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 pmsuant to section 40727.2, information in 

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

hear.ng 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 the environment, are categorically exempt from CEQA 

review (Class 8 Categorical Exemption); and 

WHEREAS, District staff identified definitions within Rule 1.1, General Provision and Defiri.i tions 

which required updating 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 repmt prepared 

in this matter. 

2. The Board of Directors makes the following findings pursuant to Health and Safety Code 

section 40727: 

a. Necessity: Infonnation in the District's rulemaking record maintained pursuant to 

Health and Safety Code section 40728 demonstrates a need for amending District Rule 

1.1; 

b. Authority: Health and Safety Code section 40702 pennits the Distiict to amend District 

Rule 1.1 ; 

c. Clmity: District Rule 1.1 as amended is written so that its meaning can be easily 

understood by the persons directly affected by it; 

d. Consistency: District Rule 1.1 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 1.1 as amended does not impose the same requirements 
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 

Categorical Exemption. 

5. The Board of Directors hereby amends District Rule 1.1, General ProYisions and Definitions, 

as set fmth in Exhibit 1 (Attaclunent A of the Staff Report), which is attached and incorporated 

by reference. The amendment is effective May 8, 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: 

Attest: 

Ayes: 

Noes: 

Anderson, Batchelor, Jr., Boulware, Chamberlain, Davies, 

Provenza, Saylor, Seifert, Swanson, Thomson and vasquez. 

None. 

Absent: Harris, Johannessen and Rexroad 

Abstain: None. 

D~ 

Don Saylor, Chair 

Board of Directors 

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District 

Approved as to Form: 

Hope P. Welton, D1stnct Counsel