State of California 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

EXECUTIVE ORDER S-14-008 

Adoption and Submittal of the 8-Hour Ozone 

Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan 

WHEREAS, the California Legislature in Health and Safety Code section 39602 

has designated the California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) as the air 

pollution control agency for all purposes set forth in federal law; 

WHEREAS, ARB is responsible for the preparation of the State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) for attaining and maintaining 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 ARB to 

approve the nonattainment plan approved 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, sections 39515 and 39516 of the Health and Safety Code provide 

that any duty may be delegated to the Board's Executive Officer as the Board 

deems appropriate; 

WHEREAS, in March 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. 

EPA) promulgated an 8-hour standard for ozone of 0.075 parts per million (ppm); 

WHEREAS, the U.S. EPA has assigned federal classifications for the 0.075 ppm 

8-hour Ozone Nonattainment areas in California (FR 77 30088, May 21, 2012); 

WHEREAS, on June 6, 2013, U.S. EPA promulgated the Proposed Rule, 

"Implementation of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone: 

State Implementation Plan Requirements," (78 FR 34178 et seq.), which requires 

the submission by July 20, 2014, of Reasonably Available Control Technology 

(RACT) SIPs for nonattainment areas classified as moderate or above; 
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WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin portion of the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District is designated as a nonattainment area with classification of 

"Extreme" for the 0.075 ppm 2008 8-hour ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is designated as 

a nonattainment area with classification of "Extreme" for the 0.075 ppm 2008 

8-hour ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, the Coachella Valley portion of the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District is designated as a nonattainment area with classification of 

"Severe-15" for the 0.075 ppm 2008 8-hour ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, Ventura County Air Pollution Control District is designated as a 

nonattainment area with classification of "Serious" for the 0.075 ppm 2008 

8-hour ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, the ARB has primary responsibility for the control of air pollution 

from vehicular sources, including motor vehicle fuels, as specified in sections 

39002, 39500, and part 5(commencing with section 43000) of the Health and 

Safety Code, and for ensuring that the districts meet their responsibilities under 

the Act pursuant to sections 39002, 39500, 39602, 40469, and 41650 of the 

Health and Safety Code; 

WHEREAS, the local air districts have primary responsibility for the control of 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, U.S. EPA has published Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) that 

establish RACT control limits for Volatile Organic Compounds emissions from 

specific stationary source categories and establish various major source 

threshold limits for classified nonattainment areas for the 0.075 ppm 8-hour 

ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districts to review their rules for CTG and major 

non-CTG sources located in the district to determine if those rules meet RACT 

requirements and to update or adopt new rules if necessary; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districts not having a listed CTG or major 

non-CTG source, and consequently lacking a RACT rule for these categories, to 

make a negative declaration stating this; 
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WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districts with nonattainment areas classified as 

moderate and above to submit a RACT SIP for U.S. EPA approval by 

July 20, 2014, which is two years from the July 20, 2012 date of designation; 

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 review, must 

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

revision; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on April 10, 2014, the Placer 

County Air Pollution Control Board adopted the 2014 RACT SIP; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on June 6, 2014, the South 

Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board adopted the 2016 Air 

Quality Management Plan RACT Demonstration, which provides a RACT 

analysis for both the South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley Nonattainment 

Areas; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on June 10, 2014, the 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board adopted the 2014 RACT SIP 

Revision; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on June 19, 2014, the 

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District adopted the 2014 RACT SIP; 

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

project which may have significant adverse environmental impacts may be 

adopted as originally proposed if feasible alternatives or mitigation measures are 

available to reduce or eliminate such impacts, unless specific overriding 

considerations are identified which outweigh the potential adverse consequences 

of any unmitigated impacts; 

WHEREAS, no potential adverse environmental impacts are expected from the 

adoption of the 2014 RACT SIPs, and environmental documentation for 

individual rules will be prepared as necessary as each new rule is considered for 

adoption; 

WHEREAS, section 39515 and 39516 delegate to the Executive Officer the 

authority to act for the Board in this matter; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Executive Officer hereby adopts 

as a SIP revision the 2014 RACT SIP adopted by the Placer County Air Pollution 
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Control District, the 2016 Air Quality Management Plan RACT Demonstration 

adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the 2014 RACT 

SIP adopted by the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, and the 2014 

RACT SIP adopted by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. 

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that ARB hereby submits to U.S. EPA the 

2014 RACT SIPs and requests that U.S. EPA approve them as a revision to the 

California SIP. 

I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR section 51.102 that the 2014 RACT SIPs being 

submitted as a SIP revision were adopted after notice and public hearing as 

required by 40 CFR 51.102. 

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Executed at Sacramento, California this day of. -Pdl LI(- I 

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Executive Offic