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Air Resources Board 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

Matthew Rodriquez 

Secretary for 

Environmental Protection 

1001 I Street • P.O. Box 2815 

Sacramento, California 95812 • www.arb.ca.gov Edmund G. Brown Jr. 

October 6, 2011 

Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

Regional Administrator 

Region 9 

U.S. Environmental Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: 

Governor 

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) is submitting to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) revisions to California's State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

for the 2008 federal lead standard. On September 22, 2011, the Board approved for 

adoption the Lead Infrastructure SIP which addresses the elements set forth in Clean 

Air Act (Act) Section 11 O(a)(2). As required under the Act, the Lead Infrastructure SIP 

elements document that California's resources, programs, and authority are adequate to 

implement, attain, and enforce the 2008 federal lead standard. 

Before being approved by the Board, the Lead Infrastructure SIP was available for a 

30-day public review. We have made one minor nonsubstantive correction to the 

submitted version of the document. Specifically, the document available for public 

review cited the Prevention of Significant Deterioration rule for the Sacramento 

Metropolitan Air Quality Management District as Rule 202, published in 50 FR 25417. 

The correct rule is Rule 203, published in 76 FR 43183. The correction is reflected in 

Table A-3 of enclosure 1 (Appendix A: State Implementation Plan Revision for Federal 

Lead Standard Infrastructure Requirements.) 

This lead infrastructure SIP submittal includes one hard copy and one identical 

electronic copy of the following materials (enclosed). 

1 . Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision for Federal Lead Standard 

Infrastructure Requirements (Staff Report which includesAppendix A): 

• Appendix A: State Implementation Plan Revision for Federal Lead 

Standard Infrastructure Requirements 

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: http:f/www.arb.ca.gov. 

California Environmental Protection Agency 

Printed on Recycled Paper 
Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

October 6, 2011 

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2. ARB Resolution 11-28 a·pproving the Proposed State Implementation Plan 

Revision for Federal Lead Standard Infrastructure Requirements 

3. Public Hearing notice evidence of the September 22, 2011 ARB Board 

Hearing to consider approval of the Proposed State Implementation Plan 

Revision for Federal Lead Standard Infrastructure Requirements. 

If you have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at 

(916) 322-2739 or have your staff contact Ms. Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data 

Branch, at (916) 322-7137. 

Sincerely, 

~~ 

James N. Gold§.tene ~-·~i!:-:1 · 

Executive Officer 

Enclosures (3) 

cc: See next page. 
Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

October 6, 2011 

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cc: (with enclosures) 

Deborah Jordan 

Director 

Region 9, Air Division 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 941 05 

Bridgette Tollstrup 

Division Manager 

Program Coordination 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality 

Management District 

777 12th Street, Third Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814-1908 

Lynn Terry 

Deputy Executive Officer 

Executive Office 

Karen Magliano, Chief 

Air Quality Data Branch 

Planning and Technical Support Division