Air Resources Board 

Mary D. Nichols, Chairman 

Matthew Rodriquez 

Secretary for 

Environmental Protection 

1001 I Street • P.O. Box 2815 

Sacramento, California 95812 • www.arb.ca.gov Edmund G. Brown Jr. 

March 4, 2013 

Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

Regional Administrator 

Region 9 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 941 05 

Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: 

Governor 

The Air Resources Board (ARB) is submitting to the U. S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (U.S. EPA) the 2012 PM2.5 Plan (Plan) for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution 

Control District (District). The District adopted the Plan on December 20, 2012 and 

transmitted it to ARB on December 26, 2012. ARB approved the Plan on 

January 24, 2013 as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 

San Joaquin Valley. 

This package consists of two hard copies and one compact disk of the following 

materials: · 

I. December 26, 2012 letter from Mr. Samir Sheikh, Director of Strategies and 

Incentives for the District, to Mr. James Goldstene, ARB Executive Officer, 

including: 

A. ARB SIP.Completeness Checklist. 

B. 2012 PM2.5 Plan with Appendices. 

C. Evidence of Public Hearing. 

D. Governing Board Resolution adopting the 2012 PM2.5 Plan. 

E. Governing Board Memo. 

F. CEQA Initial Study and Negative Declaration. 

II. Public notice evidence and transcript for ARB Public Meeting to consider 

approval of the San Joaquin Valley Plan. 

Ill. ARB Resolution 13-2 adopting the Plan as a revision to the SIP for the 

San Joaquin Valley. 

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. 

For a fist of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see our website: http://www.arb.ca.gov. 

California Environmental Protection Agency 

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Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

March 4, 2013 

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IV. ARB Staff Report, Proposed Revision to the PM2.5 State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) for the San Joaquin Valley with appendices. 

V. Written comments received by ARB on the Plan. 

The Plan includes the corresponding transportation conformity budgets. To ensure that 

any future updates to these budgets are used expeditiously in the conformity process, 

we request that U.S. EPA allow replacement of these budgets upon an adequacy 

finding for budgets in future SIPs. To accomplish this, we ask U.S. EPAto limit its 

approval of the budgets submitted today to last only until the effective date of future 

U.S. EPA adequacy findings for replacement budgets. 

ARB is committed to working with U.S. EPA staff to provide any additional clarifying, 

information needed. If you have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy 

Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739, or have your staff contact Ms. Karen M~gliano, 

Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, at (916) 322-7137. 

Sincerely, 

~ Executive 6~i~F 

Enclosures 

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Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

March 4, 2013 

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Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director 

Region 9, Air Division 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 941 05 

Mr. Tony Boren 

Executive Director 

Council of Fresno County Governments 

2035 Tulare Street, Suite 201 

Fresno, California 93721 

Mr. Andrew Chesley 

Executive Director 

San Joaquin Council of Governments 

555 East Weber Avenue 

Stockton, California 95202 

Mr. Ahren Hakimi 

Executive Director 

Kern Council of Governments 

1401 19th Street, Suite 300 

. Bakersfield, California 93301 

Ms. Terri King 

Executive Director 

Kings County Association of Governments 

339 West "D" Street, Suite B 

Lemoore, California 93245 

Ms. Marjie Kirn 

Interim Executive Director 

Merced County Association of Governments 

369 West 18th Street 

Merced, California 95340 

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Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

March 4, 2013 

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Mr. Seyed Sadredin 

Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer 

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue 

Fresno, California 93726 

Mr. Samir Sheikh 

Director of Strategies and Incentives 

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue 

Fresno, California 93726 

Mr. Ted Smalley 

Executive Director 

Tulare County Association of Governments 

210 North Church Street, Suite B 

Visalia, California 93291 

Ms. Patricia Taylor 

Executive Director 

Madera County Transportation Commission 

2001 Howard Road, Suite 201 

Madera, California 93637 

Mr. Carlos Yamzon 

Executive Director 

Stanislaus Council of Governments 

1111 I Street, Suite 308 

Modesto, California 95354 

Ms. Lynn Terry 

Deputy Executive Officer 

Air Resources Board 

Ms. Karen Magliano, Chief 

Air Quality Data Branch 

Planning and Technical Support Division