Air Resources Board
 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

1001 I Street· P.O. Box 2815 

Linda S. Adams Sacramento, California 95812· www.arb.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Secretary Governor for 

Environmental Protection 

April 6, 2009 

Ms. Laura Yoshii
 

Acting Regional Administrator
 

. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 

Region 9
 

75 Hawthorne Street
 

San Francisco, California 94105
 

Dear Ms. Yoshii: 

Enclosed are revisions to the State of California Implementation Plan for Achieving and 

Maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (SIP). Two compact discs and 

two paper copies, each containing the revisions in their entirety, are enclosed. 

These revisions consist of adopted and amended rules of the following air quality 

management and air pollution control districts (districts): 

Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District 

Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

South Coast Air Quality Management District 

Also enclosed is Air Resources Board (ARB) Executive Order S-09-004 adopting the 

districts' rules as revisions to the SIP. The districts are authorized to adopt and enforce 

the rules by California Health and Safety Code section 40001. ARB is authorized to 

adopt the rules as revisions to the SIP by Health and Safety Code section 39601, 

39602, and 41650 through 41652. Enclosure A lists the specific rules that were 

adopted and amended by the districts and that have been adopted as revisions to the 

SIP by ARB through Executive Order S-09-004. 

To meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) criteria for determining 

that rule submittals are administratively and technically complete, we have enclosed 

evaluations of the effects of the rules on emissions, evaluations of the rules' consistency 

with 40 CFR 51, and other supporting documentation provided to us to date by the 

districts. We have made every reasonable effort to obtain from the districts all 

documentation necessary to comply with U.S. EPA's SIP Completeness Policy. 

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California Environmental Protection Agency 

Printed on Recycled Paper 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 6, 2009 

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We understand that, according to section 11 0(k)(1 )(B) of the federal Clean Air Act, 

U.S. EPA will determine within 60 days of the Administrator's receipt of a SIP revision, 

but no later than six months after the date by which the State is required to submit the 

revision, whether the rule packages within the revision are adequately complete to 

review for approvability. ARB staff may receive additional supporting documentation 

from the districts within the next few months. We will, of course, forward those 

additional materials to you. 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss these SIP revisions, please contact 

Mr. Jorge Fernandez, Chief, Program Evaluation Branch, at (916) 445-7800. 

Sincerely, 

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Michael H. Scheible 

Deputy Executive Officer 

Enclosures 

cc: See next page. 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 6, 2009 

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cc:	 Mr. Eldon Heaston 

Executive Director 

Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District
 

43301 Division Street, Suite 206
 

Lancaster, California 93535-4649
 

Mr. Thomas J. Christofk 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

3091 County Center Drive, Suite 240 

Auburn, California 94603 

Mr. Seyed Sadredin 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution 

Control District
 

1990 East Gettyburg
 

Fresno, California 93726
 

Dr. Barry Wallerstein 

Executive Officer 

South Coast Air Quality Management District 

21865 East Copley Drive 

Diamond Bar, California 91765-4182 

Mr. Jorge L. Fernandez, Chief
 

Program Evaluation Branch
 

Stationary Source Division
 
California Environmental Protection Agency
 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD
 

Executive Order 5-09-004
 

WHEREAS, the rules identified in Enclosure A have been adopted or amended by the 

.following air pollution control and air quality management districts (districts): 

Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District 

Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

South Coast Air Quality Management District 

WHEREAS, the districts are authorized by California Health and Safety Code (H&SC) 

section 40001 to adopt and enforce the rules identified in Enclosure A; 

WHEREAS, the rules have been submitted to the Air Resources Board (ARB) for
 

inclusion in the State of California Implementation Plan for Achieving and Maintaining
 

the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (SIP) as reasonably available control
 

measures for limiting emissions of air pollutants within the districts;
 

WHEREAS, ARB has determined that these rules are necessary to meet requirements 

of the federal Clean Air Act; and 

WHEREAS, ARB is authorized by H&SC sections 39601, 39602, and 41650 through
 

41652 to adopt district rules as revisions to the SIP.
 

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that ARB hereby adopts the districts' rules identified in 

Enclosure A as revisions to the SIP. 

I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR 51.1 02(f), that the rules identified in Enclosure A were
 

amended after notice and public hearings as required by 40 CFR 51.1 02(a) and
 

51.102(d).
 

Executed in Sacramento, California, this 6th day of jJ&/1 ,2009. I 

~;£-£b/1V~A!r/;I4 Michael H. Scheible 

Deputy Executive Officer 
Date: Apr i 1 6, 2009 

California Environmental Protection Agency
 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD
 

Enclosure A
 

Rules That Were Adopted or Amended by the Following 

Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts 

and Which Are Submitted As Revisions to the 

State of California Implementation Plan for Achieving
 

and Maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
 

Rule Date Adopted 

District Number or Title 

Amended 

Antelope Valley 

AQMD 

461 10/21/08 Gasoline Transfer and 

Dispensing (amended) 

Placer County 

APCD 

516 2/19/09 Rice Straw Emission 

Reduction Credits (adopted) 

San Joaquin Valley 

Unified APCD 

4103 5/17/07 Open Burning (amended) 

South Coast AQMD 1125 3/07/08 Metal Container, Closure, and 

Coil Coating Operations 

(amended) 

South Coast AQMD 1149 5/02/08 Storage Tank and Pipeline 

Cleaning and Degassing 

(amended) 

South Coast AQMD 

South Coast AQMD 

1151 

1162 

12/2/05 

7/8/05 

Motor Vehicle and Mobile 

Equipment Non-Assembly 

Line Coating Operations 

(amended) 

Polyester Resin Operations 

(amended) 
Date: Apr i 1 6, 2 009 

California Environmental Protection Agency
 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD
 

Enclosure A (continued)
 

Rules That Were Adopted or Amended by the Following 

Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts 

and Are Submitted As Revisions to the 

State of California Implementation Plan for Achieving
 

and Maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
 

Rule Date Adopted
 

District Number or Amended Title
 

South Coast AQMD 1173 6/1/07	 Control of vac Leaks and 

Releases from Components 

at Petroleum Facilities and 

Chemical Plants (amended)