or that operates a spray booth, needs a Permit to Operate from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) — a nine-county regional air-quality regulator, not a Santa Clara County department, but one whose jurisdiction reaches every part of the county, all 15 cities and the unincorporated area alike, with no city/county fragmentation of the kind that splits the county's CUPA and fire-prevention programs. The specific rule governing auto-body coatings is BAAQMD Regulation 8, Rule 45 ('8-45'), and the fee for this permit type is published under a separate rule, BAAQMD Regulation 3, Schedule E, rather than in a flat countywide dollar figure. Because BAAQMD is a regional agency covering the greater Bay Area rather than a Santa Clara County office, applicants apply directly to BAAQMD's Permits Division (415-749-4990) rather than to any county or city agency, and the requirement applies identically regardless of which Santa Clara County city or the unincorporated area the shop operates in.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Santa Clara County
- Phone
- 415-749-4990
- Website
- www.baaqmd.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District — home and Permits Division (auto-body coatings guidance; Regulation 8, Rule 45; fee schedule under Regulation 3, Schedule E)Bay Area Air Quality Management District · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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