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BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE 

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED 

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT 

IN THE MATTER OF: 

ADOPTING THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 

UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 

DISTRICT 2008 PM2.5 PLAN 

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RESOLUTION NO. ________________ 

 WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (“District”) is 

a duly constituted unified district, as provided in California Health and Safety Code 

sections 40150 to 40161; and 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, the 

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the San 

Joaquin Valley Air Basin (SJVAB) as nonattainment for the PM2.5 ambient air quality 

standards as set in 1997; and 

 WHEREAS, as given in Section 172(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), attainment plans 

must be submitted to EPA no later than three years after the effective date of the 

nonattainment designation, and the SJVAB was designated nonattainment in Volume 

70, Number 3 of the Federal Register (January 5, 2005, pages 956-957, effective April 

5, 2005); therefore, EPA requires the State of California to submit a plan by April 5, 

2008 that satisfies the requirements of Section 172 of the CAA, including a 

demonstration of attainment of the federal 1997 PM2.5 standards in the SJVAB; and 

 WHEREAS, the initial attainment date for PM2.5 areas is no later than five years 

after the date of designation, or April 5, 2010, but the EPA Administrator may revise 

the date, as appropriate, for a period of up to ten years from the date of designation 

based on the severity of nonattainment and the availability and feasibility of control 

measures (40 CFR 51.1004 (a)); and 

 WHEREAS, photochemical modeling conducted by the California Air Resources 

Board (ARB) indicates that total oxides of nitrogen (NOx) levels will need to be 

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reduced by approximately 50% of their 2005 levels for the Valley to reach attainment 

of the 1997 PM2.5 standard; and 

 WHEREAS, receptor modeling conducted by the District shows that District and ARB 

emission reductions are sufficient to demonstrate attainment before 2015, but not 

sooner; and 

 WHEREAS, approximately 80% of the 2005 NOx emissions inventory in the Valley 

come from mobile sources; and 

 WHEREAS, emissions from mobile sources in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin are 

under the primary regulatory authority of ARB and EPA; and 

 WHEREAS, ARB’s proposed mobile source measures will not go into effect until 

2014; and 

 WHEREAS, the District conducted a comprehensive analysis of the San Joaquin 

Valley’s emissions sources and potential control measures to reduce emissions as 

expeditiously as practicable, given the availability of control technologies; and 

 WHEREAS, because of the severity of nonattainment, the magnitude of reductions 

needed and the reliance on ARB’s mobile source reductions, the District has 

demonstrated that the SJVAB will attain the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS as expeditiously as 

practicable, which is 2014; and 

 WHEREAS, the District Governing Board is committed to achieving the 2006 federal 

PM2.5 standard as expeditiously as possible; and 

 WHEREAS, the District Governing Board is committed to achieving the state PM2.5 

standard as expeditiously as possible; and 

 WHEREAS, the District, ARB, and the eight Transportation Planning Agencies 

(TPAs) in the SJVAB prepared the 2008 PM2.5 Plan, which demonstrates attainment 

of the federal PM2.5 ambient air quality standards (as set in 1997) by April 5, 2015 

and contains all required elements; and 

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 WHEREAS, the 2008 PM2.5 Plan meets federal Clean Air Act requirements for 

demonstrating reasonable further progress in reducing emissions of direct PM2.5 and 

PM2.5 precursors for the years 2009 and 2012; and 

 WHEREAS, the District held workshops for the Draft 2008 PM2.5 Plan on December 

18 and 19, 2007 and February 25 and 26, 2008, and the District responded to written 

and verbal comments that were received during associated comment periods; and 

 WHEREAS, after the close of the comment periods on the Proposed Plan, the 

District revised Plan text as appropriate and prepared responses to comments that are 

included in the Revised Proposed 2008 PM2.5 Plan; and 

 WHEREAS, the Plan includes sub-area mobile source emissions budgets for 2009, 

2012, and 2014 that must be met by each of the eight Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations (MPOs), respectively, in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin for 

transportation conformity; and 

 WHEREAS, the dynamic nature of transportation planning in the San Joaquin Valley 

may trigger the need for technical refinements to the sub-area emissions budgets after 

the District Governing Board adoption of the 2008 PM2.5 Plan; and 

 WHEREAS, specific rule language will be developed during the District’s rule 

development process, which addresses emission control measure feasibility issues at 

a much greater level of detail than was possible during plan development; and 

 WHEREAS, individual control measures may be revised from what is proposed in 

the Plan, and the District is committed to achieving equivalent emission reductions 

from the overall control strategy in the same time frames as proposed in the Plan; and 

 WHEREAS, the technical PM2.5 modeling work supporting the 2008 PM2.5 Plan

could not have been accomplished without the leadership, funding, and work products 

provided through the San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency; and 

 WHEREAS, the ongoing California Regional Particulate Air Quality Study (CRPAQS) 

will continue to produce results that help provide an improved understanding of PM in 

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the SJVAB, including relationships among meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and 

PM precursor emissions; and 

 WHEREAS, the District and the ARB developed the 2008 PM2.5 Plan with the best 

CRPAQS information available through March 2008; and 

 WHEREAS, as required by EPA (40 CFR Part 51, Subpart Z, Section 51.1011), the 

District will complete a mid-course review for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS by April 2011; 

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 WHEREAS, a public hearing for the adoption of the Plan was duly noticed and held 

on April 30, 2008, in accordance with law; and 

 WHEREAS, this Board concurs with the recommendations of its staff; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows: 

1. The District Governing Board adopts the Revised Proposed 2008 PM2.5 Plan, 

thereby fulfilling separate federal air quality planning requirements. Said Plan and its 

circulated Appendices are attached hereto and are incorporated herein as Exhibit “A.” 

2. The District Governing Board requests the EPA to set April 5, 2015 as the 

attainment date for the federal PM2.5 ambient air quality standards, as set in 1997. 

3. The 2008 PM2.5 Plan is consistent with the requirements of the federal Clean 

Air Act and corresponding EPA guidance. 

4. The District has completed an Initial Study for said 2008 PM2.5 Plan that 

indicates the project will not result in any significant adverse effects to the 

environment, and a Proposed Negative Declaration has been prepared and properly 

noticed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. The 

District Governing Board has duly considered said Initial Study and proposed Negative 

Declaration. Accordingly, the District Governing Board approves and adopts a 

Negative Declaration for said Plan pursuant to CEQA requirements. In accordance 

with the provisions of Sections 15075 of the California Environmental Quality Act 

Guidelines, the Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer is hereby directed to 

file a Notice of Determination with the County Clerks of each county in the District. 

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5. The District Governing Board hereby finds, based on the evidence and 

information presented at the hearing upon which its decision is based, that all notices 

required to be given by law have been duly given, and that the District Governing 

Board has allowed public testimony in accordance with law. 

6. Adoption of said Plan is necessary to comply with the Federal Clean Air Act 

and the California Clean Air Act and will promote the health and welfare of the 

residents of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin. Rule development under the Plan will 

be in accordance with the District's rule development procedure with due 

consideration of technological feasibility, cost-effectiveness, socioeconomic impact, 

and environmental impact. 

7. The Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer is hereby directed to forward a 

copy of this Resolution, the 2008 PM2.5 Plan, and appropriate Appendices to the ARB 

for inclusion in the State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

8. District staff is directed to work with stakeholders and EPA to ensure that rules 

developed as a result of adoption of the 2008 PM2.5 Plan address technical and 

economic feasibility issues identified during plan development along with those that 

arise during the rule development process so that the rules are both fair and 

approvable by EPA. 

9. The District Governing Board commits to adopt and implement the rules and 

measures in the 2008 PM2.5 Plan by the dates specified in Chapter 6 to achieve the 

emissions reductions shown in Chapter 6, and to submit these rules and measures to 

the ARB within one month of adoption for transmittal to EPA as a revision to the State 

Implementation Plan. If the total emission reductions from the adopted rules are less 

than those committed to in the Plan, the District Governing Board commits to adopt, 

submit, and implement substitute rules and measures that will achieve equivalent 

reductions in emissions of direct PM2.5 or PM2.5 precursors in the same adoption and 

implementation timeframes or in the timeframes needed to meet CAA milestones. 

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10. Any technical refinements that are needed for the sub-area emissions budgets 

will be duly noticed and presented in the State strategy that is scheduled for hearing 

by ARB in May 2008. 

11. The District Governing Board commits to provide adequate resources to carry 

out the provisions of the 2008 PM2.5 Plan. 

12. The District Governing Board requests that ARB authorize its Executive Officer to 

include the District’s 2008 PM2.5 Plan, as adopted by the District’s Governing Board, in 

the California State Implementation Plan for submittal to the EPA. 

13. District staff is hereby authorized to make any minor typographical and technical 

changes in the 2008 PM2.5 Plan that are necessary to correct minor errors, clarify 

wording, or to satisfy ARB and EPA technical requirements, provided that there are no 

changes in the conclusions or control requirements in the 2008 PM2.5 Plan. 

14. THE FOREGOING was passed and adopted by the following vote of the 

Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District this 

30th day of April 2008, to wit: 

 

AYES: 

 NOES: 

 ABSENT:

 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED 

 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT 

 By _________________________________ 

 Leroy Ornellas, Chair 

 Governing Board 

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ATTEST: 

Clerk to the Governing Board 

By _____________________ 

 Toni Taber

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