CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE SAN JOAQUIN 

VALLEY PM2.5 STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND OVERVIEW OF PM2.5 

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public meeting at the time and 

place noted below to consider approving the San Joaquin Valley 2012 PM2.5 State 

Implementation Plan (2012 PM2.5 Plan) developed and adopted by the San Joaquin 

Valley Air Pollution Control District (San Joaquin Valley or District). If approved by the 

Board, ARB will submit the 2012 PM2.5 Plan to the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). At the hearing, ARB staff will also provide an overview of the latest air quality 

science and on-going research which was used in developing the 2012 PM2.5 Plan.

DATE: January 24, 2013

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Kern County Board of Supervisors

Board Chambers, 1st Floor

1115 Truxtun Avenue

Bakersfield, California 93301

This item will be considered at a one-day meeting of the Board in Bakersfield, which will 

commence at 9:00 a.m., January 24, 2013. Please consult the meeting agenda, which 

will be available at least ten (10) days before January 24, 2013, to determine the 

schedule on which this item will be considered.

The federal Clean Air Act (Act) establishes planning requirements for areas that exceed 

the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (standard). These 

nonattainment areas must develop and implement a SIP that demonstrates how they 

will attain the standard by specified dates.

In December 2006, U.S. EPA lowered the 24-hour standard for fine particulate matter 

(PM2.5) from 65 μg/m3 to 35 μg/m3

. Effective December 14, 2009, U.S. EPA 

designated the San Joaquin Valley as nonattainment for this more stringent 24-hour 

PM2.5 standard. The District must develop and implement a SIP that addresses Act 

planning requirements and establishes the strategy for attaining the standard as 

expeditiously as practicable, but no later than December 2019. The District prepared 

the 2012 PM2.5 Plan to address these requirements, and their Governing Board 

adopted the 2012 PM2.5 Plan on December 20, 2012. 

The 2012 PM2.5 Plan demonstrates attainment by including new emission reductions,

to occur each year between now and 2019, from implementing a combination of ARB 

and District programs. The District has committed to additional measures, including 
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further strengthening their wood burning curtailment program and additional 

requirements on commercial cooking operations, to bring the entire San Joaquin Valley

into attainment by 2019. The 2012 PM2.5 Plan includes comprehensive emission 

inventories, reasonable further progress milestones, an assessment of reasonably 

available control measures and technologies, and identification of contingency 

measures if they fail to meet a milestone or attain the standard. The 2012 PM2.5 Plan 

also includes motor vehicle transportation conformity budgets developed using 

EMFAC2011 that reflect the latest planning assumptions. 

ARB staff has reviewed the 2012 PM2.5 Plan and has concluded that it meets the 

applicable Act requirements. ARB staff is recommending that the Board approve the 

2012 PM2.5 Plan as a revision to the California SIP. 

A written ARB Staff Report will be available prior to the meeting. Copies of the report 

may be obtained from ARB’s Public Information Office, 1001 I Street, First Floor, 

Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, California, 95814, (916) 322-2990. The 

report may also be obtained from ARB’s website at: 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/sip.htm

Interested members of the public may present comments orally or in writing at the 

meeting and may be submitted by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the 

meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments not physically submitted at 

the meeting must be received no later than 12:00 noon, January 23, 2013, and 

addressed to the following: 

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board

1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php 

You can sign up online in advance to speak at the Board meeting when you submit 

an electronic board item comment. For more information go to:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/online-signup.htm.

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code 

section 6250 et seq.), your written and verbal comments, attachments, and associated 

contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email, etc.) become part of the public 

record and can be released to the public upon request. 

ARB requests that written and email statements on this item be filed at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting so that ARB staff and Board members have additional time to 

consider each comment. Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to

Ms. Sylvia Vanderspek, Manager, Particulate Matter Analysis Section, Planning and 

Technical Support Division at (916) 324-7163 or Dr. Patricia Velasco, Staff Air Pollution 

Specialist, Particulate Matter Analysis Section, Planning and Technical Support Division 

at (916) 323-7560.
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SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST

Special accommodation or language needs can be provided for any of the following:

• An interpreter to be available at the hearing;

• Documents made available in an alternate format or another language;

• A disability-related reasonable accommodation.

To request these special accommodations or language needs, please contact the Clerk 

of the Board at (916) 322-5594 or by facsimile at (916) 322-3928 as soon as possible, 

but no later than 10 business days before the scheduled Board hearing. 

TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service.

Comodidad especial o necesidad de otro idioma puede ser proveído para alguna de las 

siguientes:

• Un intérprete que esté disponible en la audiencia;

• Documentos disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma;

• Una acomodación razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. 

Para solicitar estas comodidades especiales o necesidades de otro idioma, por favor 

llame a la oficina del Consejo al (916) 322-5594 o envíe un fax a (916) 322-3928 lo más 

pronto posible, pero no menos de 10 días de trabajo antes del día programado para la 

audiencia del Consejo. TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar 

el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmisión de Mensajes de California.

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

/s/

__________________________________

James N. Goldstene

Executive Officer

Date: 12/4/12

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate 

action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut 

your energy costs, see our website at www.arb.ca.gov.