RESOLUTION NO. 13-04 RESOLUTION AMENDING YOLO-SOLANO AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2.31 WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code section 40702 provides that an air quality management district shall adopt rules and regu

l ations as may be necessary
or proper to execute the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, the district by Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 40727 provides that before adopting, amending,

or repealing

a rule or regulation,

a district board shall make findings of necessity, authority, clarity, consistency, nonduplication,
and reference, based upon information developed pursuant
to section 40727 .2,infom1ation

in the rulemaking record maintained pursuant
to section 40728, and relevant information presented

at the public hearing required by section 40725; and WHEREAS, section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines provides that actions taken by regulatory agencies
as authorized by state law to assure the maintenance, restoration,

or enhancement

of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection
of **th~** environment,
are categorically exempt from CEQA review (Class

8 Categorical Exemption); and WHEREAS, District staff identified requirements which were unclear or missing within Rule 2.31

, Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing which required updat

i ng for consistency with federal and state policy. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors
of the Yolo-Solano 

### Air Quality Management District hereby finds, authorizes, directs and declares
as follows: 1 . The Board of Directors has considered and hereby adopts by reference the staff report prepared
in this matter. 2. The Board of Directors makes the following findings pursuant
to Health and Safety Code section 40727

: a. Necessity: Information

in the District's rulemaking record maintained pursuant

to Health and Safety Code section 40728 demonstrates

a need for amending District Rule 2.31; b. Authority: Health and Safety Code section 40702 permits the District
to amend District Rule 2.31; c. Clarity: District Rule 2.31 as amended

is written so that its meaning can be easily understood
by the persons directly affected by it; d. Consistency: District Rule 2.31 as amended

is in harmony with, and not in conflict with or contradictory

to, existing statutes, court decisions,

or state or federal regulations;

## e. Nonduplication: District Rule 2.3 1 as amended does not impose the same requirements

as an exis

t ing state or federal regulation; f. Reference: By adopting District Rule 2.31, the District meets the requirements

of Health
& 

## Safety Code Sections 40702. 3. The Board of Directors finds that the District has complied with the procedural requirements set forth in Chapters

6 and 6.5 of Part 3 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code. 4 . The Board of Directors finds that amending District Rule 2.31 is an action taken by a regulatory agency
as authorized by state law to assure the maintenance, restoration,

or enhancement

of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures
for protection of the environment

, and is therefore categorically exempt from CEQA review as a Class
8 Categmical Exemption. 5. The Board of Directors hereby amends District Rule 2.31, Solvent Cleaning and Degreasing, as set forth in Exhibit

1 (Attachment

A of the Staff Report), which

i s attached and incorporated
by reference

. The amendment

is effective May 08, 2013. PASSED AND ADOPTED


## by the Board of Directors of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District this 8th day of May, 2013, by the following vote: Ayes: 

# Anderson, Batchelor, Jr., Boulware, Chamberlain, Davies, Saylor, Seifert, Provenza, Swanson, Thomson and Vasquez. Noes: NG:li:Hil". 

## Absent: 

# Harris, Johannessen, and Rexroad. Abstain: 

# None. Attest: 

# ~UW/4- Kay 

## tstler, Clerk Board of Directors

Don aylor, Chair Board of Directors Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Approved

as to Form: Hope\P. Welton, District Counsel