The members of the board with the air pollution control district voted 7-2 to approve increases in fees, up to 16%, to offset the losses incurred when the Phillips 66 refinery in Nipomo closed.
That refinery contributed one half million dollars a year to the APCD budget.
The vote was 7-2 with supervisor Debbie Arnold and Paso Robles city councilman John Hamon casting the lone dissenting votes.
