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Resolution No. 2009-001 

SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL 8-HOUR OZONE ATTAINMENT AND REASONABLE FURTHER 

PROGRESS PLAN (PLAN) AND ITS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (FEIR) 

WHEREAS the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) promulgated the 1997 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard ("NAAQS") for ozone with an 8-hour averaging time of 0.08 

parts per million and determined that the 8-hour ozone standard is necessary in order to protect 

public health (Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 138, pages 2-37 (July 18, 1997); and 

WHEREAS the Sacramento Nonattainment Area ("SNA"), includes the Sacramento 

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District ("District") as well as the Yolo-Solano Air Quality 

Management District, and parts of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, the El Dorado 

County Air Quality Management District, and the Feather River Air Quality Management District 

(Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 84, pages 23858-23951 (April30, 2004)); and 

WHEREAS the SNA exceeds the primary NAAQS for 8-hour ozone, and was designated 

nonattainment for ozone with a classification of "Serious" and an attainment deadline of June 15, 

2013 (Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 84, pages 23858-24000 (April30, 2004)); and 

WHEREAS the USEPA published its Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard, which requires nonattainment areas classified "Serious and above" 

to demonstrate reasonable further progress (RFP) toward attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standard (Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 228, pages 71611-71705 (November 29, 2005) and 42 

USC §7511a (c)(2)(8)); and 

WHEREAS the Districts determined that the SNA could not meet the 2013 attainment 

deadline for "Serious" nonattainment areas; and 

WHEREAS on February 14, 2008, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), on behalf of 

the SNA Districts, requested that the USEPA reclassify the SNA from a "Serious" to a "Severe" 

ozone nonattainment classification with an extended attainment deadline of June 15, 2019 (42 

USC §7511 (b)(3)); and 

WHEREAS the SNA Districts have prepared the proposed Sacramento Regional 8-Hour 

Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan (Plan) to satisfy the attainment and 

remaining reasonable further progress demonstration requirements associated with a "Severe" 

classification (42 USC §7502 (c) and §7511a); and 

WHEREAS the proposed Plan shows that ambient ozone air quality is improving in the 

SNA; and 

WHEREAS emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) are 

precursor pollutants to ozone formation in the ambient air; and 

WHEREAS the proposed Plan updates the 2002 base year and emissions inventory 

forecasts for VOC and NOx, and indicates significant declines in emissions; and 
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WHEREAS the proposed Plan demonstrates that existing control strategies and approved 

control measure commitments will provide the future VOC and NOx emission reductions necessary 

to meet the federal Clean Air Act requirements for reasonable further progress for the 2011, 2014, 

2017, and 2018 milestone years (42 USC §7511a (c)(2)(8)); and 

WHEREAS photochemical modeling conducted by CARB predicts lower future ozone 

levels, but concludes that additional emission reductions are needed to attain the federal 8-hour 

ozone standard by the mandated deadline (42 USC §7511a (c)(2)(A)); and 

WHEREAS the proposed Plan documents and recommends adoption and implementation 

of new state, regional, and local reasonably available control measures necessary to attain the 

ozone standard as expeditiously as practicable and no later than 2018 (42 USC §7502 (c)(1) and 

§7511 (a)(1 )); and 

WHEREAS the proposed Plan includes commitments to achieve 3 tons per day of VOC 

and 3 tons per day of NOx reductions from new regional and local control measures and includes a 

specific commitment to achieve emission reductions from the Regional Mobile On-road Incentive 

Program for 0.1 ton per day of VOC and 0. 7 ton per day of NOx in 2011; 0.1 ton per day of VOC 

and 0.8 ton per day of NOx in 2014; 0.9 ton per day of NOx in 2017 and 2018; and 

WHEREAS the proposed Plan sets new 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018 Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets for transportation conformity purposes and updates future airport emissions for 

general conformity purposes consistent with attainment and reasonable further progress 

requirements (42 USC §7506); and 

WHEREAS in connection with the foregoing, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 

Management District, as lead agency, in consultation with El Dorado Air Quality Management 

District, Feather River Air Quality Management District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, as responsible agencies, prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Report ("DEIR"), dated September 2008, State Clearinghouse No. 

2006102136, to analyze potential environmental impacts arising from the proposed Plan; and 

WHEREAS the DEIR concluded that the Plan would have no significant adverse 

environmental impacts, so no mitigation measures are required; and 

WHEREAS the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District published notice 

of the availability of the DEIR and Draft Plan and held a noticed public workshop on September 25, 

2008 to receive public comment on those documents; and 

WHEREAS minor revisions to the Draft Plan and DEIR were made in response to recent 

information and comments received; and 

WHEREAS the Plan revisions did not alter any prior conclusions regarding federal ozone 

planning requirements; and 

WHEREAS the information revising the DEIR did not identify any new significant impacts 

related to the project; and 
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WHEREAS Comments and Responses to the DEIR have been prepared as Appendix C 

thereto, and together with the revised DEIR comprise a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), 

completed in full compliance with all procedural and substantive provisions of the California 

Environmental Quality Act; and 

WHEREAS the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District published a 

notice of the availability of the Plan and FEIR on December 19, 2008 to invite public comment on 

those documents; and 

WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District held a public hearing and considered public comment on the proposed Final Draft Plan at 

its January 22, 2009 meeting; and 

WHEREAS staff of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, at 777 

121

h Street, Sacramento maintain the record of the proceedings upon which this decision is based. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento 

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District certifies that the Final Environmental Impact Report 

has been completed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, that the Board of 

Directors of the District has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final 

Environmental Impact Report and that the Final Environmental Impact Report reflects their 

independent judgment. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District finds that the Final Environmental Impact Report concluded that 

no significant adverse environmental impacts would be expected from the Sacramento Regional 8-

Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan, so no mitigation measures are 

required. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District certifies the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the 

Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District approves the Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment and 

Reasonable Further Progress Plan, including the 2002, 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018 emissions 

inventory, 2018 photochemical modeling results, 2018 attainment demonstration, the reasonable 

further progress demonstrations for 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018, motor vehicle emission budgets 

and airport emission inventory for milestone years 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2018. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District commits to adopt and implement new control measures that 

satisfy federal Reasonably Available Control Measure requirements and achieve, collectively with 

measures adopted by the other SNA air districts, total emission reductions of 3 tons per day VOC 

and 3 tons per day NOx in the SNA. 
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District commits to adopt and implement the Regional On-road Mobile 

Incentive Program that achieves total emission reductions of 0.1 ton per day of VOC and 0.7 ton 

per day of NOx in 2011; 0.1 ton per day of VOC and 0.8 ton per day of NOx in 2014; 0.9 ton per 

day of NOx in 2017 and 2018 in the SNA. 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District directs staff to forward the Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone 

Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan and all necessary supporting documents to the 

California Air Resources Board for submittal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a 

revision to the California State Implementation Plan. 

ON A MOTION by Director __ Cl_a_r_e ___ , seconded by Director Dickinson , the foregoing 

Resolution was passed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air 

Quality Management District, State of California, this 22nd day of January, 2009 by the following 

vote, to wit: 

AYES: Directors Clare, Cohn, Dickinson, Hammond, MacGlashan, McGarvey, Nottoli, 

Sheedy, Starsky, Yee. 

NOES: Directors None. 

ABSENT: Directors Fang, Karpinski -Costa, Davis, Peters. 

ATIEST: 

Clerk of ~ Board 

m~nto Metropolitan Air Quality 

Management District 

State of California