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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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

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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

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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,

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Enclosures

cc: See next page.Ms. Laura Yoshii

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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 95814Ms. Laura Yoshii

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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 14 t " 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