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I. GENERAL INFORMATION 

District: Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

Rule No(s): 459 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: Amended August 25, 2011 

Rule Title(s): Automotive, Mobile Equipment, and Associated Parts and Components Coating Operations (New Rule 

Title) 

Date Submitted to ARB: 12-15-11 

If an Amended Rule, Date Last Amended (or Adopted): October 2, 1997 

Is the Rule Intended to be Sent to the U.S. EPA as a SIP Revision? Yes No (If No, do not complete remainder of form)

District Contact: Kevin J. Williams Phone Number: (916) 874-4851 E-mail Address: kjwilliams@airquality.org 

Narrative Summary of New Rule or Rule Changes: New Rule Amended Rule 

The adopted amendments incorporated the requirements from CARB's 2005 Suggested Control Measure for 

Automotive Coatings. The adopted amendments also incorporated the requirements of the U.S. EPA 2008 

Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings that are applicable to 

operations within the scope of this rule, such as the requirements for transportation plastic parts coatings and 

motor vehicle materials. 

Pollutant(s) Regulated by the Rule (Check): ROG (NOx) SO2 

 (CO) PM TAC (name): 

II. EFFECT ON EMISSIONS 

Complete this section ONLY for rules that, when implemented, will result in quantifiable changes in emissions. Attach reference(s) for emission factor(s) 

and other information. Attach calculation sheet showing how the emission information provided below was determined. 

Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A 

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Source Category: The Sacramento Regional 8-hour Ozone Attainment 

and Reasonable Further Progress Plan (Plan) included a commitement to reduce VOC emissions from automotive 

coating operations by 0.11 tons per day. The Plan also included a commitement to reduce VOC emissions from 

solvent cleaning and degreasing operations by 0.59 tons per day. Prior to the amendments of this rule, the District 

had amended nine rules and reduced 0.53 tons per day from solvent cleaning and degreasing operations, leaving a 

shortfall of 0.06 tons per day. Although Rule 459 was not identified in the solvent cleaning/degreasing control 

measure, the additional reductions from the amendments to Rule 459 will meet this commitment in the Plan. 

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissions: 2018 Area Affected: Sacramento County 

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible): 

N/A 
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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measure: Inventory numbers shown are 2018 SIP inventory (2002 base 

year). For non-aerosol automotive coatings, the 2018 inventory is 0.86 tons VOC per day. The 2018 inventory total for 

solvent cold cleaning, vapor degreasing, wipe cleaning, and thinning and cleanup for coatings and printing is 2.21 tons 

VOC per day. The District estimates that 0.28 tons per day of that total is associated with solvent use in automotive 

coating operations. 

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the Control Measure: 0.11 tons per day in 2018 

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any): N/A 

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed): 0.52 tons per day in 2018 for automotive coatings and 0.18 tons 

per day from solvent cleaning and degreasing operations related to automotive coating operations 

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluation Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emission forecasting and 

planning. 

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS 

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split 

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Sources Affected by this Amendment: 302

Percent in Nonattainment Area: 100% 

Number of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled: 0 Percent in Nonattainment Area: N/A% 

Name(s) and Location(s) (city and county) of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled by Rule (Attach additional sheets as 

necessary): None 

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Continuous? Yes No 

If Yes, Those Limits are in Section(s) 301, 302, 303, 310.3, 310.4, 310.5, 310.7, and 311 of the Rule. 

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Reductions are: using emission control equipment (Section 305) as an 

alternative to meeting the coating limits in Sections 301, 302, and 303, as applicable. 

V. OTHER REQUIREMENTS 

The Rule Contains: 

Emission Limits in Section(s): 301, 302, 303, 305, 310.3, 310.4, 310.5, 310.7, and 311 Work Practice Standards in 

Section(s): 306, 310.1, and 310.2 

Recordkeeping Requirements in Section(s): 401, 402, 501, 502, and 503 Reporting Requirements in Section(s): None 
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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN 

 No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment 

Discussion: Reduces VOC emissions and contributes to reasonable further progress and attainment of the ozone 

standard.