WHEREAS, section 39602 of the California Health and Safety Code designates

the Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) as the State air pollution control

agency for all purposes set forth in federal law and as the State agency

responsible for the preparation of any State Implementation Plan (SIP) required

by the Clean Air Act (Act);

WHEREAS, the Board is authorized by the California Health and Safety Code

sections 39600, 39602, and 41650-41652 to adopt SIP revisions proposed by

local or regional air quality agencies if the requirements of the Act are met;

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

promulgated an eight-hour national ambient air quality standard for ozone(8-hour ozone standard);

WHEREAS, on April 30, 2004, U.S. EPA published a final notice in the Federal

Register designating the Sacramento Metro Area (SMA) nonattainment for the

federal 8-hour ozone standard with a classification of Serious, effective

June 15, 2004;

WHEREAS, the SMA includes the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality

Management District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, and parts of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District, Feather River Air Quality

Management District, and Placer County Air Pollution Control District;

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2005, the U.S. EPA promulgated its Phase II

Final Rule to Implement the 8-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard

(Phase II Rule) which includes requirements for Serious nonattainment areas to

demonstrate reasonable further progress (REP) toward attainment of the new

8-hour ozone standard;

WHEREAS, consistent with section 1 82(c)(2)(B) of the Act, the Phase II Rule

specifies that Serious nonattainment areas must submit a REP SIP revision

providing for an average of a three percent per year reduction in emissions from

2002 to 2008;

WHEREAS, the Phase II Rule allows REP requirements to be met by using

nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission reductions in addition to volatile organic

compound (VOC) emission reductions if the area has an approved 1990 to 1996

1-hour ozone 15 percent VOC rate of progress (ROP) plan;
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WHEREAS, U.S. EPA has never approved the SMA 1990 to 1996 15 percent VOC ROP Plan;

WHEREAS, the Sacramento Regional Nonattainment Area 8-Hour Ozone Rateof-Progress Plan (Early Progress Plan) contains an updated 1-hour ozone

15 percent VOC ROP demonstration for 1990 to 1996 from already adopted

measures without NOx substitution;

WHEREAS, the Early Progress Plan sets forth reasonable further progress calculations from 1990 through 1996 indicating annual reductions in VOC of

15 percent which are based solely on reductions from rules which have already been adopted;

WHEREAS, the Early Progress Plan also sets forth reasonable further progress calculations from 2002 through 2008 indicating combined annual reductions in

VOC and NOx of three (3) percent per year, calculated in accordance with

U.S. EPA guidelines;

WHEREAS, the Early Progress Plan includes an updated emissions inventory and sets new motor vehicle emission budgets for 2008 for transportation conformity purposes;

WHEREAS, on January 26, 2006, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District adopted the Early Progress Plan to fulfill the requirements of the Act;

WHEREAS, on February 6, 2006, the Feather River Air Quality Management District adopted the Early Progress Plan to fulfill the requirements of the Act;

WHEREAS, on February 7, 2006, the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District adopted the Early Progress Plan to fulfill the requirements of the Act;

WHEREAS, on February 8, 2006, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District adopted the Early Progress Plan to fulfill the requirements of the Act;
WHEREAS, the Early Progress Plan was available for public review and

comment for at least 30 days as required by U.S. EPA regulations and public hearings were conducted prior to the air districts’ adoption of the Early Progress Plan;

WHEREAS, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, as

the lead air district, has submitted the adopted Early Progress Plan to ARB for

inclusion in the California SIP, along with proofs of publication and

environmental documents, in accordance with State and federal law;

WHEREAS, the California Environmental 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, pursuant to CEQA, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality

Management District, as the lead air district, prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Early Progress Plan, in consultation with the other SMA air

districts;

WHEREAS, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District approved and certified the Early Progress Plan EIR on January 26, 2006, after a

public review and comment period as required by CEQA;

WHEREAS, the Feather River Air Quality Management District approved and

certified the Early Progress Plan EIR on February 6, 2006, after a public review

and comment period as required by CEQA;

WHEREAS, the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District approved

and certified the Early Progress Plan EIR on February 7, 2006, after a public

review and comment period as required by CEQA;

WHEREAS, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District approved and

certified the Early Progress Plan EIR on February 8, 2006, after a public review

and comment period as required by CEQA;
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delegate to the ARB 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 Early Progress Plan which includes updated emission

inventories, a 2002 to 2008 REP Plan, a 1990 to 1996 15 Percent VOC ROP

Plan, and updated motor vehicle emissions budgets.BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that ARB hereby submits to U.S. EPA the Early

Progress Plan, and requests that U.S. EPA approve it as a revision to the

California SIP.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that as part of the plan submittal to U.S. EPA,

ARB requests expedited adequacy findings for the transportation conformity

emission budgets.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that ARB certifies pursuant to 40 C.F.R. section

51.102 that the Early Progress Plan being submitted as a SIP revision wasadopted after notice and public hearing.

Executed at Sacramento, California this__________ day of February 2006.

7’k’Catherine Witherspoon

Executive Officer