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. Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 1001 I .Street· P.O Box 2815 Matthew Rodriguez Secretaryfor Sacramento, California 95812·www.arb.ca.gov Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor Environmental Protection



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Mr. Jared Blumenfeld Regional Administrator Region 9 

# .. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: With this letter,theAir Resources Board (ARB or Board) is submitting to the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (U.S. EPA) the Regulation to Reduce Emissions of Diesel Particulate Matter, Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria Pollutants From In-Use On-Road Diesel-Fueled Vehicles (Truck and Bus Regulation) and the Regulation to Control Emissions From In-Use On-Road Diesel-Fueled Heavy-Duty Drayage Trucks at

. Ports and Intennodal Rail Yard Facilities (DrayageTruck RegUlation) as proposed revisions to the Cal.ifomia State Implementation Plan (SIP). On December 17, 2010the Board considered amendments tothe ARB regulations

. which reduce exhaust emissionsfrom most heavy-duty diesel vehicles and from larger

tractors that enter ports and intermodal rail yards. The Board directed the Executive Officerto adoptthe amendments after completing the administrative process. The Executive Officer adopted the regulations on September 19, 2011 (see Executive Orders R-11-009 and R-11-010). These regulations in this submittal replace the Truck and Bus Regulation adopted in December, 2008, and the Drayage Truck RegUlation adopted in December, 2007, both ofwhich were submitted to U.S. EPA as a SIP revision on August 2, 2010. The regulations in this submittal were also the subject ofa parallel processing request sent to the U.S. EPA on May 19, 2011.

. The Drayage Truck Regulation will be submitted to the California Office ofAdministrative LaW (OAL) for approval not laterthan September23,2011. TheTruck and Bus Regulation will be submitted to OAL not laterthan October28,2011

.. Under California law, OAL must actto approve or disapprove a regUlation within 30 working days after it has

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been submitted (see Government Code section 11349.3). Upon receipt, ARB will forward OAL's approval letters to U.S. EPA. This package contains two copies (one electronic copy and one hard**co~y)** of the

. materials identified below that are being submitted as part ofthe SIP reVISIon. I certify thatthe electronic copy is an exact duplicate ofthe hard copy. ./I. ARB Staff Report, Initial Statement ofReasons forProposed Rulemakinq: ProposedAmendments to the TruckandBus Regulations, the Drayage Truck Regulation, and the Tractor-Trailer Greenhouse Gas Regulation

. ./' II. ARB Resolution 10-44, dated December 17, 2010, describing the Board's direction to the Executive Officerto adoptthe proposed amendments to the Truckand Bus Regulation, with attachment.

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# /"1. ARB Resolution 10-45, dated December 17,2010, describing the Board's direction to the Executive Officerto adoptthe proposed amendmentsto the Drayage Truck Regulation, with attachment. 

### j IV. Notice of PublicAvailability of Modified Text (is-day Notice), dated May 19, 2011. V. ARB Executive Order R-11-009, dated September 19, 2011, withattachments. VI. ARB Executive Order R-11-01 0, dated September 19, 2011, with attachments. VII. Final Statement of Reasons for the Drayage Truck Regulation, including public comments received and responses to comments. VIII. Proof of publication of notice ofavailability of modified text. IX. Updated Informative Digestforthe Drayage Truck Regulation. X. Completeness Checklist for SIP Revision. Please note that materials related to the Heavy-DutyVehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Regulation are not a part ofthis submittaL This exclusion encompasses, but is not limited to, ChapterV and Appendices C and F ofthe Initial Statement of Reasons. ARB is committed to working with 

### u.s. EPA staffto provide any additional clarifying information that you may need. Ifyou have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy**~xecut~ve** Officer, at (916)322-2739, or have your staff contactMr. Douglas Ito, Chief, Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch, at (916) 322-0285. Sincerely,

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cc: See next page.cc: (w/o enclosures) Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Air Division
- Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Mr. Seyed Sadredin Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer San Joaquin APCD 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726 Dr. Barry 

### R. Wallerstein Air Pollution Control Officer South CoastAQMD 21865 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, California 91765 Ms. Lynn Terry Deputy Executive Officer Executive Office Mr. Douglas Ito; Chief Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch Planning and Technical Support Division