State of California 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

Resolution 09-19 

March 26, 2009 

Agenda Item No.: 09-3-4 

WHEREAS, the Legislature in Health and Safety Code section 39602 has designated 

the State Air Resources Board (ARB) as the air pollution control agency for all purposes 

set forth in federal law; 

WHEREAS, ARB is responsibfe for the preparation of the State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) for attaining and rnaintaining the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

as required by the federal Clean Air Act (the Act; 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq.), and to 

this end is directed by Health and Safety Code section 39602 to coordinate the activities 

of all local and regional air pollution control and air quality management districts 

(districts) necessary to comply with the Act; 

WHEREAS, section 39602 of the Health and Safety Code also provides that the SIP 

shall include only those provisions necessary to meet the requirements of the Act; 

WHEREAS, section 41650 of the Health and Safety Code requires the ARB to approve 

the nonattainment plan adopted by a district as part of the SIP unless the Board finds, 

after a public hearing, that the plan does not meet the requirements of the Act; 

WHEREAS, ARB has responsibility for ensuring that the districts meet their 

responsibilities under the Act pursuant to sections 39002, 39500, 39602, and 41650 of 

the Health and Safety Code; 

WHEREAS; ARB is authorized by section 39600 of the Health and Safety Code to do 

such acts as may be necessary for the proper execution of its powers and duties; 

WHEREAS, sections 39515 and 39516 of the Health and Safety Code provide that any 

duty may be delegated to the Board's Executive Okicer as the Board deems 

appropriate; 

WHEREAS, the local air districts have primary responsibility for controlling air pollution 

from nonvehicular sources and for adopting control measures, rules, and regulations to 

attain the NAAQS within their boundaries pursuant to sections 39002, 40000, 40001, 

40701, 40702, and 41650 of the Health and Safety Code; 

WHEREAS, in July 1997, the United States Environmental Protection Agency 

(U.S. EPA) promulgated an 8-hour NAAQS for ozone of 0.08 parts per million; 

WHEREAS, in April 2004, U.S. EPA designated the Sacramento Metro Area (SMA) as 

nonattainment for the 8-hour ozone standard; 
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WHEREAS, the SMA includes the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District and parts of the. EI Dorado 

County Air Quality Management District, the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, 

and the Feather River Air Quality Management District (collectively "the Districts"); 

WHEREAS, in April 2004, U.S. EPA finalized "Phase 1" of the 8-hour ozone 

implementation rule (Phase 1 Implementation Rule), which established the classification 

scheme for nonattainment areas and identified continuing obligations with respect to the 

existing 1-hour ozone requirements; 

WHEREAS, as part of that action U.S. EPA classified the SMA as a"serious" 

nonattainment area with an initial attainment date of June 15, 2013, and subject to the 

requirements of Subpart 2 of Part D of Title I of the Act; 

WHEREAS, in November 2005, U:S. EPA supplerriented its Phase 1 Implementation 

Rufe with a"Phase 2" rule that specifies the emission controls and planning elements 

that nonattainment areas must address in their SIPs; 

WHEREAS, the Act requires that areas classified moderate or greater, demonstrate that 

Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) toward attainment of the 8-hour ozone NAAQS will 

occu r; 

WHEREAS, the Districts determined that the SMA could not meet the 2013 attainment 

deadline for a serious nonattainment area and, on February 14, 2008, the Districts . 

requested a voluntary reclassification of the SMA from "serious" nonattainment to 

11 severe-15" nonattainment, with an applicable attainrpent date of June 15, 2019, as 

allowed under section 181(b)(3) of the Act; 

WHEREAS, the staffs of the Districts coordinated in the development of the 2009 

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

(the Plan) to fulfill the planning requirements of a"severe-15° nonaftainment area; 

WHEREAS, the Plan includes updated air quality and emissions data, a control: strategy 

based on State, local, and federal measures, a modeled attainment demonstration, an 

RFP demonstration, transportation conformity emission budgets, and contingency 

measures; 

WHEREAS, the control strategy in the Plan relies on adopted State and local emission 

control regulations, emission reductions from new local regulatory commitments 

identified in the Plan, and statewide measures included by ARB in the 2007 State 

Strategy; 

WHEREAS, the RFP demonstration shows that the SMA will meet the required 

progress milestones and will continue to have additional emission reductions needed to 

meet the contingency measure requirements for progress; 
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WHEREAS, federal law set forth in section 110(I) of the Act and Title 40, Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), section 51.102 requires that one or more public hearings, 

preceded by at least 30 days notice and opportunity for public review, must be 

conducted prior to the adoption and submittal to the U.S. EPA of any SIP revision; 

WHEREAS, as required by federal law, the Districts made the Plan available for public 

review at least 30 days prior to the hearing; 

WHEREAS, the governing boards of all five districts approved the plan at duly noticed 

public hearings on January 22 (Sacramento), February 2(Feather River), February 10 

(EI Dorado County), February 11 (Yolo-Solano), and February 19, 2009 (Placer 

County); 

WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that no project 

which may have significant adverse environmental impacts be adopted as originally 

proposed if feasible alternatives or mitigation measures are available to reduce or 

eliminate such impacts; 

WHEREAS, to meet the requirements of CEQA the Districts prepared and certified an 

Environmental Impact Report (EIR) documenting that no significant adverse impacts 

would be expected from implementing the Plan, and consequently, no mitigation 

measures are required; 

WHEREAS, the plan has been submitted to ARB as a SIP revision, along with proof of 

public notice publication and environmental documents in accordance with State and 

federal law; 

WHEREAS, the Board finds that: 

1. Additional emissions reductions from sources under ARB regulatory authority 

are needed for the Sacramento Metro area to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standard by 2019. 

2. The State, federal and local control strategy identified in the 2009 Sacramento 

Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainmerit and RFP Plan provides the necessary 

emission reductions to demonstrate attainment of the 8-hour ozone standard by 

2019. 

3. Already adopted State mobile source control regulations will provide the 

required contingency measures in the event that the Sacramento Metro Area 

does not attain the standard by 2019; these measures will achieve additional 

emission reductions beyond those relied on in the attainment demonstration. 

4. The Plan meets all applicable planning requirements established by the 

Act and U.S. EPA regulations. 
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WHEREAS, the Board furtherfinds that: 

ARB has reviewed and considered the Plan, along with the EIR prepared for 

the Plan, and finds that the Plan is consistent with the requirements of the Act; 

and 

2. ARB finds that the EIR prepared for the 2009 Sacramento Regional 8-Hour 

Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan meets the 

requirements of CEQA. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board adopts the Plan, including the 

updated emissions inventory, RFP demonstration, and transportation conformity 

emission budgets, as a SIP revision. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board commits to achieve reductions of nitrogen 

oxide (NOx) emissions of 13 tons per day (tpd) and reductions of reactive organic gas 

(ROG) emissions of 11 tpd through the implementation of ineasures identified in the 

2007 State Strategy; 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board directs the Executive Officer to forward the 

Plan to the U.S. EPA for inclusion in the SIP to be effective, for purposes of federal law, 

upon approval by U.S. EPA. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board directs the Executive Officer to work with 

U.S. EPA and take appropriate action to resolve any completeness or approvability 

issues that may arise regarding the SIP submission. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board authorizes the Executive Officer to include 

in the SIP submittal any technical corrections, clarifications, or additions that may be 

necessary to secure U.S. EPA approval. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board hereby certifies pursuant to 

40 CFR section 51.102 that the Plan was adopted after notice and public hearing as 

required by 40 CFR section 51.102. 

I hereby certify that the above is a true and 

correct copy of Resolution 09-19, as 

adopted by the Air Resources Board. 

Monig'a Vejar, Clerk~6f the Board