ATTACHMENT A 

PUBLIC HEAR/NG NOTICE 

CALI"FORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF 'THE PROPOSED 

STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REViSION FOR FEDERAL NITROGEN DIOXIDE 

STANDARD INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREIVIENTS 

The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public hearing at the time and 

place noted below to consider the approval of proposed revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for submittal -to the United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (U.S. EPA). The,proposed revisions document that California has the resources 

and programs in place to implernent, maintain, and enforce the 2010 revised nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (2010 federal NOZ standard, or 

standard). 

DATE: November 15, 2012 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

PLACE: . California Environmental Protection Agency 

Air Resources Board 

Byron Sher Auditorium 

1001 1 Street 

Sacramento, California 95814 

This item may be considered at a two-day meeting of the Board, which will commence 

at 9:00 a.m., November 15, 2012, and may continue at 8:30 a.m., on 

November 16, 2012. This item is scheduled to be heard on rthe Board's Consent 

Calendar. AII items on the Consent Calendar will be voted on by the Board immediately 

after the start of the public meeting. Any item may be removed from the Consent 

Calendar by a Board member or at the request of a Board member or if someone in the 

audience would like to speak on that item. 

On January 22, 2010, U.S. EPA revised the federal NO Zstandard. Although U.S. EPA 

made no change to the existing annual standard of 53 parts per billion (ppb), which has 

been attained throughout California for m.any years,-U.S. EPA adopted a new 1-hour 

NOZ standard of 100 ppb. When U.S. EPA adopts a new standard, as is the case with 

the 1-hour NO2standard, one of the first steps in the planning process is a 

defiermination of whether the state has sufficient resources, programs, and authority to 

implement the standard. The federal Clean Air Act refers to these collectively, as the 

necessary "infrastructure." The formal documentation is set forth in an Infrastructure' 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) and constitutes a revision to California's overall SIP. 

Specific Infrastructure SIP requirements are specified in Clean Air Act Section 110. 

Examples of infrastructure elements include programs to monitor air quality'and 

authority to adopt, implement, and enforce regulations. The overarching framework or 

infrastructure for California's air quality programs is well established and has been 
documented in previous Infrastructure SIP submittals. The proposed Infrastructure SIP 

for NOz is specific to the 2010 federal NO 2standard and is due to U.S. EPA by 

January 22, 2013. 

ARB staff prepared a Staff Report entitled Proposed State Implementation Plan 

Revision for Federal IVitrogen Dioxide Standard Infrastructure Requirements. The Staff 

Report documents State and district resources, pr'ograms, and authority to implement 

the basic requirements needed to ensure implementation, maintenance, and 

enforcement of the 2010 federal NO2 standard. Among the items the Infrastructure SIP 

addresses are the ability to monitor and report emissions and air quality data, the 

authority to adopt and enforce regulations and programs designed to protect public 

health, and provisions to provide opportunity for input and review by affected entities 

and the public. These items provide the "infrastructure" needed to achieve and maintain 

healthful air quality. 

Most of these Infrastructure SIP elements were addressed in California's 

comprehensive Infrastructure SIP, submitted in response to the federal Clean Air Act of 

1970 and approved by U.S. EPA in 1979 (40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 52.220). 

This submittal for.the 2010 federal NO2 standard continues to affirm ARB's commitment 

to comply with the infrastructure requirements. In addition,,the NO2 Infrastructure SIP 

responds to new elements and commitments required by the new federal 1-hour NO2 

standard. Changes required forthe 1-hour NO2 standard are limited in scope and focus 

primarily on California's ability to comply with new monitoring requirements. The 

proposed NOz Infrastructure SIP also contains a commitment to comply with any future 

SIP revisions required under the Clean Air Act. 

Copies of the proposed NOz Infrastructure SIP will be available at ARB's Public 

Information Office,1001 1 Street, First Floor, Environmental Services Center, 

Sacramento, California, 95814, (916) 322-2990 beginning October 15, 2012. The 

document may also be accessed on ARB's website at: 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/sip.htm . 

Interested members of th.e public may present comments orally or in writing at 

the meeting and comments may be submitted by postal mail or by electronic' 

submittal before the meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments 

not physically submitted at the meeting musfi be received no later thara 12:00 noon, 

November 14, 2012, and addressed to the following: 

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board 

1001 1 Street, Sacramento, California 95814 

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

You can sign up online in advance to speak at the Board meeting when you submit an 

electronic board item comment. For more information go to: 

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http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/online-signup.htm . 

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. 

ARB requests that written and email statements on this item be filed at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting so that ARB staff and Board niembers have additional time to 

consider each comment. Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to 

Ms. Gayle Sweigert, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Section, at (916) 322-6923 or 

Ms. Marcella Nystrom, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 323-8543. 

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST 

Special accommodation or language needs can be provided for any of the following: 

• An interpreter to be available at the hearing; 

• Documents made available in an alternate format or another language; 

• A disability-related reasonable accommpdation. 

To request these special accommodations or language needs, please contact the Clerk 

of the Board at (916) 322-5594 or by facsimile at (916) 322-3928 as soon as possible, 

but no later than 10 business days before the scheduled Board hearing. 

TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for the California Relay Service. 

Comodidad especial o necesidad de otro idioma puede ser proveldo para aiguna de las 

> siguientes: 

• Un interprete que este disponible en la audiencia. 

• Documentos disponibles en un formato alterno o otro idioma. 

• Una acomodaci6n razonable relacionados con una incapacidad. 

Para solicitar estas comodidades especiales o necesidades de otro idioma, por favor 

Ilame a la oficina del Consejo al (916) 322-5594 o envie un fax a(916) 322-3928 lo mas 

pronto posible, pero no menos de 10 dias de trabajo antes def dia programado para la 

audiencia del Consejo. TTY/TDD/Personas que necesiten este servicio pueden marcar 

el 711 para el Servicio de Retransmision de Mensajes de California. 

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD 

Date: October 15, 2012 

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