RESOLUTION 15-05 

A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY AIR 

QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT MAKING FINDINGS, CERTIFYING THE NOTICE OF 

EXEMPTION, ADOPTING THE 2015 8-HOUR REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL 

TECHNOLOGY — STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ANALYSIS (2015 RACT SIP 

ANALYSIS) AND DIRECTING STAFF ACTIONS. 

On July 21, 2015, on motion by Member CRIST, seconded by Member CHELETTE, and carried, 

the following resolution is adopted: 

WHEREAS, the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District (AVAQMD) has authority 

pursuant to California Health and Safety Code (H&S Code) §§40702, 40725-40728 to adopt, amend or 

repeal rules and regulations; and 

WHEREAS, the Federal Clean Air Act (FCAA) requires areas designated non-attainment and 

classified moderate and above to implement Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for 

sources subject to Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) documents issued by the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for "major sources" of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 

and oxides of nitrogen (N0x) which are ozone precursors; and 

WHEREAS, effective May 27, 2008 (73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008), USEPA lowered the 

primary ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) from 0.084 parts per million (ppm) to 

0.075 ppm; and 

WHEREAS, for purposes of the FCAA, the District has been designated non-attainment for 

ozone and classified as Severe-15 for the 8-hour standard; and 

WHEREAS, as a result of this change, USEPA is requiring that all non-attainment areas adopt 

and submit an updated RACT SIP Analysis to ensure that District rules adequately address current RACT 

requirements; and 

WHEREAS, in 2006 the AVAQMD adopted the 8-Hour Reasonably Available Control 

Technology — State Implementation Plan Analysis (RACT SIP Analysis) in response to change on March 

9, 2006 of the previous ozone standard from measurement on a one- hour basis (1-hour ozone standard) to 

an eight-hour basis (8-hour ozone standard); and 

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2006, USEPA provided comments on the 2006 RACT SIP 

Analysis requesting additional analysis on several rules to determine if they still represented RACT; and 

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RESOLUTION 15-05 

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2014, the AVAQMD sent the 8-hour Ozone Reasonably Available 

Control Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Analysis — Supplemental Analysis 

addressing these comments and providing the requested analysis of those rules identified by USEPA; and 

WHEREAS, this update was not acted on by the Governing Board pursuant to USEPA direction; 

and 

WHEREAS, the AVAQ1VED must now adopt an updated 2015 RACT SIP Analysis for the 2008 

0.075 ppm 8-hour ozone NAAQS; and 

WHEREAS, the information contained in the original 2006 RACT SIP Analysis, the information 

in the supplemental 2014 RACT SIP Analysis, together with this document, will comprise an analysis 

sufficient to satisfy the RACT SIP Analysis request for the 0.075 ppm 8-hour ozone NAAQS; and 

WHEREAS, the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis document satisfies 42 U.S.C. §§7511a (FCAA §182) 

regarding RACT requirements for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS, and 

WHEREAS, the resultant 2015 RACT SIP Analysis will, upon adoption, be submitted to USEPA 

for approval; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis is necessary because the 

AVAQMD has been designated as an ozone non-attainment area and classified Severe-15 for the 0.075 

ppm 8-hour ozone standard; and 

WHEREAS, the AVAQMD has the authority pursuant to H&S Code §40702 to amend rules and 

regulations; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed adoption is clear in that the meaning can be easily understood by the 

persons impacted by the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are in harmony with, and not in conflict with, or 

contradictory to existing statutes, court decisions, or state or federal regulations because this document is 

required to be developed pursuant to the FCAA and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed amendments do not impose the same requirements as any existing state 

or federal regulation because federal law requires either certification of RACT status or updating rules to 

current RACT; and 

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WHEREAS, the proposed adoption is necessary because the AVAQMD has been designated as 

an ozone non-attainment area and classified Severe-15 for the 0.075 ppm 8-hour ozone standard and must 

submit a RACT SIP Analysis to the USEPA pursuant to the FCAA; and 

WHEREAS, a public hearing has been properly noticed and conducted, pursuant to H&S Code 

§40725, concerning the proposed adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis; and 

WHEREAS, the public hearing to consider the adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis was 

originally noticed for the May 19, 2015 Governing Board meeting; and 

WHEREAS, the AVAQMD received substantive comments from USEPA and continued the 

hearing to June 16, 2015 and again to July 21, 2015 to address the comments; and 

WHEREAS, a Notice of Exemption, a Categorical Exemption (Class 8, 14 CCR §15308) for the 

proposed adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis, completed in compliance with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), has been presented to the AVAQMD Board; each member having 

reviewed, considered and approved the information contained therein prior to acting on the proposed 

adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis, and the AVAQMD Board having determined that the proposed 

adoption will not have any potential for resulting in any adverse impact upon the environment; and 

WHEREAS, the Board has considered the evidence presented at the public hearing; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Governing Board of the AVAQMD finds 

that the proposed adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis is necessary, authorized, clear, consistent, nonduplicative and properly referenced; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Governing Board of the AVAQMD hereby makes a 

finding that the Class 8 Categorical Exemption (14 CCR §15308) applies and certifies the Notice of 

Exemption for the proposed adoption of the 2015 RACT SIP Analysis; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of the AVAQMD does hereby adopt, pursuant to 

the authority granted by law, the proposed 2015 RACT SIP Analysis, as set forth in the attachments to this 

resolution and incorporated herein by this reference; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption, 

that the Clerk of the Board is directed to file the Notice of Exemption in compliance with the provisions 

of CEQA. 

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RESOLUTION 15-05 

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Governing Board of the Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District by the following vote: 

AYES : 4 MEMBER: CRIST, HAWKINS, CRELET 1E, UNDERWOOD-JACOBS 

NOES: MEMBER: 

ABSENT: 4 MEMBER: MANN, LEDFORD, DISPENZA, LAWSON 

ABSTAIN: MEMBER: 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

SS: 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

I, Crystal Goree, Deputy Clerk of the Governing Board of the Antelope Valley Air Quality 

Management District, hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of the record of the 

action as the same appears in the Official Minutes of said Governing Board at its meeting of July 21, 

2015. 

Deputy Cl of tile oVerning oard, 

Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District. 

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