SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

RESOLUTION NO.

OZONE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REVISION: REASONABLY AVAILABLE

CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AS APPLICABLE TO THE 8-HOUR OZONE STANDARD

WHEREAS, Sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f) of the federal Clean Air Act require districts in ozone nonattainment areas to implement Reasonabl y Available Control Technology (RACT) for all source categories for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a Control Techniques Guideline (CTG) document and for major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx); and

WHEREAS, Sacramento County was designated as nonattainment for the federal 8-hour ozone air quality standard with a classification of serious, effective June 15, 2004 (69 FR 23857); and

WHEREAS, the District adopted a revision to the Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) on October 26, 2006, that satisfied the federal RACT requirements applicable to serious
nonattainment areas; and

WHEREAS, EPA has published seven new CTGs that were not considered in the October 26, 2006 SIP revision; and

WHEREAS, the California Air Resources Board submitted a request to EPA on February 14, 2008, to reclassify the Sacramento Federal Nonattainment Area to “severe” nonattainment, as provided by Section 181(b)(3) of the federal Clean Air Act; and

WHEREAS, the federal Clean Air Act Section 182(d) defines a major source in severe nonattainment areas as having potential emissions of VOC or NOx greater than or equal to 25 tons per year; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District has considered the Staff Report for Updated Analysis of Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan (Updated RACT SIP), September 22, 2008, which presents an analysis of the District’s rules and regulations that implement RACT for the required source categories and for stationary sources of VOC or NOx which will become major sources upon reclassification to severe nonattainment; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District held a duly noticed public hearing on October 23, 2008 in accordance with Section 110(l) of the federal Clean Air Act and considered public comments on the proposed revision to the Ozone SIP; and

WHEREAS, the California Environmental Q uality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines exempts projects for which it can be seen with certainty that thereBoard Resolution

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is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant adverse effect on the

environment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED TH AT THIS BOARD determines that the proposed revision to the Ozone SIP meets the requirements of Sections 182(b)(2) and 182(f) of the federal Clean Air Act; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS BOARD determines that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that adoption of the proposed revision to the Ozone SIP may have a significant adverse effect on the envir onment and, therefore, is exempt from CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS BOARD approves and adopts the proposed

revision to the Ozone SIP.

BE IT ORDERED that the revision be submitted to the California Air Resources Board for submittal to EPA for inclusion in the Ozone State Implementation Plan.

ON A MOTION by Director , seconded by Director

, the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Sacramento

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, State of California, this 23 rd day of October 2008,

by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Directors

NOES: Directors

ABSENT: Directors

Chairperson of the Board Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

State of California

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

CLERK OF THE BOARD

SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT