CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2012 PM2.5 

EMISSION INVENTORY SUBMITTAL TO THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 

FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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

place noted below to consider the proposed fine particulate matter (PM2.5) Emission 

Inventory State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal for the San Francisco Bay Area that 

was developed and approved by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (District). 

If approved, ARB will submit this submittal to the United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (U.S. EPA) for approval as a revision to the California SIP.

DATE: December 6, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: South Coast Air Quality Management District

21865 Copley Drive

Diamond Bar, California 91765

This item may be considered at a two-day meeting of the Board, which will commence 

at 9:00 a.m., December 6, 2012, and may continue at 8:30 a.m., on December 7, 2012. 

This item is scheduled to be heard on the Board’s Consent Calendar. All items on the 

consent calendar can be voted on by the Board immediately after the start of the public 

meeting. Any item may be removed from the consent calendar at the request of a 

Board member or if someone in the audience would like to speak on that item.

In December 2006, the U.S. EPA lowered the 24-hour standard for PM2.5 from 

65 g/m3to 35 g/m3. Effective December 14, 2009, the U.S. EPA designated the San 

Francisco Bay Area as nonattainment for this more stringent 24-hour PM2.5 standard. 

The federal Clean Air Act establishes planning requirements for such designated areas 

that exceed the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). These 

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

will attain the standards by specified dates. The SIP submittal deadline for the revised 

24-hour PM2.5 standard is December 14, 2012. 

However, under the U.S. EPA’s Clean Data Policy for the Fine Particulate National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards (Clean Data Policy), nonattainment areas that attain the 

NAAQS prior to the SIP submittal deadline are eligible for reduced regulatory 

requirements. 

Based on quality-assured federal reference method monitoring data for 2008-2010, the 

San Francisco Bay Area has demonstrated attainment of the 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS for

2008-2010. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to attain based on the most recent 
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air quality data. On December 8, 2011, ARB submitted a request to the U.S. EPA to 

issue a clean data finding under the Clean Data Policy, suspending the majority of the 

planning elements under the Clean Air Act, including the attainment demonstration, 

reasonable further progress demonstration, reasonably available control measures, and 

contingency elements of a SIP. 

To address the remaining SIP requirement, the District developed the 2010 Bay Area 

Winter Emissions Inventory for Primary PM2.5 and PM Precursors (Emission Inventory

SIP Submittal). The District Board of Directors adopted the Emission Inventory SIP 

Submittal at a public hearing on November 7, 2012. 

ARB staff has reviewed the District’s Emission Inventory SIP submittal and has 

concluded that it meets the applicable Clean Air Act requirements. Staff is 

recommending that the Board approve the Emission Inventory SIP Submittal as a 

revision to the California SIP. 

ARB staff will present a written Staff Report 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 verbally 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, December 5, 2012, 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 
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Technical Support Division at (916) 324-7163 or Ms. Elizabeth Melgoza, Air Pollution 

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

at (916) 322-6161.

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: November 13, 2012

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.