# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman Linda S. Adams 1001 1 Street P.O. Box 2815 Arnold Schwarzenegger Sec~tary for Sacramento, California 95812 www.arb.ca.gov Governor Environmental Protection

September 15, 2010

Mr. Jared Blumenfeld Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 941 05 Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: The Air Resources Board (ARB) hereby transmits to the United States Environmental Protection Agency an Amendment to the San Joaquin Valley 2008 PM2.5 Plan (Amendment) as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). This Amendment extends the rulemaking schedulefor the San Joaq~nin Valley Air Pollution Control District's (District) comrrlitment to address natural-gas fired, fan-type residentialcentral furnace emissions, identified as Control Measure S-COM-10 in the 2008 PM2.5 Plan (Plan). The additionaltime for rule development is necessaryto assist with the development of new advanced control technologies for residential furnaces. Sincethe Plan does not include quantified emission reductioncommitments from this rule, there is no impact on the attainment and reasonable further progress demonstrations inthe Plan. This package consists of two hardcopies and one electronic copy of the following materials. 

### I. June 28, 2010, letterfrom Mr. Samir Sheik, Director of Strategies and Incentives for the District, to Mr. James 

### N. Goldstene, ARB Executive Officer, transmitting: A. ARB SIP Corrlpleteness Checklist 

### 5. C~py of the 2008 PM2.5 Plan Chapter 6 Amendment 

### C. Evidence of Public Hearing D. District Governing Board Resolution (Resolution 10-06-1 8) adopting the Amendment to the 2008 PM2.5 Plan 

### E. District Governing Board Memorandum 

### F. District Staff Report The energychallenge facing California is real. Every Californianneeds to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple waysyou can reduce demandand cutyour energy costs, see our website:htto:~lwww.afb.sa.~~~~~ California Environmental ProtectionAgency Printed on Recycled Paper

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### It. ARB Executive Order S-10-003 adoptingthe Amendment to the 2008 PM2.5 Plan Ifyou have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739, or have your staff contact Ms. Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, at (916) 322-7137. Sincerely, 

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cc: (WIO Enclosures) Mr. Seyed Sadredin Executive DirectorIAir PollutionControl Officer San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 1990 E. GettysburgAvenue Fresno, California 93726 Mr. Samir Sheik Director of Strategies and Incentives San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

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990 E. GettysburgAvenue Fresno, California 93726 Ms. Debbie Jordan, Director U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency Air Division-Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Ms. .LynnTerry Deputy Executive Officer Air Resources Board Ms. Karen Magliano Planning and Technical Support Division Air Resources BoardMr. Jared Blumenfeld September 1 5,2010 Page 4

External bcc: (Hard copy with enclosures) Jessica Fierro San Joaquin Valley Air PollutionControl District 1990 E. GettysburgAvenue Fresno, California 93726 bcc: (Via email wlo enclosures) Bob Jenne, Legal Linda Murchison, PTSD Kurt Karperos, PTSD Sylvia Zulawr~ick, PTSD Jeff Lindberg, PTSD Patricia Velasco, PTSD bcc: (Hard copy with enclosures) 

### EO Chron PTSD Chron SIP Library Assignment # 1591 2/7858 X:\SJV 2008 PM2.5 Plan Documents\Submittal(2) to U.S. EPA\Submittal Itr-SJV R4905 and 2008 PM25 Plan .doc