# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman

1001 I Street· P.O. Box 2815 Linda S. Adams

Secretaryfor Environmental Protection Sacramento, California 95812·www.arb.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor

December 23, 2008
Mr. Wayne Nastri, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Dear Mr. Nastri: Enclosed are revisions to the State ofCalifornia Implem.entation Plan forAchieving and Maintaining the NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards (SIP). Two compact discs and two paper copies, each containing the revisions in their entirety, are enclosed. These revisions consist ofadopted and amended rules ofthe following air quality management and air pollution control districts (districts): Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District Placer County Air Pollution Control District San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District South Coast Air Quality Management District Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Also enclosed is Air Resources Board (ARB) Executive Order S-08-015 adopting the districts' rules as revisions to the SIP. The districts are authorized to adopt and enforce the rules by California Health and Safety Code section 40001. ARB is authorized to adopt the rules as revisions to the SIP by Health and Safety Code section 39601, 39602, and 41650 through 41652. Enclosure A lists the specific rules thatwere adopted, amended, and rescinded by the districts and that have been adopted as revisions to the SIP by ARB through Executive Order S-08-015. To meetthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) criteria for determining that rule submittals are administratively and technically complete, we have enclosed evaluations ofthe effects ofthe rules on emissions, evaluations ofthe rules' consistency with 40 CFR 51, and other supporting documentation provided to us to date by the districts. We have made every reasonable effort to obtain from the districts all documentation necessary to comply with U.S. EPA's SIP Completeness Policy.

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We understand that, according to section 11O(k)(1)(B) ofthe federal Clean AirAct, U.S. EPA will determine within 60 days ofthe Administrator's receipt of a SIP revision, but no laterthan six months after the date by which the State is required to submit the revision, whetherthe rule packages within the revision are adequately complete to review for approvability. ARB staff may receive additional supporting documentation from the districts within the nextfew months. We will, of course, forward those additional materials to you. Ifyou have any questions orwould like to discuss these SIP revisions, please contact Mr. Jorge Fernandez at (916) 445-7800. Sincerely,

Michael H. Scheible Deputy Executive Officer Enclosures

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cc: Mr. Eldon Heaston Executive Director Mojave DesertAir Quality

Management District 14306 ParkAvenue Victorville, California 92392-2310 Mr. Thomas J. Christofk Air Pollution Control Officer Placer County Air Pollution

Control District 3091 County Center Drive, Suite 240 Auburn, California 94603 Mr. Seyed Sadredin Air Pollution Control Officer San Joaquin Valley Unified Air

Pollution Control District 1990 East Gettyburg Fresno, California 93726 BarryWallerstein, D.Env. Executive Officer South CoastAir Quality

Management District 21865 East Copley Drive Diamond Bar, California 91765-4182 Mr. Matt Ehrhardt Air Pollution Control Officer Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103 Davis, California 95616-4882 Mr. Jorge L. Fernandez, Chief Program Evaluation Branch Stationary Source DivisionCalifornia Environmental Protection Agency AIR RESOURCES BOARD Executive Order 5-08-015 WHEREAS, the rules identified in Enclosure A have been adopted or amended by the following air pollution control and air quality management districts (districts): Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District Placer County Air Pollution Control District San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District South CoastAir Quality Management District Yolo-SolanoAir Quality Management District WHEREAS, the districts are authorized by California Health and Safety Code (H&SC) section 40001 to adopt and enforce the rules identified in Enclosure A; WHEREAS, the rules have been submitted to the Air Resources Board (ARB) for inclusion in the State ofCalifornia Implementation Plan forAchieving andMaintaining the NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards (SIP) as reasonably available control measuresfor limiting emissions ofair pollutants within the districts; WHEREAS, ARB has determined thatthese rules are necessaryto meet requirements ofthe federal Clean AirAct; and WHEREAS, ARB is authorized by H&SC sections 39601,39602, and 41650 through 41652 to adopt district rules as revisions to the SIP. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED thatARB hereby adopts the districts' rules identified in EnclosureA as revisions to the SIP. I certify, pursuantto 40 CFR 51.102(f),thatthe rules identified in Enclosure A were amended after notice and public hearings as required by 40 CFR 51.102(a) and 51.102(d). Executed in Sacramento, California, this 

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# ~~;/~ Michael H. Scheible Deputy Executive OfficerDate: December 23, 2008 California Environmental Protection Agency AIR RESOURCES BOARD Enclosure A Rules ThatWere Adopted orAmended by the Following Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts and Which Are Submitted As Revisions to the State ofCalifornia Implementation Plan forAchieving andMaintaining the NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards Rule Date Adopted District Number or Title Amended Mojave Desert 1165 8/25/08 Glass Melting Furnaces AQMD (amended)

Placer County 515 10/09/08 Stationary Rail Yard Control APCD Emission Reduction Credits (adopted)

Placer County 206 10/09/08 Incinerator Burning APCD (amended)

San Joaquin Valley 4603 10/16/08 Surface Coating of Metal Unified APCD Parts and Products (amended) San Joaquin Valley 4606 10/16/08 Wood Products and Flat Unified APCD Wood Paneling Products Coating Operations (amended) San Joaquin Valley 4901 10/16/08 Wood Burning Fireplaces and Unified APCD Wood Burning Heaters (amended)

South CoastAQMD 1158 7/11/08 Storage, Handling, and Transport ofCoke, Coal and Sulfur (amended)Date: December 23, 2008 California Environmental Protection Agency AIR RESOURCES BOARD

Enclosure A (continued) Rules ThatWere Adopted orAmended by the Following Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts and Are Submitted As Revisions to the State ofCalifornia Implementation Plan forAchieving andMaintaining the NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards

Rule Date Adopted District Number or Amended Title

South Coast AQMD 1186 7/11/08 PM10 Emissions from Paved and Unpaved Roads, and Livestock Operations (amended) Yolo-Solano AQMD 2.41 9/10/08 Expandable Polystyrene Manufacturing Operations (adopted)