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 Reasonably 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 Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) 

of the State CEQA Guidelines exempts projects for which it can be seen with certainty that there 
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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 THAT 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 environment 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 23rd 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