# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman Linda S. Adams 1001 1 Street P.O. Box 2815 Arnold Schwarrenegger

Secretary for Sacramento, California 95812 www.arb.ca.gov Governor EnvironmentalProtectior~



### July 11, 2007 

### Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director Air Division, Region 9 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 

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Dear Ms. Jordan:
The Air Resources Board (ARB) is pleasedto 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 revisionto the California SIP. The five districts are the Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District,the SacramentoAir 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 SIPSfor nonattainment areas classified under Subpart 2 of the CleanAir Act. Ina letter dated January 31, 2007, ARB previously submittedto U.S. EPA adopted RACT SIPSfor the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District,the South Coast Air Quality Management District (which includedthe Coachella Valley nonattainment area plan), the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, and theAntelope Valley Air Quality Management District. RACT evaluations and analyses are requiredfor specific stationary sourcesfor 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 rulesfor CTG sources and major non-CTG sources within the district to determine if those rules continue to meet RACT.

Parallelto the RACT SIP effort, nonattainment areas for the 8-hour ozone standard are preparing their attainment SIPS. These attainment SIPSwill address the full suite of local and statewide measuresthat will be requiredtobring these areas into attainment. Because of California's long history of vigorous air pollution control, these RACT SIPS provide only afraction of the additional reductions needed for attainment. ARB and the districts are currently refining air quality modelingto determine the specific amount of emission reductions needed. Concurrently, ARB and the districts are identifying, through a public process, controls to providethe necessary additional reductions.

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### Ms. Deborah Jordan July 11,2007 Page 2

ARB staff has determined that these RACT SIPShave 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-I25-346). 

### II. Completeness Checklistsfor 8-Hour Ozone RACT SIP Submittalfor each district. Ill. Two copies of Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District's 8-Hour RACT SIP Analysis and the Federal Negative Declarationsfor 44 Source Categories, re-adopted January 22, 2007. IV. Two copies of Sacramento MetropolitanAir 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, adoptedAugust 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 RiverAir Quality Management District's 2006 RACT Analysis for State lmplementation Plan, adopted December 4, 2006. VIII. Tvvo CDs, each containing an electroniccopy of each district's adopted plan and supplemental documentation.


### Iencourageyou to approve these RACT SIPSinto the California SIP. Ifyou 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

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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 2thstreet, 3rdFloor Sacramento, California 9581 4-1908
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
DavidA. 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-TIVEORDER G-125-346 Adoption and Submittal of the 8-Hour Ozone ReasonablyAvailable 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 infederal 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 CleanAir 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 meetthe 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 meetthe

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### requirements of theAct; WHEREAS,-sections39515 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 Implementthe 8-hour Ozone NAAQS-Phase 2," (70 FR 71612 et seq.) which requires the subrr~ission by September 15, 2006, of RACT SIPSfor 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 RiverAir Quality Management District are designated as nonattainment areas with classifications of "Seri~us'~ for the 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 responsibilityfor the control of air pollutionfrom 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 inthe 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 1lO(1) of the Act and Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), section 51.I02requires 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 p11blichearing 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 CountyAir Pollution Control District's Board of Directors adopted the 2006 RACT SIP UpdateAnalysis 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 UpdateAnalysis Staff Report; WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on December 4., 2006, the Feather RiverAir 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 SIPSadopted by the Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality'Management District, the Placer County Air Pollution Control District, the El DoradoAir 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 SIPSand requests that U.S. EPA approve them as a revisionto the California SIP.


### Icertify, pursuant to 40 CFR section 51.I02that the 2006 RACT SIPSbeing submitted as a SIP revision viere adopted after notice and public hearing as required by 40 CFR 51.I 02. 

# & Executed at Sacramento, California thiskday of July 2007.

Tom Cackett 

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Acting Executive Vfficer