CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

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

ADDITIONAL LOCAL EMISSION CONTROLS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 

The Air Resources Board (ARB or the Board) 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 these recommended control measures to its 8-

hour ozone SIP. 

DATE: November 15, 2007 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency 

Byron Sher Auditorium 

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., 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 through 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, the 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 sources within their jurisdiction (primarily 

stationary and area sources), ARB staff bring 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 District (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 in 
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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 further reduce emissions and report back to the 

Board within six months on any additional emission control opportunities identified 

during this effort. The Board also directed staff to convene a task force and hold a 

series of town hall meetings in Valley communities to get input from the public on the 

staff’s review. 

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

contains staff’s evaluation. The evaluation takes into account the fact that in September 

2007, the Board approved the 2007 State Strategy for California's State Implementation 

Plan for reducing ozone and fine particulate matter (State Strategy). The State Strategy 

included strengthening commitments for additional emission reduction in the San 

Joaquin Valley from mobile sources beyond those identified in the proposed state 

strategy released in June 2007. Because the Board approved the revised 2007 State 

Strategy in September, the staff report focuses on ARB staff’s review of stationary 

source emissions and opportunities to reduce those 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 provide additional NOx emissions reductions 

from stationary sources. To do this, staff 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 from the Board’s Public Information Office, 

1001 “I” Street, 1st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, CA 95814, 

(916) 322-2990. The staff report will be available to the public on November 5, 2007, 

and will be posted on the ARB website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/sip.htm. 
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PUBLIC PROCESS 

During the meeting, ARB staff will make an oral presentation to the Board. The public 

may present comments relating to this matter orally 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 submitted 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 bring to the attention of staff in advance of 

the meeting any suggestions for modification of the proposed SIP revisions. 

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 

6250 et seq.), your written and oral comments, attachments, and associated contact 

information (e.g., your address, phone, email, etc.) 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 Strategies Section at (916) 322-2085.

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

 /s/ 

James N. Goldstene 

Executive Officer 

Date: November 2, 2007