# Air Resources Board Mary D. 

### Nichols,Chairman Linda

### S. Adams 1001 1 Street P.O. Box 2815 Arnold Schwarzenegger

Secretary for Sacramento, California 95812

# - www.arb.ca.gov Governor Environmental Protection



### May 20, 2010


### Mr. Jared Blumenfeld, Administrator U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: This is to request delegation of authority by the Air Resources Board on behalf of the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (District) for the implementation and enforcement of federal CleanAir Act Section 11 2 maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for area sources not covered by the 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 70 program. The Air Division of your office indicated, in an October 22, 2002 letterto the air quality management and air pollution control districts,that they have demonstrated adequate authorities and resourcesto receive delegation for area sources, and encouragedthe districtsto seek delegation for the unchanged MACT standards implementation. We have received a letter of intent (copy enclosed) from the District requesting delegation to implement the unchanged MACT standards for area sources. We understand that this is a one time requestand upon the approval of the request, the District will havethe authority to implement and enforce existing area source standards unchanged as promulgated bythe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Additionally, if the request is granted, the District will receive delegation of any future area source standards or revisionswithout any additional action from the Districtor U.S. EPA. We are hereby requesting delegation on behalf of the Districtfor the implementation and enforcement of the unchanged MACT standards,with the exception of the perchloroethylenedry cleaning standard and the chromium electroplating standard for which statewide or district rules have already been approved and delegated by the U.S.EPA.

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### Mr. Jared Blumenfeld, Administrator May 20, 2010 

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### 2 Thank you for processing this request. If you have any questions, please call Mr. Jorge 

### L. Fernandez, Chief, Program Evaluation Branch, Stationary Source Division, at (91 6) 445-7800. Sincerely,

~obert 

### D. Fletcher Deputy Executive Officer Enclosure
cc: Mr. Terence E. Dressler Air Pollution Control Officer Santa Barbara CountyAir Pollution Control District 260 North San Antonio Road, SuiteA Santa Barbara, California 93110-1 315 Ms. MaeWang U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, Califorr~ia 94105 Mr. Jorge 

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### J.Guzzetta, Manager Rule Evaluation Section Program Evaluation Branch Stationary Source Division California Air Resources Board P.O. Box 281

### 5 Sacramento, CA 958 12 SURJEC'I': Request for EPA to Delegate Authority for Implementing and Enforcing Area Source MACT Sta~ida~ds to the Santii Barbdra County Air Pollutioi~ Control District Dear Mr. Guzzetta: It is our understanding that the Santa Barbara County Air Pollutiorl Control District has already received delegation for unchanged federal emissions standards promulgated under section 112,Hazardous Air Pollutants, of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Car sources covered by the 40 CFK Part 70program. We would like to complete the delegation to our District for implementing and enforcingthese standards by requesting delegation of the unchanged section 112 standards as they apply to sourcesthat arenot subject to Part 70 permit requirements. Please submit a request to EPA for this delegation on behalf of thc Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Corltrol District. We believe that the District has adequate legal authorities, resources, and abilities to ilnplenient and enforcethese standards. We also believe that those criteria have been sufficiently demonstrated through CAKB's July 

### 6, 1995,dry cleaning delegation and equivalency request for approval of its demonstration that California has adequate authorities and resources to iinplement and enforce CAA section 1 12 prograins and rules. Weunderstand that if ourrequest fordelegation is granted, then the District will receive delegation of each future CAA section 1 12 area source standard 90 days after pro~nulgation of that standard, without any additional action from the 1)istrict or EPA. CARB will notify the District of iiew standards soon after they arepromulgated. If we do not wish to receive delegation for a particular standard, then we will notify the EPA Region 9 office in writing to decline delegation of the specitic

. standard. The District will receive delegation of any existing CAA section 

### 1 12 area source standards upon the approval of our request, with the excep~ion of the perchloroethylene dry cleaning standard and the chromium electl-oplating standard for which statewide or district rules have already been approved and delegated. Ifyou have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Douglas Grapple at (805)961-8883.

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