Linda S. Adams 

Secretary for 

Environmental Protection 

Air Resources Board 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

1001 1 Street - P.O. Box 2815 

Sacramento, California 95812 - www.arb.ca.gov 

Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Govemor 

April 17, 2009 

Ms. Laura Yoshii 

Acting Regional Administrator 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Dear Ms. Yoshii: 

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is pleased to submit to the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) the 2009 Sacramento Regional 

8-Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan (Plan). The Plan sets 

out a strategy for attaining the 1997 federal 8-hour ozone standard in the Sacramento 

Nonattainment Area. 

The Sacramento Air District adopted the plan on January 22, 2009, followed by the 

Feather River Air District on February 2, the EI Dorado County Air District on February 10, 

the Yolo-Solano Air District on February 11, and the Placer County Air District on 

February 19, 2009. ARB determined that the Plan meets Clean Air Act requirements and 

approved it on March 26, 2009 as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). 

Enclosures: This package consists of two hard copies and two electronic copies of 

each of the documents listed below. 

1) February 9, 2009 letter from Larry Greene, Air Pollution Control Officer of 

the Sacramento Air District, to James N. Goldstene, ARB Executive 

Officer, transmitting the following materials: 

A) The Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan and Appendices. 

B) Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Notice of Determination. 

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April 17, 2009 

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C) Evidence of public hearing notice. 

D) Evidence that public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

E) District Board Resolution 2009-001, adopting the Ozone Plan and 

certifying the final EIR. 

F) Public comments and responses on the Draft Plan. 

II) February 17, 2009 letter from David A. Valler, Jr., Air Pollution Control 

Officer of the Feather River Air District, to James N. Goldstene, 

ARB Executive Officer, transmitting the following materials: 

A) Evidence of public hearing notice. 

B) Evidence that the public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

C) District Board Resolution 2009-02, adopting the Ozone Plan. 

D) Summary of comments at the hearing and workshop and staff 

responses. 

E) Notice of Determination for EIR filing. 

III) February 17, 2009 letter and March 20, 2009 email from 

Marcella McTaggart, Air Pollution Control Officer of the EI Dorado County 

Air District, to James N. Goldstene, ARB Executive OfFcer, transmitting 

the following materials: 

A) Evidence of public hearing notice. 

B) Evidence that public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

C) District Board Resolution 021-2009, adopting the Ozone Plan. 

D) Summary of comments at the hearing and staff responses. 

E) Notice of Determination for EIR filing. 

1V) February 20, 2009 letter from Tom Christofk, Air Pollution Control Officer, 

and March 27 email from Yu-Shuo Chang, Planning Section Supervisor of 

#he Placer County Air District, to James N. Goldstene, ARB Executive 

Officer, transmitting the following materials: 

A) Evidence of public hearing notice. . 

B) Evidence that public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

C) District Board Resolution 09-01, adopting the Ozone Plan. 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 17, 2009 

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D) Summary of comments at the hearing and staff responses. 

E) Notice of Determination for EIR filing. 

V) , March 4, 2009 letter from Mat Ehrhardt, Air Pollution Control Officer of the 

Yolo-Solano Air District, to James N. Goldstene, ARB Executive Officer, 

transmitting the following materials: 

A) Evidence of public hearing notice. 

B) Evidence that public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

C) District Board Resolution 09-02, adopting the Ozone Plan. 

D) Summary of comments at the hearing and staff responses. 

E) Notice of Determination for EIR filing. 

VI) ARB's Staff Report analyzing the Sacramento Ozone Plan. 

VII) Public hearing notice for the ARB meeting on March 26, 2009, and 

evidence that public hearing was held in accordance with notice. 

VIII) ARB Resolution 09-19, adopting the Sacramento Ozone Plan as a 

revision to the California SIP, including revised transportation conformity 

budgets and a revised RFP demonstration. 

IX) Documentation of photochemical modeling results. 

X) Completeness checklist for the Sacramento Ozone SIP. 

This SIP submittal includes revisions to the Sacramento transportation conformity 

emissions budgets. ARB has previously requested parallel processing of the budgets. 

We now request that U.S. EPA act quickly to find the transportation conformity budgets 

adequate so that the transportation planning processes in Sacramento can continue 

without interruption. 

We look forward to working with you to secure the approval of this SIP revision, and will 

continue to work with your staff to resolve technical issues related to U.S. EPA 

approval. 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 17, 2009 

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If you have any questions, please feel free to call me, at (916) 445-4383, or 

Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739. For questions of a 

technical nature, please have your staff contact Mr. Kurt Karperos, Chief, Air Quality 

and Transportation Planning Branch, at (916) 322-0285. 

Sincerely, 

~ 

tLl ames N. Goldst r e 

Executive OfficeiV 

Enclosures 

cc: See next page. 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 17, 2009 

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cc: (with Enclosures on CD) 

Ms. Debbie Jordan, Director 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Air Division - Region 9 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Mr. Tom Christofk 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Placer County Air Pollution Control District 

3091 County Center Drive, Suite 240 

Auburn, California 95603 

Mr. Mat Ehrhardt 

Executive Director 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District 

1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103 

Davis, California 95618 

Mr. Larry Green 

Executive Director 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

777 12th Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Mr. Steve Heminger 

Executive Director 

Metropolitan Transportation Commission 

101 Eighth Street 

Oakland, CA 94607-5769 

Mr. Mike McKeever 

Executive Director 

Sacramento Area Council of Governments 

1415 L Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95814 
Ms. Laura Yoshii 

April 17, 2009 

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Ms. Marcella McTaggart 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

EI Dorado County Air Quality Management District 

2850 Fairlane Court, Building C 

Placerville, California 95667 

Mr. Dave Valler 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Feather River Air Quality Management District 

938 14t" Street 

Marysville, California 95901 

Mr. John Kelly 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Air Division — Region 9 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Ms. Lynn Terry 

Deputy Executive Officer 

Executive Office 

Mr. Kurt Karperos, Chief 

Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch