CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO HEAR A REPORT ON STAFF’S REVIEW OF

ADDITIONAL LOCAL EMISSION CONT ROLS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

The Air Resources Board (ARB or the Boar d) staff will present its evaluation of additional local control measures for accelerating 8-hour ozone attainment in the San Joaquin Valley. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, pending its evaluation, could add all or portions of t hese recommended control measures to its 8-

hour ozone SIP.

DATE: November 15, 2007

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: California Envir onmental Protection Agency Byron Sher Auditorium

1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814

This item will be considered at a one day meet ing of the Board, which will commence at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, November 15, 2007. Please consult the agenda for the meeting, which will be available at least 10 days before November 15, 2007, to determine the day

on which this item will be considered.

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 thr ough the California Relay Services at 711, to place your 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.

BACKGROUND

ARB and local air districts are responsible for developing clean air plans to demonstrate

how and when California will attain the new federal 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 standards

established under the federal Clean Air Act. For the areas within California that have not attained federal air quality standards, t he ARB works with local air districts to develop and implement State and local attainment plans. After air districts adopt plans

for emission reduction commitments for source s within their jurisdiction (primarily stationary and area sources), ARB staff bri ng these plans to the Board for approval.

At the June 14, 2007 Air Resources Board hearing, the Board considered and approved the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Dis trict (District) 2007 Ozone Plan. Prior to Board action, the Board heard several hours of public testimony, much of which from community members who felt that more work was needed to reduce emissions in2 advance of a 2024 “extreme” ozone attainment date. The public comments also indicated that significant work must be done to reach out to the public and build public

trust.

Following this lengthy public comment, the Board approved the 2007 Ozone Plan and the District’s request for reclassification to an “extreme” nonattainment status. However, in response to the public call for expedited clean air progress, the Board directed ARB staff to evaluate ways to furt her reduce emissions and report back to the Board within six months on any additional em ission control opportunities identified during this effort. The Board also direct ed staff to convene a task force and hold a series of town hall meetings in Valley comm unities to get input from the public on the

staff’s review.

Staff has complied with the Board’s direct ion and has prepared a staff report which

contains staff’s evaluation. The evaluation ta kes into account the fact that in September 2007, the Board approved the 2007 State Strategy for Califor nia's State Implementation Plan for reducing ozone and fine particulate matter (State Strategy). The State Strategy included strengthening commitments for additi onal emission reduction in the San Joaquin Valley from mobile sources beyond those identified in the proposed state strategy released in June 2007. Becaus e the Board approved the revised 2007 State Strategy in September, the staff report fo cuses on ARB staff’s review of stationary source emissions and opportunities to reduce t hose emissions in the effort to expedite ozone air quality progress in the San Joaquin Valley.

SCOPE OF STAFF REPORT

ARB staff’s evaluation focused primary on the current and proposed rules and policies of the District’s oxides of nitrogen (NOx) control strategies. The purpose of the evaluation was to identify whether there might be additional strategies that the SJVUAPCD could evaluate for potential to pr ovide additional NOx emissions reductions from stationary sources. To do this, sta ff looked at the District’s stationary source inventory, its current and proposed rules for several stationary source categories,

measures in the District’s 2007 Ozone Plan , and the District’s Best Available Control Technology program. Staff’s review also considered the August 2007 draft document entitled Clearing the Air: A Path to Clean Air by 2017 , prepared by the International Sustainable System Resource Center.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS

Copies of the staff report may be obtained fr om the Board’s Public Information Office, 1001 “I” Street, 1 st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 322-2990. The staff report will be avail able to the public on November 5, 2007, and will be posted on the ARB website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/p lanning/sip/sip.htm

.3 PUBLIC PROCESS

During the meeting, ARB staff will make an oral presentation to the Board. The public may present comments relating to this matter or ally or in writing at the meeting, and in writing or by e-mail before the hearing. To be considered by the Board, written submissions not physically submitt ed at the hearing must be received no later than 12:00 noon, November 14, 2007, and addressed to the following:

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board 1001 “I” Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php

Facsimile submittal: (916) 322-3928

The Board requests but does not require that 30 copies of any written statement be

submitted and that all written statements be filed at least 10 days prior to the meeting so that ARB staff and Board Members have time to fully consider each comment. The Board encourages members of the public to bri ng to the attention of staff in advance of the meeting any suggestions for modifi cation of the proposed SIP revisions.

Please note that under the Ca lifornia Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et seq.), your written and oral comment s, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email, et c.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public upon request. Additionally, this information may become available via Google, Yahoo, and any other search engines.

Further inquiries regarding these items should be directed to Ravi Ramalingam, Manager, Transportation Strategi es Section at (916) 322-2085.

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

/s/

James N. Goldstene

Executive Officer Date: November 2, 2007