WHEREAS, the Board directs staff to abide by said procedures for 

administration and implementation of the Carl Moyer Program; and 

WHEREAS, an appropriate public comment period was allowed prior to 

the Board’s adoption of the Policies and Procedures Manual for Administration of the 

Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standard Attainment Program; and a 30-day public 

comment period opportunity for hearing has been provided prior to submitting these 

policy and procedures to EPA; and 

WHEREAS, the SCAQMD will ensure that all projects selected for 

funding through the Carl Moyer Program will comply with the project criteria and other 

requirements specified in the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines developed by the 

California Air Resources Board (CARB); and 

WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of Governments has 

requested that the District Governing Board delay action on the Goods Movement 

Control Measures (High Speed Transport System and Truck-Only Lanes) to July 13, 

2007 in order to allow SCAG to complete any necessary consultation processes; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the SCAQMD will take 

all actions necessary to ensure that emission reductions resulting from projects funded 

by the Carl Moyer Program will meet U.S. EPA criteria (surplus, quantifiable, 

enforceable, and permanent for life of project) and requirements for SIP creditability to 

meet federal Clean Air Act requirements. The specific commitments that the SCAQMD 

will meet to ensure the reductions obtained through implementation of the Carl Moyer 

Program will meet federal Clean Air Act requirements are as follows: 

1. The SCAQMD will implement projects funded by the Carl Moyer Program 

through legally enforceable contracts between the SCAQMD and the 

grantee. These contracts will specify the emission reductions anticipated 

for the project and describe the actions that the grantee must take to achieve 

those reductions. The SCAQMD will seek enforcement of the terms of the 

contracts against non-compliant sources to obtain the agreed-upon 

reductions or may reallocate any returned funds to a new project or use 

excess reductions from a different project funded by the Carl Moyer 

Program to obtain the necessary reductions. 

2. The SCAQMD will ensure that all emission reductions calculated for 

projects funded by the Carl Moyer Program will be done using established 

protocols for the Carl Moyer Program. The SCAQMD will use the 

quantification protocols specified in the Carl Moyer Program Guidelines in 

effect at the time of project award to calculate creditable emission 

reductions for use in the SIP. 

3. The SCAQMD will verify surplus emission reductions through a 

comprehensive inspection, monitoring and reporting program for each 




AQMP, and the Statements of Findings and Overriding Considerations and 

Mitigation Monitoring Plan. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Executive Officer is hereby directed 

to work with CARB and the U.S. EPA to ensure expeditious approval of this 2007 

AQMP as a single integrated plan for PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone attainment. 

Furthermore, this plan is only being submitted on an integrated PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone 

basis. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the South Coast Air Quality Management 

District Governing Board directs staff to request that CARB formally submit a request 

to U.S. EPA for voluntary redesignation (bump-up) of the South Coast Air Basin from a 

designation of “severe-17” to “extreme” for 8-hour ozone and modify the attainment 

date to June 15, 2024. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the District is also requesting that CARB 

formally submit a request to U.S. EPA for voluntary redesignation of the Coachella 

Valley Portion of the Air Basin from a designation of “serious” to “severe-15” for 8-

hour average ozone and modify the attainment date to June 15, 2019. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District Governing Board, requests that the 2007 AQMP serve as the SIP 

submittal for the 8-hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plan including the 

Reasonable Further Progress Demonstration, Reasonably Available Control Measures 

(RACM) and Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) determinations for the 

8-hour ozone and PM2.5 standards for the South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley, 

revision to the Carbon Monoxide Attainment Demonstration Plan for the South Coast 

Air Basin, revision to the Nitrogen Dioxide Maintenance Plan for the South Coast Air 

Basin, and the Transportation Conformity Budgets for the South Coast Air Basin and 

Coachella Valley. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Executive Officer is hereby 

directed to forward a copy of this Resolution, the 2007 AQMP as amended by the final 

changes (including all documents listed in Attachment 1 to this Resolution), the 

emissions budgets as incorporated in the 2007 AQMP, and the Final Program 

Environmental Impact Report on the 2007 AQMP to CARB, and to request that the 

2007 AQMP be forwarded to the U.S. EPA for approval as part of the State 

Implementation Plan. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the District Governing Board directs the 

Executive Officer to release a 30-day notice to adopt the latest transportation 

conformity budgets reflecting policies adopted at the public hearing, for adoption on 

July 13, 2007. 
 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District's Governing Board 

directs the Executive Officer to release a 30-day notice to consider such measures for 

final adoption on July 13, 2007 and until such time as such measures are finally 

adopted, the primary control strategy relies on the proposed CARB measures identified 

in Table 4-6A to achieve an additional 22 tons per day of NOx beyond the total 

minimum emission reduction commitment. 
ATTACHMENT 1 

The Final 2007 Air Quality Management Plan submitted for the South Coast Air 

Quality Management District Governing Board’s consideration consists of the 

documents entitled: 

• Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan (October 2006) including the 

following appendices: 

o Appendix I – Health Effects (October 2006) 

o Appendix II – Current Air Quality (October 2006) 

o Appendix IV-C – Transportation Control Measures (October 2006) 

• Proposed Modifications to the Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan 

(February 2007) including the following appendices: 

o Appendix II – Current Air Quality (February 2007) 

o Appendix III – Base and Future Year Emission Inventories (February 2007) 

o Appendix IV-A – District’s Stationary and Mobile Source Control 

Measures (February 2007) 

o Appendix IV-B-1 – Air Resources Board Proposed State Strategy for 

California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan (February 2007) 

o Appendix IV-B-2 – District Staff’s Proposed Policy Options to Supplement 

CARB’s Control Strategy (February 2007) 

o Appendix IV-B-3 – South Coast Air Quality Management District’s 

Implementation of the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality (February 2007) 

o Appendix IV-C – Transportation Control Measures (February 2007) 

o Appendix V – Modeling and Attainment Demonstration (February 2007) 

o Appendix VI – Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) 

Demonstration (February 2007) 

• Response to Comments on the Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan 

(February 2007) 

• Draft Final 2007 AQMP 

o Draft Final 2007 AQMP- Main Document (May 2007) 

o Addendum to the Proposed Modifications to the Draft 2007 AQMP – 

Appendices (May 2007) 

• Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the 2007 Air Quality 

Management Plan (May 2007) 

• Final Socioeconomic Report for the 2007 Air Quality Management Plan (May 

2007