CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE YUBA 

CITY-MARYSVILLE PM2.5 MAINTENANCE PLAN AND REDESIGNATION 

REQUEST 

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

place noted below to consider the proposed Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan 

submittal for the Yuba City-Marysville fine particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment area 

that was developed and approved by the Feather River Air Quality Management District 

(District). If approved, ARB will submit this to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(U.S. EPA) for approval as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

DATE: April 25, 2013 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

PLACE: California Envir.onmental Protection Agency 

Air Resources Board 

Byron Sher Auditorium 

1001 1 Street 

Sacramento, California 95814 

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

at 9.:00 a.m., April 25, 2013. This item is scheduled to be heard on the Board's Consent 

Calendar. AII items on the Consent Calendar will be voted on by the Board immediately 

after the start of the public meeting. Any item may be removed from the Consent 

Calendar at the request of a Board member or if someone in the audience would like to 

speak on that item. 

In December 2006, U.S. EPA lowered the 24-hour national ambient air quality standard 

(standard) for PM2.5 from 65 μg/m 3to 35 μg/m3. Effective December 14, 2009, 

U.S. EPA designated the Yuba City-Marysville Area as nonattainment for the more 

stringent.24-hour PM2.5 standard. The federal Clean Air Act establishes planning 

requirements for those areas that exceed the health-based standards. These 

nonattainment areas must develop and implement a SIP that demonstrates how they 

will attain the standards by specified dates. The SIP submiftal deadline for the revised 

24-hour PM2.5 standard is December 14, 2012. 

Under the U.S. EPA's Clean Data Policy for the Fine Particulate National Ambient Air 

Quafity Standards (Clean Data Policy), nonattainment areas that attain the standard 

prior to the SIP submittal deadline are eligible for reduced regulatory requirements. 

Based on quality-assured federal reference method monitoring data for 2006-2008, the 

Yuba City Marysville PM2.5 nonattainment area has demonstrated attainment of the 

24-hour PM2.5 standard and continues to attain based on the most recent air quality data. 
On June 8, 2010, ARB requested the "clean data" finding for the 24-hr PM2.5 standard 

for this area. On January 10, 2013, U.S. EPA determined that the Yuba City-Marysville 

nonattainment area has attained the 24-hour PM2.5 standard. Based on this 

determination, U.S. EPA also suspended the majority of the planning elements under the 

Clean Air Act, including the attainment demonstration, reasonable further progress 

demonstration, reasonably available control measures, and contingency elements of a SIP. 

To address the remaining requirements, on April 1, 2013, the District adopted the Yuba 

City-Marysville PM2.5 Nonattainment Area Redesignation Request and Maintenance 

Plan (Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan). The Redesignation 

Request/Maintenance Plan officially requests that this area be redesignated to 

attainment for the PM2.5 standard. 

ARB staff has reviewed the District submittal and has concluded that it meets the 

applicable Clean Air Act requirements. ARB staff has determined that the 

Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan would ensure continued maintenance of the 

standard for the required ten years following redesignation. Staff is recommending that 

the Board approve the Yuba City-MarysvillePM2.5 Nonattainment Area Redesignation 

Request and Maintenance Plan as a revision to the Cafifornia SIP and the request to be 

redesignated from nonattainment to attainment for the PM2.5 standard. 

ARB Staff Report will be available prior to the meeting. Copies of the report may be 

obtained from ARB's Public Information Office, 1001 1 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 verbally or in writing at the 

meeting and may be submitted 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 iater than 12:00 noon, April 24, 2013, and 

addressed to the following: 

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board,. Air Resources Board 

1001 1 Street, Sacramento, California 95814 

Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca . oq_ v/lispub/comm/bciist.php 

You can sign up online in advance to speak at the Board meeting when you submit 

an electronic board item comment. For more information go to: 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/online-signup.htm . 

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. 

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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. Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to 

Ms. Sylvia Vanderspek, Manager, Particulate Matter Analysis Section, Planning and 

Technical Support Division at (916) 324-7163 or Ms. Kasia Turkiewicz, Air Resources 

Engineer, Particulate Matter Analysis Section, Planning and Technical Support Division 

at (916) 445-6497. 

SPECIAL ACCOMMO®ATION REQUEST 

Special accommodation or language needs can be provided for any of the following: 

An interpreter to be available at the hearing; 

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) 322-5594 or 'by facsimile at (916) 322-3928 as soon as possible, 

but no later than 10 business days before the schedufed Board hearing. 

TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service. 

Comodidad especial o necesidad de otro idioma puede ser proveido para aiguna de las 

siguientes: 

• Un interprete que este disponible en la audiencia. 

• Documentos disponibles en un formato alterno u otro idioma. 

• Una acomodacion razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. , 

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

Ilame a la 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 la 

audiencia del Consejo: TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar 

el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmision de Mensajes de California. 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

dam6s Goldstene 

Executive Officer 

Date: March 25, 2013 

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 . pov. 

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