Linda S. Adams Secretary for 

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EnvironmentalProtection Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 1001 1 Street P.O. Box 2815 Sacramento, California 95812 www.arb.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor

January 21,2009 DeborahJordan, Director Air Division, Region 9 U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency 75 Hawthorne Street 

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~hedir Resources Board (ARB) is pleasedto submit to the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (U.S. EPA) the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's 2008 ReasonablyAvailable ControlTechnology State Implementation Plan (RACT) (SIP) as a revisionto the California SIP. The district's board adoptedthe RACT SIP at a public hearing on October 23, 2008. RACT evaluations and analyses are requiredfor specific stationary sources for which U.S. EPA had published Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) and for major non-CTG stationary sources (70 FR 71612, 71617, 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 continueto meet RACT. In parallelto 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 determinedthat 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 October23, 2008 IV. Two CDs, each containing electronic copies of the adopted plan and supplemental documentation The energy challengefacing Californiais real. Every Californianneeds to take immediateaction to reduce energyconsumption. Fora listof simple waysyou can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see our website: htt~://www.arb.ca.aov. California Enviror~mental Protection Agency
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Iencourage you to approvethis RACT SIP intothe California SIP. Ifyou have any questions, please call Lynn Terry, Deputy ExecutiveOfficer, at (916) 322-2739 or have your staff contact Kurt Karperos, Chief,Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch at (916) 322-0285.

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cc: (W/O Enclosures) Mr. Larry Greene Executive Director Air PollutionControl Officer Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 777 12th Street, 3rd Floor Sacramento, Califorr~ia 95814 LynnTerry Air Resources Board Kurt Karperos Air Resources BoardState of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECU1-IVEORDER S-08-014 Adoption and Submittal of the 2008 Sacramento MetropolitanAir Quality Management District 8-Hour Ozone ReasonablyAvailable ControlTechnology 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 responsiblefor the preparation of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for attaining and maintainingthe nationalambient air quality standards (NAAQS) as required by the federal CleanAir 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 coordinatethe activities of all local and regional air pollution control and air quality management districts (Districts) necessaryto comply with the Act; WHEREAS, section 39602 of the Health and Safety Code also provides that the SIP shall include or~ly those provisions necessaryto meet the requirementsof 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 delegatedto the Board's ExecutiveOfficer as the Board deems appropriate; WHEREAS, the United States Environmental ProtectionAgency (U.S. EPA) has assigned federal classificationsfor 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment areas in California; WHEREAS, on November 29, 2005, U.S. EPA promulgated the "Final Ruleto Implementthe 8-hour Ozone NAAQS-Phase 2," (70 FR 71612 et seq.) which requires the submission of ReasonablyAvailable ControlTechnology (RACT) SIPSfor Subpart 2 nonattainment areas classified as "Moderate" or above; WHEREAS, Sacramento MetropolitanAir Quality Management Districtwas 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 reclassificationto "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 Healthand Safety Code; WHEREAS, the local air districts have primary responsibility for the control of air pollutionfrom non-vehicular sources and for adopting control measures, rules and regulationsto 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 ControlTechnique Guidelines (CTG) that establish RACT control limits for VOC emissions from specific stationary source categories and establish various major source threshold limitsfor classified nonattainment areas for the 8-hour ozone standard; WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districtsto review their rules for CTG and major non-CTG sources located in the districtto 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 districtsto 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 MetropolitanAir 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 57215); WHEREAS, an updateto 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 1lO(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 submittalto U.S. EPA of any SIP revision; WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on October 23, 2008, the Governing Board of the Sacramento MetropolitanAir Quality Management District adopted the Updated 2008 RACT SIP Revision; WHEREAS, the California EnvironmentalQualityAct (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 outweighthe 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 authorityto act for the Board in this matter; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDEREDthat 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, Californiathis 

# ( I~xecutive OfficerCOMPLETENESS CHECKLIST FOR 8-HOUR OZONE RACT SIP SUBMllTAL Planning Area: Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

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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 ofAttainment AreaIStatus
2.2(c) Estimateof Plan's Impact on Emissions