BOARD MEETING 

 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

 AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED 

 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT 

 1990 EAST GETTYSBURG AVENUE 

 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 

 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 

 8:36 A.M. 

 TIFFANY C. KRAFT, OCR, RIPER 

 CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER 

 LICENSE NUMBER 12277 

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 APPEARANCES 

 BOARD MEMBERS 

 Ms. Mary D. Nichols, Chairperson 

 Dr. John R. Balmes 

 Ms. Sandra Berg 

 Ms. Dorene D'Adamo 

 Mr. Jerry Hill 

 Mr. Ronald O. Loveridge 

 Dr. Daniel Sperling 

 STAFF 

 Mr. James Goldstene, Executive Office 

 Mr. Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Officer 

 Mr. Bob Jenne, Counsel 

 Mr. Michael Scheible, Deputy Executive Officer 

 Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer 

 Ms. Kathleen Quetin, Ombudsman 

 Ms. Lori Andreoni, Board Secretary 

 Mr. Alvaro Alvarado, Ph.D., Air Pollution Specialist, 

 Health and Ecosystems Section, RD 

 Ms. Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch 

 Mr. Ajay Mangat, Goods Movement Strategies Section, 

 Planning & Technical Support Division 

 Ms. Linda Smith, Ph.D., Chief, Health and Exposure 

 Assessment Branch, Research Division 

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 APPEARANCES CONTINUED 

 STAFF 

 Mr. Hien Tran, Ph.D., Manager, Health and Ecosystems 

 Assessment Section, RD 

 Ms. Patricia Velasco, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning 

 and Technical Support Division 

 Mr. Jeff Weir, Air Pollution Specialist, Air Quality and 

 Transportation Planning Branch, PTSD 

 ALSO PRESENT 

 Mr. Arley Baker, Community & Legislative Affairs, Port of 

 Los Angeles 

 Ms. Nidia Bautista, Coalition for Clean Air 

 Ms. Liza Bolanos, Central Valley Air Quality Co. 

 Ms. Ingrid Carmean 

 Mr. Tim Carmichael, Coalition for Clean Air 

 Mr. Manuel Cunha, Nisei Farmers League 

 Ms. Nichole Davis, ISSRC 

 Mr. John Diggs, Kern County, via satellite 

 Ms. Laura Fultz, Coalition for Clean Air 

 Ms. Catherine Garoupa, Madera Coalition for Community 

 Justice 

 Ms. Jamie Holt, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control 

 District 

 Ms. Bonnie Homles-Gen, Americal Lung Association 

 Mr. Roger Isom, California Cotton Growers Association 

 Ms. Sarah Jackson, Earth Justice 

 Mr. Robert Kanter, Environmental Affairs & Planning, Port 

 of Long Beach 

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 APPEARANCES CONTINUED 

 ALSO PRESENT 

 Ms. Melissa Kelly-Ortega, Merced/Mariposa County Asthma 

 Coalition 

 Mr. Chung Liu, South Coast Air Quality Management District 

 Mr. Mark Loutzenhiser, Sacramento Air Quality Management 

 District 

 Ms. Linda Mackay, Tri County Watchdog, via satellite 

 Mr. Grant Melocik, McNeil Enterprises 

 Mr. Brent Newell, CRPE 

 Mr. Jim Quan 

 Ms. Mary-Michael Rawling, Merced/Mariposa County Asthma 

 Coaltion 

 Mr. Seyed Sadredin, Director, San Joaquin Valley Air 

 Pollution Control District 

 Mr. Matthew Schrap, CA Trucking Association, via satellite 

 Ms. Daniela Simunovic, CRPE 

 Ms. Kim Thompson, Fresno-Madera Medical Society 

 Mr. Arthur Unger, Sierra Club, via satellite 

 Mr. Alvin Valeriano, ISSRC & CVAQ 

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 INDEX 

 PAGE 

 Item 08-5-1 

 Chairperson Nichols 4 

 Mr. Sadriden 4 

 Ms. Holt 5 

 Q&A 17 

 Item 08-5-4 

 Chairperson Nichols 26 

 Executive Officer Goldstene 26 

 Staff Presentation 27 

 Q&A 29 

 Motion 32 

 Vote 32 

 Item 08-5-5 

 Chairperson Nichols 33 

 Executive Officer Goldstene 33 

 Staff Presentation 34 

 Q&A 45 

 Item 08-5-2 

 Chairperson Nichols 51 

 Executive Officer Goldstene 51 

 Staff Presentation 52 

 Ms. Thompson 71 

 Mr. Melocik 73 

 Ms. Bolanos 76 

 Ms. Simunovic 81 

 Mr. Newell 89 

 Mr. Carmichael 92 

 Ms. Jackson 103 

 Ms. Garoupa 108 

 Mr. Fultz 110 

 Ms. Carmean 112 

 Mr. Quan 113 

 Ms. Kelly-Ortega 115 

 Ms. Rawling 118 

 Ms. Holmes-Gen 120 

 Ms. Davis 122 

 Ms. Mackay 128 

 Mr. Unger 133 

 Mr. Digges 135 

 Mr. Valeriano 137 

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 INDEX CONTINUED 

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 Mr. Isom 139 

 Mr. Cunha 143 

 Ms. Bautista 147 

 Ms. Simunovic 149 

 Mr. Ship 151 

 Q&A 156 

 Motion 165 

 Vote 173 

 Item 08-5-3 

 Chairperson Nichols 174 

 Executive Officer Goldstene 174 

 Staff Presentation 175 

 Mr. Liu 192 

 Mr. Kanter 195 

 Mr. Schrap 198 

 Mr. Loutzenhiser 201 

 Ms. Holmes-Gen 202 

 Mr. Morrow 204 

 Q&A 206 

 Motion 211 

 Vote 211 

 Item 08-5-6 

 Chairperson Nichols 212 

 Executive Officer Goldstene 212 

 Staff Presentation 212 

 Q&A 224 

 Ms. Holmes-Gen 243 

 Board Comments 250 

 Adjournment 253 

 Reporter's Certificate 254 

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