NOTICE OF CONTINUATION 

TITLES 13 AND 17. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED 

REGULATIONS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL ENGINES ON 

COMMERCIAL HARBOR CRAFT OPERATED WITHIN CALIFORNIA WATERS AND 

24 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE CALIFORNIA BASELINE 

The Air Resources Board (the Board or ARB) will conduct a continuation of a public 

hearing at the time and place noted below to consider adoption of regulations to reduce 

emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from the use of 

diesel engines on commercial harbor craft operating in any California port, roadstead or 

terminal facility or within all California inland waters; all California estuarine waters; and 

within 24 nautical miles, except as otherwise specified in this proposal, of the California 

baseline (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Regulated California Waters”). Any 

person who sells, supplies, offers for sale, purchases, owns, operates, leases, charters, 

or rents any commercial harbor craft that operates in any of the Regulated California 

Waters would be subject to and have responsibilities under these regulations. 

This item was considered by the Board at a October 25, 2007 hearing at which the 

Board received all timely written comments and heard oral testimony from all witnesses. 

After discussion the Board directed staff to report back at the November 2007 Board 

meeting with its further analysis of several issues raised regarding the proposal. After 

considering this analysis, the Board plans to take appropriate action. The public 

comment period was closed at the end of the October hearing. The Board’s continued 

hearing will be conducted at the date, time, and place listed below. 

DATE: November 15, 2007 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency

 Air Resources Board 

 Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor 

1001 I 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. on Thursday, November 15, 2007. The agenda for the meeting will be 

available at least 10 days before November 15, 2007. 

For individuals with sensory disabilities, this document is available in Braille, large print, 

audiocassette or computer disk. Please contact ARB's Disability Coordinator at 

916-323-4916 by voice or through the California Relay Services at 711, to place your 
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request for disability services. If you are a person with limited English and would like to 

request interpreter services, please contact ARB's Bilingual Manager at 916-323-7053. 

THE CONTINUED HEARING

The continued hearing will be conducted as described in the original notice, except that 

the public comment period has been closed. All comments submitted for the hearing on 

October 25, 2007 will remain part of the rulemaking record. The original notice, the 

ISOR, and all subsequent regulatory documents, including the FSOR, when completed, 

are available on the ARB Internet site for this rulemaking at 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/chc07/chc07.htm and are available as described in the 

original notice. If the Board decides to approve the originally noticed regulation with any 

modifications, staff will prepare the modified regulatory text and a supplemental 15-day 

comment period will be opened during which the public will have the opportunity to 

submit comments on the modifications to the Executive Officer before final action. 

Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed regulation may be directed to the 

designated agency contact persons, Cherie Rainforth, Manager of the Control 

Strategies Section, at (916) 327-7213, or by email at crainfor@arb.ca.gov, or 

Todd Sterling, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 445-1034, or by email at 

tsterlin@arb.ca.gov. 

 

 CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

 /s/ 

 James N. Goldstene 

 Executive Officer 

Date: November 1, 2007