CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL O F THE

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 2007 OZONE PLAN

The Air Resources Board (the Board or ARB) will con duct a public meeting at the time and place noted below to consider the approval of t he San Joaquin Valley 2007 Ozone Plan and to consider updates to the transportation conformity budgets, the reasonable further progress demonstration, and the emissions i nventories contained in the

2007 Ozone Plan.

DATE: June 14, 2007

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: San Joaquin Valley Air Poll ution Control District 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726

or Via Videoconference (2 Locations)

District Northern Region Office 4230 Kiernan Avenue, Suite 130 Modesto, California 95356

District Southern Office 2700 M Street, Suite 275 Bakersfield, California 9330 1

This item will be considered at a one-day meeting o f the Board, which will commence at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, June 14, 2007. Please consult the agenda for the meeting, which will be available at least 10 days before June 14, 2007, to determine the schedule on

which this item will be considered.

For individuals with sensory disabilities, this doc ument is available in Braille, large print, audiocassette or computer disk. Please contact ARB 's Disability Coordinator at 916-323-4916 by voice or through the California Rel ay Services at 711, to place your request for disability services. If you are a pers on with limited English and would like to request interpreter services, please contact ARB's Bilingual Manager at 916-323-7053.

Background

The federal Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) establis hes planning requirements for those areas that routinely exceed the health-based Nation al Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). These nonattainment areas must develop an d implement a State2

Implementation Plan (SIP) that demonstrates how the y will attain the standards by specified dates. Federal law holds each state resp onsible for implementing the provisions of the Act.

In July 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Age ncy (U.S. EPA) promulgated a new
8-hour NAAQS for ozone. U.S. EPA classified the Sa n Joaquin Valley Air Basin as a

“serious” nonattainment area with an attainment dat e of June 2013. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (District) de veloped an attainment plan with input from interested parties. In the 2007 Ozone Plan, t he District’s analysis showed that the local, State, and federal controls already in place will be insufficient to allow the San Joaquin Valley to attain the ozone standard by the 2013 deadline.

Consequently, the District adopted the 2007 Ozone P lan targeting a June 15, 2024

“extreme” attainment date. The 2007 Ozone Plan inc ludes new local emission control measures, as well as the emission reductions benefi ts of the proposed 2007 State Strategy which the Board will consider at its meeti ng scheduled for June 21-22, 2007.

The 2007 Ozone Plan also relies on the use of new t echnology, as allowed under section 182(e)(5) the federal Clean Air Act, to pro vide the final increment of nitrogen oxide emission reductions. The District adopted th e 2007 Ozone Plan on April 30, 2007. At that time, the District also re quested a reclassification to “extreme”

nonattainment of the federal ozone standard.

The 2007 Ozone Plan establishes county-level on-roa d motor vehicle emission transportation conformity budgets for each mileston e year, as well as for the attainment year. The emissions budgets in the 2007 Ozone Plan reflect the latest planning assumptions and were developed using EMFAC2007. AR B staff has updated the transportation conformity budgets to reflect revise d Madera County vehicle activity data for all budget years, which were not available in t ime for publication in the 2007 Ozone Plan. In addition, the San Joaquin County 2008 tra nsportation conformity budgets were updated to correct a data input error. Documentati on on the proposed update is

available on-line at http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/2007sip/2007sip. htm

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In addition, ARB staff is proposing to update the e missions inventory to reflect a change in the calculation of pesticide emissions provided by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) which was not available in time for the District’s plan publication and adoption

. DPR staff has published a memorandum outlining re visions

to the emission estimation calculations for ROG emi ssions from agricultural pesticide usage. These revised inventories reflect changes t o the emission estimating methodology to include updated emission factors and the inclusion of an application

use factor.

The Clean Air Act requires that areas such as the S an Joaquin Valley demonstrate “reasonable further progress” (RFP) toward attainme nt of the federal ozone standard and provide for contingency measures in the event t hat the required level of progress is not achieved. The 2007 Ozone plan demonstrates tha t these requirements will be met as a result of rules and regulations already in pla ce. ARB staff concurs. However, the3

RFP demonstration included in the 2007 Ozone Plan d oes not include the impacts of the revised pesticide emissions, discussed previous ly. ARB staff has updated the RFP demonstration to include the revised pesticide emis sions. ARB staff is proposing to submit this updated RFP demonstration to U.S. EPA f or inclusion in California’s SIP for the San Joaquin Valley.

Proposed Action

ARB staff has reviewed the 2007 Ozone Plan for the San Joaquin Valley and concluded that it meets applicable federal requirements. ARB staff has also concluded that the implementation of the 2007 Ozone Plan would reduce ozone levels throughout the San Joaquin Valley and result in attainment of the 8-hour ozone standard by June 2024. ARB staff is recommending that the Boar d approve the San Joaquin Valley 2007 Ozone Plan, as well as the updated transportat ion conformity budgets, emissions inventory, and progress demonstration, as a revisio n to the California SIP.

The 2007 Ozone Plan relies on emission reductions t o be achieved from the proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 SIP (State Str ategy). ARB is scheduled to consider the State Strategy at its June 21-22, 2007 meeting, and thus at the June 14, 2007 hearing ARB will be considering the 2007 Ozone Plan before the State Strategy has been approved. Therefore, final ARB approval of th e 2007 Ozone Plan would be contingent upon ARB’s subsequent adoption of commit ments, as part of the State Strategy, to achieve the emission reductions from S tate measures that are relied on in

the 2007 Ozone Plan.

ARB staff will present its recommendations to the B oard at the meeting. Copies of a written Staff Report, which is expected to be avail able by May 24, 2007, may be

obtained from the Board's Public Information Office , 1001 “I” Street, 1 st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, CA 95814 , (916) 322-2990. The report may also be obtained from ARB’s internet site at http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/2007sip/2007sip. htm

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Interested members of the public may also present c omments orally or in writing at the meeting, and in writing or by email before the meet ing. To be considered by the Board, written comments submissions not physically submitt ed at the meeting must be

received no later than 12:00 noon, Wednesday, June 13, 2007, and addressed to the following:

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Boa rd

1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

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

Facsimile submittal: (916) 322-39284

The Board requests, but does not require 30 copies of any written submission. Also, the ARB requests that written and email statements be filed at least 10 days prior to the meeting so that ARB staff and Board members have ti me to fully consider each comment. Further inquiries regarding this matter s hould be directed Mr. Jeff Lindberg, Air Pollution Specialist, (916) 322-2832, 1001 “I” Street, P.O. Box 2815, Sacramento,

California 95812.

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

/s/

Catherine Witherspoon

Executive Officer

Date: May 15, 2007

The energy challenge facing California is real. Ev ery Californian needs to take immediate action to r educe energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see

our Website at www.arb.ca.gov

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