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;EXECUTIVE ORDER 2

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;EXECUTIVE ORDER 3

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 PollutionEXECUTIVE ORDER 4

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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