CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 

FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 24-HOUR PM2.5 SIP 

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public meeting at the time and 

place noted below to consider the Supplemental Document for the San Joaquin Valley 

24-hour PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP) for inclusion in the California SIP. 

DATE: October 23, 2014 

TIME: 9:00a.m. 

PLACE: South Coast Air Pollution Control District 

Auditorium 

21865 Copley Drive 

Diamond Bar, California 91765 

This item will be considered at a two-day meeting of the Board, which will commence at 

.9:00a.m., October 23, 2014, and will continue at 8:30a.m., on October 24, 2014. This 

item may not be considered until October 24, 2014. Please consult the agenda for the 

meeting, which will be available at least 10 days before October 23, 2014, to determine 

the order in which this item will be considered. This item is scheduled to be heard on 

the Board's Consent Calendar. All agenda items on the Consent Calendar- unless 

removed upon the request of a Board member or if someone in the audience submits a 

request to speak card on that item -will be voted on by the Board at the beginning of 

the public meeting. 

Background 

In December 2012, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (District) 

adopted a SIP for the 35 ug/m3 24-hour PM2.5 standard (2012 PM2.5 Plan). 

The 2012 PM2.5 Plan was developed to meet requirements specified by the 

United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) PM2.5 Implementation Rule 

based on Subpart 1 provisions of the federal Clean Air Act (Act). In January 2013, ARB 

approved the 2012 PM2.5 Plan. 

In the time between the 2012 PM2.5 Plan adoption by the District in December 2012 

and the ARB hearing in January 2013, the D.C. Circuit Court determined that U.S. EPA 

erred in solely developing its implementation rule for PM2.5 under the Subpart 1 general 

provision of the Act without considering the more specific particulate matter provisions 

in Subpart 4. The Court remanded the rule back to U.S. EPA to address the Subpart 4 

provisions. During the January 2013 ARB hearing, the Board determined it was 

appropriate to approve the 2012 PM2.5 Plan at that time and later provide any 

necessary supplemental information once U.S. EPA provided guidance in response to 

the D.C. Circuit Court decision. 
In 2014, U.S. EPA classified the San Joaquin Valley under Subpart 4 as a moderate 

nonattainment area for the 35 ug/m3 24-hour PM2.5 standard and directed the State to 

submit a SIP by tlie end of 2014 that would meet the moderate area requirements. 

Also, U.S. EPA directed states to follow the existing guidance for PM1 0 SIP 

implementation under Subpart 4. 

On September 18, 2014, the District adopted the "Supplemental Document: Clean Air 

Act Subpart 4: The 2012 PM2. 5 Plan for the 2006 PM2. 5 Standard and District Rule 

2201 (New and Modified Stationary Source Review)" (Supplemental Document). The 

Supplemental Document demonstrates that the existing 2012 PM2.5 Plan satisfies the 

Subpart 4 requirements for a moderate PM2.5 nonattainment area. The Supplemental · 

Document also includes the District's request that the San Joaquin Valley be classified 

as a serious PM2.5 non attainment area under Subpart 4 consistent with the attainment 

demonstration in the 2012 PM2.5 Plan. The Supplemental Document provides the 

information U.S. EPA needs to approve the 2012 PM2.5 Plan under Subpart 4 

consistent with the DC Circuit Court direction to U.S. EPA. 

PROPOSED ACTION 

Staff has reviewed the Supplemental Document and concluded that the 2012 PM2.5 

Plan meets the requirements of Subpart 4 of the Act for moderate PM2.5 nonattainment 

areas. Staff recommends that the Board approve the Supplemental Document and 

direct staff to submit it to U.S. EPA as a revision to the California SIP. 

Copies of the ARB staff report will be available on September 22, 2014. These may be 

obtained from ARB's Public Information Office, 1001 I Street, First Floor, Environmental 

Services Center, Sacramento, California, 95814, (916) 322-2990. The report may also 

be obtained from ARB's website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/sip.htm 

Interested members of the public may present comments orally or in writing at the 

meeting and may provide comments by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the 

meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments not physically submitted at 

the meeting, must be received no later than 5:00pm, October 20, 2014, and 

addressed to the following: 

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board 

1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814 

Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comrn/bclist.php 

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code 

section 6250 et seq.), your written and verbal comments, attachments, and associated 

contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email, etc.) become part of the public 

record and can be released to the public upon request. 

ARB requests that written and email statements on this item be filed at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting so that ARB staff and Board members have additional time to 

consider each comment. Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to 

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Dr. Patricia Velasco, Staff Air Pollution Specialist at 916-323-7560 or Mr. Webster 

Tasat, Manager, Central Valley Air Quality Planning Section at 916-323-4950. 

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST 

Consistent with California Government Code Section 7296.2, special accommodation or 

language needs may be provided for any of the following: 

• An interpreter to be available at the meeting; 

• Documents made available in an alternate format or another language; 

• A disability-related reasonable accommodation. 

To request these special accommodations or language needs, please contact the Clerk 

of the Board at (916) 322-5594 or by facsimile at (916) 322-3928 as soon as possible, 

but no later than 10 business days before the scheduled Board meeting. 

TTY/TOO/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service. 

Consecuente con Ia secci6n 7296.2 del C6digo de Gobierno de California, una 

acomodaci6n especial o necesidades lingufsticas pueden ser suministradas para 

cualquiera de los siguientes: 

• Un interprete que este disponible en Ia audiencia; 

• Documentos disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma; 

• Una acomodaci6n razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. 

Para solicitar estas comodidades especiales o necesidades de otro idioma, por favor 

llame a Ia oficina del Consejo al (916) 322-5594 o envie un fax a (916) 322-3928 lo 

mas pronto posible, pero no menos de 10 dfas de trabajo antes del dfa programado 

para Ia audiencia del Consejo. TTY/TOO/Personas que necesiten este servicio 

pueden marcar el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmisi6n de Mensajes de California. 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

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Richard W. Corey 

Executive Officer 

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