Air Resources Board 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

Linda S. Adams 1001 1 Street P.O. Box 281 5 Arnold Schwarrenegger Secretary for Sacramento, California 95812 www.arb.ca.gov Governor 

Environmental Protectior~ 

July 11, 2007 

Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director 

Air Division, Region 9 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 941 05 

JUL 1 7 2007 

Dear Ms. Jordan: 

The Air Resources Board (ARB) is pleased to submit to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (US. EPA) five local air districts' 2006 Reasonably Available Control 

Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plans (SIP) as a revision to the California 

SIP. The five districts are the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District, the 

Sacramento Air Quality Management District, the Placer County Air Pollution Control 

District, the El Dorado Air Quality Management District, and the Feather River Air 

Quality Management District. 

These plans represent the balance of California's 8-hour ozone RACT SIPS for 

nonattainment areas classified under Subpart 2 of the Clean Air Act. In a letter dated 

January 31, 2007, ARB previously submitted to U.S. EPA adopted RACT SIPS for the 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, the South Coast Air Quality Management 

District (which included the Coachella Valley nonattainment area plan), the San Joaquin 

Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, 

and the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District. 

RACT evaluations and analyses are required for specific stationary sources for which 

U.S. EPA had published Control Technique Glidelines (CTG) and for major non-CTG 

stationary sources (70 FR 71612, 71617, Nov. 29, 2005). U.S. EPA requires districts to 

review existing rules for CTG sources and major non-CTG sources within the district to 

determine if those rules continue to meet RACT. 

Parallel to the RACT SIP effort, nonattainment areas for the 8-hour ozone standard are 

preparing their attainment SIPS. These attainment SIPS will address the full suite of 

local and statewide measures that will be required to bring these areas into attainment. 

Because of California's long history of vigorous air pollution control, these RACT SIPS 

provide only a fraction of the additional reductions needed for attainment. ARB and the 

districts are currently refining air quality modeling to determine the specific amount of 

emission reductions needed. Concurrently, ARB and the districts are identifying, 

through a public process, controls to provide the necessary additional reductions. 

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://www.arb.ca.qov. 

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July 11, 2007 

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ARB staff has determined that these RACT SIPS have met the criteria.for completeness, 

including public notice and public comment process prior to district adoption of their 

plans. Public comments received by local air districts are contained within each 

district's RACT SIP submittal as enumerated below. This SIP submittal consists of the 

following enclosures: 

I. ARB Executive Order adopting the 8-Hour Ozone RACT SIPS (Executive Order 

G-I 25-346). 

II. Completeness Checklists for 8-Hour Ozone RACT SIP Submittal for each district. 

Ill. Two copies of Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District's 8-Hour RACT 

SIP Analysis and the Federal Negative Declarations for 44 Source Categories, 

re-adopted January 22, 2007. 

IV. Two copies of Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's 

Analysis of Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 8-Hour Ozone State 

Implementation Plan, adopted October 26, 2006. 

V. Two copies of Placer County Air Pollution Control District's 2006 RACT SIP 

Update Analysis Report, adopted August 10, 2006, and an additional negative 

declaration adopted December 14, 2006. 

VI. Two copies of El Dorado County Air Quality Management District's 2006 RACT 

SIP Update Analysis Staff Report, adopted February 6, 2007. 

VII. Two copies of Feather River Air Quality Management District's 2006 RACT 

Analysis for State lmplementation Plan, adopted December 4, 2006. 

VIII. Tvvo CDs, each containing an electronic copy of each district's adopted plan and 

supplemental documentation. 

I encourage you to approve these RACT SIPS into the California SIP. If you have any 

questions, please call Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739, or have 

your staff contact Kurt Karperos, Chief, Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch 

at (916) 322-0285. 

Sincerely, 

Acting Executive Officer 

Enclosures 

cc: See next page. 
Ms. Deborah Jordan 

July 11, 2007 

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cc: (Wlo Enclosures) 

Alan DeSalvio 

Supervising Air Quality Engineer 

Planning, Rule Development, and 

Area Sources 

Mojave Desert AQMD 

14306 Park Avenue 

Victorville, California 92392-231 0 

Larry Greene 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD 

777 1 2th street, 3rd Floor 

Sacramento, California 9581 4-1 908 

Thomas J. Christofk 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Placer County APCD 

3091 County Center Drive, Suite 240 

Auburn, California 95603 

Marcella McTaggart 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

El Dorado County AQMD 

2850 Fairlane Ct., Building C 

Placerville, California 95667 

David A. Valler, Jr. 

Air Pollution Control Officer 

Feather River AQMD 

938 14'~ street 

Marysville, California 95901 

Lynn Terry 

Air Resources Board 

Kurt Karperos 

Air Resources Board 
State of California 

AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

EXECU-TIVE ORDER G-125-346 

Adoption and Submittal of the 8-Hour Ozone 

Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan 

WHEREAS, the California Legislature in Health and Safety Code section 39602 

has designated the State Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) as the air 

pollution control agency for all purposes set forth in federal law; 

WHEREAS, ARB is responsible for the preparation of the State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) for attaining and maintaining the national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) as required by the federal Clean Air Act (the Act; 42 U.S.C. 

section 7401 et seq.), and to this end is directed by Health and Safety Code 

section 39602 to coordinate the activities of all local and regional air pollution 

control and air quality management districts (Districts) necessary to comply with 

the Act; 

WHEREAS, section 39602 of the Health and Safety Code also provides that the 

SIP shall include only those provisions necessary to meet the requirements of 

the Act; 

WHEREAS, section 41650 of the Health and Safety Code requires ARB to 

approve the nonattainment plan approved by a district as part of the SIP unless 

the Board finds, after a public hearing, that the plan does not meet the . . 

requirements of the Act; 

WHEREAS,-sections 39515 and 39516 of the Health and Safety Code provide 

that any duty may be delegated to the Board's Executive Officer as the Board 

deems appropriate; 

WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has 

assigned federal classifications for 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment areas in 

California; 

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2005, U.S. EPA prom~~lgated the "Final Rule to 

Implement the 8-hour Ozone NAAQS-Phase 2," (70 FR 71612 et seq.) which 

requires the subrr~ission by September 15, 2006, of RACT SIPS for Subpart 2 

nonattainment areas classified as moderate or above; 

WHEREAS, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District is designated as a 

nonattainment area with a classification of "Moderate" for the 8-hour ozone 

standard; 
EXECUTIVE ORDER G-125-346 2 

WHEREAS, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Placer 

County Air Pollution Control District, El Dorado Air Quality Management District, 

and Feather River Air Quality Management District are designated as 

nonattainment areas with classifications of "Seri~us'~ forthe 8-hour ozone 

standard; 

WHEREAS, the ARB has primary responsibility for the control of air pollution 

from vehicular sources, including motor vehicle fuels, as specified in sections 

39002, 39500, and part 5 (commencing with section 43000) of the Health and 

Safety Code, and for ensuring that the districts meet their responsibilities under 

the Act pursuant to sections 39002, 39500, 39602,40469, and 41650 of the 

Health and Safety Code; 

WHEREAS, the local air districts have primary responsibility for the control of air 

pollution from nonvehicular sources and for adopting control measures, rules 

and regulations to attain the NAAQS within their boundaries pursuant to sections 

39002,40000,40001,40701,40702, and 41 650 of the Health and Safety Code; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA has published Control Technique Guidelines (CTGs) that 

establish RACT control limits for VOC emissions from specific stationary source 

categories and establish various major source threshold limits for classified 

nonattainment areas for the 8-hour ozone standard; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districts to review their rules for CTG and major 

non-CTG sources located in the district to determine if those rules meet RACT 

requirements and to update or adopt new rules if necessary; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires districts not having a listed CTG or major nonCTG source, and consequently lacking a RACT rule for that CTG category, to 

make a negative declaration stating this; 

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA requires nonattainment districts to submit new or 

amended rules, when applicable for a given district, for U.S. EPA approval by 

June 15, 2007 which coincides with due date for the attainment SIPS; 

WHEREAS, federal law set forth in section 1 lO(1) of the Act and Title 40, Code of 

Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), section 51 .I02 requires that one or more public 

hearings, preceded by at least 30 days notice and opportunity for review, must 

be conducted prior to the adoption and submittal to U.S. EPA of any SIP 

revision; 
EXECUTIVE ORDER G-125-346 3 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed p11blic hearing on January 22, 2007, the 

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District re-adopted the 8-hour RACT SIP 

Analysis and 'the Federal Negative Declarations for 44 Source Categories; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on October 26, 2006, the 

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Board adopted the 

Analysis of Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 8-Hour Ozone 

State Implementation Plan; 

WHEREAS, following duly noticed public hearings, on August 10, 2006, the 

Placer County Air Pollution Control District's Board of Directors adopted the 2006 

RACT SIP Update Analysis Report, and on December 14, 2006, adopted an 

additional negative declaration resolution; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on February 6, 2007, the 

El Dorado Air Quality Management District Board of Directors adopted the 

2006 RACT SIP Update Analysis Staff Report; 

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on December 4., 2006, the 

Feather River Air Quality Management District Board of Directors adopted the 

Staff Report for 2006 RACT Analysis for State lmplementation Plan; 

WHEREAS, the California Enviror~mental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that no 

project which may have significant adverse environmental impacts may be 

adopted as originally proposed if feasible alternatives or mitigation measures are 

available to reduce or eliminate such impacts, unless specific overriding 

considerations are identified which outweigh the potential adverse consequences 

of any unmitigated impacts; 

WHEREAS, no potential adverse environmental impacts are expected from the 

adoption of the 2006 RACT SIPS, and environmental documentation for 

individual rules will be prepared as necessary as each new rule is considered for 

adoption; 

WHEREAS, sections 3951 5 and 39516 delegate to the Executive Officer the 

authority to act for the Board in this matter; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Executive Officer hereby adopts 

as a SIP revision the 2006 RACT SIPS adopted by the Mojave Desert Air Quality 

Management District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality'Management District, 

the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, the El Dorado Air Quality 

Management District, and the Feather River Air Quality Management District; 
EXECUTIVE ORDER G-125-346 4 

BE IT FLIRTHER ORDERED that ARB hereby submits to U.S. EPA the 

2006 RACT SIPS and requests that U.S. EPA approve them as a revision to the 

California SIP. 

I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR section 51 .I02 that the 2006 RACT SIPS being 

submitted as a SIP revision viere adopted after notice and public hearing as 

required by 40 CFR 51 .I 02. 

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Executed at Sacramento, California thisk day of July 2007. 

Wfl Tom Cackett 

Acting Executive Vfficer