CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE 8-HOUR 

OZONE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN EMISSION INVENTORY SUBMITTAL 

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

place noted below to consider approval of the ozone 8-hour emission inventory as a 

revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State's non-attainment 

areas for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. If approved, ARB will submit the emissions 

inventory to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) for approval 

as a revision to the California SIP. 

DATE: June 26, 2014 

TIME: 9:00a.m. 

PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency 

Air Resources Board 

Byron Sher Auditorium 

1 001 I Street 

Sacramento, California 95814 

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

9:00a.m., June 26, 2014. 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. 

The federal Clean Air Act (Act) requires states to prepare baseline emission inventories 

for all areas designated as exceeding a National Ambient Air Quality Standard within 

two years of the designation. In 2008, U.S. EPA strengthened the ambient air quality 

standards for 8-hour ground-level ozone from 0.08 to 0.075 parts per million. As of 

July 20, 2012, U.S. EPA completed area designations for the 2008 ozone standard and 

classified the following areas as either marginal, moderate, serious, severe, or extreme. 

These California non-attainment areas are the South Coast Air Basin, San Joaquin 

Valley, Sacramento Metropolitan Region, Western Mojave Desert, Coachella Valley, 

Ventura County, San Diego County, Imperial County, Eastern Kern County, East 

San Luis Obispo County, Western Nevada County, Mariposa County, Butte County, 

Calaveras County, Tuscan Buttes, and San Francisco Bay Area. Based upon the 

July 20, 2012 designation date, the baseline emission inventories for these areas are 

due by July 20, 2014. · 

The baseline inventories for these areas focus on the warmer and drier summer months 

(May-October) because the attainment challenges for the ozone NAAQS in California 

occur during these months. Accordingly the 2012 baseline summer season planning 
emission inventories (tons/day) for the two precursors to ozone formation, nitrogen 

oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), have been compiled for the 

sixteen non-attainment areas listed above. 

These ozone planning inventories, if approved by the ARB, will be submitted to 

U.S. EPA as SIP submittals to meet the requirements of the Act. Further inventory 

analysis will continue during development of the attainment plans for these areas and 

any inventory updates will be submitted to U.S. EPA with those plans. 

Staff is recommending that the board approve the 2012 summer baseline planning 

emission inventories for the 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas in California for 

submittal to U.S. EPA. 

ARB staff will release a written Staff Report 30 days prior to the meeting. Copies of the 

report 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, June 23, 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/comm/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. Furthet inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to 

Mr. Steve Zelinka, Manager, Emission Inventory Development Section, Air Quality 

Planning and Science Division at (916) 445-2199 or Ms. Jagjeet Arce, Air Pollution 

Engineer, Emission Inventory Development Section, Air Quality Planning and Science 

Division at (916) 322-7148. · 

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST 

Consistent with California Government Code Section 7296.2, special accommodation or 

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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) 322-55.94 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 linguisticas pueden ser suministradas para 

cualquiera de los siguientes: 

• Un interprete que este disponible en Ia audiencia; 

• Documentos disponibles en un formate alterno u otro idioma; 

• Una acomodaci6n razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. 

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

!lame 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 dias de trabajo antes del dia 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 

rc . Corey 

Executive Officer 

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to 

reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy 

costs, see our website at www.arb.ca.qov. 

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