Linda S. Adams 

Secretary for 

Air Resources Board 

Environmental Protection 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

1001 1 Street P.O. Box 281 5 

Sacramento, California 95812 www.arb.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Governor 

January 21,2009 

Deborah Jordan, Director 

Air Division, Region 9 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

RECEIVED 

&r Division, AIR - . 

US- €PA. REGON 9 

~hedir Resources Board (ARB) is pleased to submit to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District's 2008 Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan 

(RACT) (SIP) as a revision to the California SIP. The district's board adopted the RACT 

SIP at a public hearing on October 23, 2008. 

RACT evaluations and analyses are required for specific stationary sources for which 

U.S. EPA had published Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) and for major non-CTG 

stationary sources (70 FR 71612, 7161 7, Nov. 29, 2005). U.S. EPA requires districts to 

review existing rules for CTG sources and major non-CTG sources within the district to 

determine if those rules continue to meet RACT. 

In parallel to the RACT SIP effort, the Sacramento Air District has been working with the 

other air districts in the Sacramento 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to develop the 

local plan element of their attainment SIP. We expect to submit the adopted SIP to 

U.S. EPA in early 2009. 

ARB staff has determined that this RACT SIP has met the criteria for completeness, 

including public notice and public comment processes prior to district adoption of the 

plan. 'This SIP submittal consists of the following enclosures: 

I. ARB Executive Order adopting the 8-Hour Ozone RACT SIPS (Executive 

Order S-08-014) 

II. Completeness Checklist for 8-Hour Ozone RACT SIP Submittal 

Ill. Two copies of Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's RACT 

SIP Revision adopted October 23, 2008 

IV. Two CDs, each containing electronic copies of the adopted plan and 

supplemental documentation 

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January 21,2009 

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I encourage you to approve this RACT SIP into the California SIP. If you have any 

questions, please call Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739 or have 

your staff contact Kurt Karperos, Chief, Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch 

at (9 16) 322-0285. 

Enclosures 

cc: (W/O Enclosures) 

Mr. Larry Greene 

Executive Director 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

777 12th Street, 3rd Floor 

Sacramento, Califorr~ia 95814 

Lynn Terry 

Air Resources Board 

Kurt Karperos 

Air Resources Board 
State of California 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

EXECU1-IVE ORDER S-08-014 

Adoption and Submittal of the 2008 Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 

Management District 8-Hour Ozone Reasonably Available Control Technology 

State Implementation Plan 

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

hasdesignated the State 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 or~ly 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, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has 

assigned federal classifications for 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment areas in 

California; 

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2005, U.S. EPA promulgated the "Final Rule to 

Implement the 8-hour Ozone NAAQS-Phase 2," (70 FR 71612 et seq.) which 

requires the submission of Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) 

SIPS for Subpart 2 nonattainment areas classified as "Moderate" or above; 

WHEREAS, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District was 

designated as part of the Sacramento nonattainment area by U.S. EPA with a 

classification of "Serious" for the 8-hour ozone standard; 
EXECUl'IVE ORDER S-08-014 2 

WHEREAS, on February 14, 2008, ARB submitted to U.S. EPA on behalf of the 

Sacramento 8-hour ozone nonattainment area a request for voluntary 

reclassification to "Severe" as provided by section 181 (b)(3) of the Act; 

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 non-vehicular 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 VOC emissions from specific stationary source 

categories and establish various major source threshold limits for classified 

nonattainment areas for the 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 that CTG category, 

to make a negative declaration stating this; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires nonattainment districts to submit new or 

amended rules,' when applicable for a given district, for U.S. EPA approval; 

WHEREAS, ARB submitted to U.S. EPA on July 11, 2007 on behalf of the 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District the 2006 RACT SIP 

adopted by the District Governing Board on October 26, 2006; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA published seven additional CTGs on October 9,2007 

(72 FR 5721 5); 

WHEREAS, an update to the 2006 RACT SIP is required to certify compliance 

with the new CTGs; 
EXECUI'IVE ORDER S-08-014 3 

WHEREAS, federal law set forth in section 1 lO(1) of the Act and Title 40, Code of 

Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), section 51.102 requires that one or more public 

hearings, preceded by at least 30 days notice and opportunity for reiew, 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 October 23, 2008, the 

Governing Board of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 

District adopted the Updated 2008 RACT SIP Revision; 

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

project which may have significant adverse envirorlmental irrlpacts 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 2008 RACT SIP; 

WHEREAS, sections 39515 and 39516 of the California Health and Safety Code 

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 2008 RACT SIP adopted by the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Air Quality Management District; 

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

2008 RACT SIP and requests that U.S. EPA approve it as a revision to the 

California SIP. 

I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR section 51 .I 02 that the 2008 RACT SIP being 

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

required by 40 CFR 51 .I 02. 

Executed at Sacramento, California this 

( I~xecutive Officer 
COMPLETENESS CHECKLIST FOR 8-HOUR OZONE RACT SIP SUBMllTAL 

Planning Area: Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

etter from Governor's 

a. Attainment Plan 

b: Contingency Measures 

2.1 (e) Evidence of Compliance with State's 

Procedural Requirements 

There were no comments. 

2.2(b) Identification of Attainment AreaIStatus 

2.2(c) Estimate of Plan's Impact on Emissions