# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman Matthew Rodriquez Secretaryfor EnvironmentalProtection 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) forthe San Joaquin ValleyAir Pollution Control District (District). The District adopted the Plan on December20, 2012 and transmitted it to ARB on December26, 2012. ARB approved the Plan on January 24, 2013 as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) forthe San Joaquin Valley. This package consists oftwo hard copies and one compact disk ofthefollowing materials: · I. December26, 2012 letterfrom Mr. Samir Sheikh, Director of Strategies and Incentives forthe 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 transcriptforARB Public Meeting to consider approval ofthe San Joaquin Valley Plan. Ill. ARB Resolution 13-2 adopting the Plan as a revision to the SIP forthe San Joaquin Valley.

The energychallenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energyconsumption. Fora fist ofsimple waysyou can reduce demandandcutyourenergycosts, see ourwebsite: http://www.arb.ca.gov. California Environmental Protection Agency Printed on RecycledPaperMr. Jared Blumenfeld March 4, 2013 Page2
IV. ARB Staff Report, ProposedRevision to the PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP) forthe San Joaquin Valleywith 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 requestthat U.S. EPA allow replacement ofthese budgets upon an adequacy finding for budgets in future SIPs. To accomplish this, we ask U.S. EPAto limit its approval ofthe budgets submitted today to last only until the effective date offuture U.S. EPA adequacyfindings for replacement budgets. ARB is committed to working with U.S. EPA staffto provide any additional clarifying, information needed. Ifyou have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at (916) 322-2739, or have your staffcontact Ms. Karen

**M~gliano,** Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, at (916) 322-7137. Sincerely,



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cc: (without Enclosures) 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 ofGovernments 555 EastWeberAvenue Stockton, California 95202 Mr. Ahren Hakimi Executive Director Kern Council ofGovernments 1401 19th Street, Suite 300

. Bakersfield, California 93301

Ms. Terri King Executive Director Kings CountyAssociation ofGovernments 339 West "D" Street, Suite B Lemoore, California 93245 Ms. Marjie Kirn Interim Executive Director Merced CountyAssociation ofGovernments 369 West 18th Street Merced, California 95340 Continued next page.Mr. Jared Blumenfeld March 4, 2013 Page4

cc: (continued) Mr. Seyed Sadredin Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer San Joaquin ValleyAir Pollution Control District 1990 

### E. Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726 Mr. Samir Sheikh Director of Strategies and Incentives San Joaquin ValleyAir Pollution Control District 1990

### E. Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, California 93726 Mr. Ted Smalley Executive Director Tulare CountyAssociation ofGovernments 210 North Church Street, Suite B Visalia, California 93291 Ms. Patricia Taylor Executive Director Madera CountyTransportation Commission 2001 Howard Road, Suite 201 Madera, California 93637 Mr. Carlos Yamzon Executive Director Stanislaus Council ofGovernments 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