ATTACHMENT 3 PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS

PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 40001, 40703, 40727, 40727.2, 40728.5, 40 920.6 AND CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES (14 CCR § 15000 seq.)

FOR PROPOSED AMENDED RULE 74.19,

GRAPHIC ARTS

1. NECESSITY: Amendments to Rule 74.19 are necessa ry to obtain ozone precursor emission reductions from this stationary source category in order to move closer to the goal of attaining state and federal ambient air quality sta ndards for ozone.

2. AUTHORITY: The Ventura County Air Pollution Con trol District is authorized and required by the California Health and Safety Code D ivision 26, Part 3, Sections 40000 and 40001, to adopt and enforce rules and regulations t o attain and maintain state and federal ambient air quality standards.

3. CLARITY: The amendments to Rule 74.19 are writt en so that they can be easily understood by the persons directly affected by them.

4. CONSISTENCY: The amendments to Rule 74.19 are i n harmony with, and not in conflict with or contradictory to, existing statutes, court decisions, or state or federal regulations.

5. COST-EFFECTIVENESS and SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS: F actors related to the costeffectiveness and socioeconomic impacts of adopting amendments to Rule 74.18 are set

forth in Attachment 4 and have been considered in a dopting amendments to Rule 74.18.

6. NONDUPLICATION: Amended Rule 74.18 does not imp ose the same requirements as an existing state or federal regulation.

7. REFERENCE: California Health and Safety Code Di vision 26, Part 3, Sections 40000 and

40001 are the sections of state law that will be im plemented by the adoption of amendments
to Rule 74.19.

8. ATTAINMENT OF AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS: Ve ntura County has been designated a severe nonattainment area for both the state and federal ambient air quality standards for ozone. Reactive organic compound (RO C) emissions are precursors to the formation of ozone. Adoption of amendments to Rule 74.19 will reduce ROC emissions from this stationary source category, which will he lp Ventura County move closer to attainment of the state and federal ambient air qua lity standards for ozone.

9. ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS: Pursuant to the terms

and conditions of Section 40727.2 of the Health and Safety Code, District staff has analyzedAir Pollution Control Board Findings

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ATTACHMENT 3 federal and state air pollutant emission regulation s that correspond with proposed amendments to Rule 74.19 and this analysis is set f orth in Attachment 4 to this resolution of findings.

10. REASON FOR ADOPTION AND INCREMENTAL COST-EFFECT IVENESS: Amendments to Rule 74.19 are necessary to obtain em ission reductions required for the

District’s demonstration of attainment of state and federal air quality standards for ozone and the control option set forth in amended Rule 74.19 is determined to be substantially more cost-effective than two other control options consi dered for this stationary source category. The complete incremental cost-effectiveness analysi s is contained in Attachment 4 to this resolution of findings.

11. CEQA: The adoption of amendments to Rule 74.19 is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under S ections 15307 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resou rces) and 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) of the State CEQA Guidelines.