ATTACHMENTA RESOLUTIONNO. 12-19 

### A Resolution of the South Coast Air Quality Management 

### District (AQMD orDistrict) Governing Board Certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the 2012 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP), adopting the Draft Final 2012 AQMP, to be referred to after adoption as the Final 2012 AQMP, and to be submitted into the California State Implementation Plan. 

### WHEREAS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) 

### promulgated a24-hourfineparticulatematter(PM2.5) national ambientairquality standard (NAAQS or standard) in 2006, and 8-hour ozone NAAQS in 1997, followed up by implementation rules which set forth the classification and 

### planningrequirements for StateImplementationPlans (SIP); and WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin was classified as 

### nonattainment for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 standard on December 14, 2009, with
an attainment date by December 14, 2014; and WHEREAS, the U.S. EPA revoked the 1-hour ozone standard 

### effective June 15, 2005, but on September 19, 2012 issued aproposed call for a California SIP revision for the South Coast to demonstrate attainment of the 1- 

### hour ozone standard; and ,,I WHEREAS, the 1997 8-hour ozone standard became effective on \*' & June 15,2004, with an attainment date for the South CoastofJune 15, 2024; and WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Basin was classified as "extreme" nonattainment for 8-hour ozone for the 1997 standard with attainment dates by 2024;and WHEREAS, EPA approved the South Coast SIP for 8-hour ozone on March 1,2012; and WHEREAS, the federal Clean Air Act requires SIPs for regions not in attainment with the NAAQS be submitted no later than three years after the nonattainment area was designated, whereby, a SIP for the South Coast Air Basin must be submitted for 24-hour PM2.5 by December 14, 2012; and

WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has jurisdiction over the South Coast Air Basin and the desert portion of Riverside County known as the Coachella Valley; and

### WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board is committed to achieving healthful air in the South Coast Air 

### Basin andall otherparts oftheDistrictatthe earliestpossibledate; and WHEREAS, the 2012 AQMP is the result of 17 months of staff 

## work, public review and debate, and has been revised in response to public comments; and 

### WHEREAS, the 2012 AQMP incorporates updated emissions 

### inventories, ambient measurements, new meteorological episodes, improved air quality modeling analyses, and updated control strategies by the District, and the Southern California Association ofGovernments (SCAG) and will be forwarded 

### to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for any necessary additions and submission to EPA; and 

### WHEREAS, as part ofthe preparation ofan AQMP, in conjunction or coordination with public health agencies such as CARB and the Office of 

### Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), areport has been prepared and peer-reviewed by the Advisory Council on the health impacts ofparticulate matter airpollution in theSouth CoastAirBasinpursuanttoCaliforniaHealth and 

### Safety Code § 40471, which has been included as part ofAppendix I (Health Effects) ofthe 2012 AQMP togetherwith anyrequired appendices; and 

### WHEREAS, the 2012 AQMP establishes transportation conformity 

### budgets for the 24-hourPM2.5 standard based onthe latestplanning assumptions; and WHEREAS, the AQMP satisfies all the attainment deadlines for federal ambient air quality standards for 24-hour PM2.5 and 1-hour ozone NAAQS; andWHEREAS, the2012 AQMP satisfies theplanning requirements set forth in the federal and California Clean AirActs; and WHEREAS, the 2012 AQMP includes the 24-hour PM2.5 attainment demonstration plan, reasonably available control measure (RACM) and reasonably available control technology (RACT) determinations, and transportation conformity budgets for the South Coast Air Basin; and WHEREAS, the 2012 AQMP updates the U.S. EPA approved 8- hour ozone control plan with new measures designed to reduce reliance on the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 182(e)(5) long-term measures for NOx and VOC reductions; andWHEREAS, the Governing Board finds and determines, taking into consideration the factors in §(d)(4)(D) ofthe Governing Board Procedures, that the modifications that have been made to 2012 AQMP, since the Draft PEIR on the 2012 AQMP was made available for public review would not constitute significant new information within the meaning ofthe CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, none of themodifications to the 2012 AQMP alter any of the conclusions reached in the Draft PEIR on the2012AQMP, nor provide new information ofsubstantial importance that would require recirculation ofthe Draft PEIR on the 2012 AQMP pursuantto CEQA Guidelines §15088.5; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the adequacy ofthe Final PEIR on the 2012 AQMP be determined by the AQMD Governing Board prior to its certification; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the adequacy of responses to all comments received on the Draft PEIR on the 2012 AQMP be determined prior to its certification; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the AQMD prepare Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §§15091 and 15093, respectively, regarding adverse environmental impacts that cannot be mitigated to insignificance; and, WHEREAS, Findings and a Statement ofOverriding Considerations have been prepared and are included in Attachment 2 to this Resolution, which is attached and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the provisions of Public Resources Code §21081.6

- Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting - require the preparation and adoption of implementation plans for monitoring and reporting measures to mitigate adverse environmental impacts identified in environmental documents; and WHEREAS, staff has prepared such a plan which sets forth the adverse environmental impacts, mitigation measures, methods, and procedures for monitoring and reporting mitigation measures, and agencies responsible for monitoring mitigation measure, which is included as Attachment 2 to the Resolution and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board voting on this Resolution has reviewed and considered the Final Program Environmental Impact Report on the 2012 AQMP, including responses to comments on the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report on the 2012 AQMP, the Statement ofFindings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan; and

### WHEREAS, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has 

## held sixpublic workshops ontheDraft2012 AQMP, onepublic workshop onthe 

## Draft Socioeconomic Report, four public hearings throughout the four-county 

## region in September on the Revised Draft 2012 AQMP, 14 AQMP Advisory Group meetings, 11 Scientific, Technical, and Modeling, Peer Review Advisory Group meetings, four public hearings in November throughout the four-county region on the Draft Final 2012 AQMP, and one adoption hearing pursuant to section 40466 of theHealth andSafety Code; and 

### WHEREAS, pursuant to section 40471(b) ofthe Health and Safety 

### Code, as part ofthe six public workshops on the Draft 2012 AQMP, four public hearings on the Revised Draft 2012 AQMP, the fourpublic hearings on the Draft Final 2012 AQMP, and adoption hearing, public testimony and input were taken
onAppendix I (Health Effects); and 

### WHEREAS, the record ofthe public hearing proceedings islocated at South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond 

### Bar, California 91765, and the custodian ofthe record isthe Clerk ofthe Board; and 

### WHEREAS, anextensive outreachprogram tookplace that included 

### over 75 meetings with local stakeholders, key government agencies, focus groups, topical workshops, and over 65 presentations onthe 2012 AQMPprovided; and WHEREAS, the record of the CEQAproceedings is located at South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, 

### California 91765, and the custodian of the record is the Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, Planning, Rule Development, and Area Sources.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board does hereby certify that the Final PEIR for the 2012 AQMP including the responses to comments has been completed in compliance with the requirements ofCEQA and finds that the Final PEIR on the 2012 AQMP, including responses to comments, was presented to the AQMD Governing Board, whose members reviewed, considered and approved the information therein prior to acting on the 2012 AQMP; and finds that the Final PEIR for the 2012 AQMP reflects the AQMD's independent judgment and analysis; and BE ITFURTHERRESOLVED, that the District willdevelop, adopt, submit, and implement the short-term PM2.5 control measures as identified in Table 4-2 and the 8-hour ozone measures in Table 4-4 of Chapter 4 in the 2012 AQMP (Main Document) as expeditiously as possible in order to meet or exceed

## BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality ManagementDistrict Governing Board does hereby direct staffto workwith state 

### agencies and state legislators, federal agencies and U.S. Congressional and Senate 

## members to identify funding sources and secure funding for the expedited replacement ofolder existing vehicles and off-road equipment to help reduce the reliance onthe CAA Section 182(e)(5) long-termmeasures.



### BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality 

### ManagementDistrict Governing Board finds thattransportation emission budgets are "consistent with applicable requirements for reasonable further progress, attainment, or maintenance (whichever is relevant to the given implementation plan submission)" pursuantto40 CFR93.118(e)(4)(iv). 

### BE ITFURTHERRESOLVED, thatthe Executive Officeris hereby directedto finalize the 2012 AQMP includingthe main document, appendices, and related documents as adoptedattheDecember7, 2012publichearing. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality ManagementDistrict Governing Board, whose members reviewed, considered and 

### approved the information contained in the documents listed herein, adopts the 2012 AQMP dated December 7, 2012 consisting of the document entitled 2012 

### AQMP as amended by the final changes set forth by the AQMD Governing Board and the associated documents listed inAttachment 1 tothis Resolution, the Draft 

### Final Socioeconomic Report for the 2012 AQMP; the Final Program EIR for the 2012 AQMP, and the Statements ofFindings andOverriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Plan (Attachment2 to thisResolution). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Executive Officer is hereby 

### directed towork with CARB and theU.S. EPA toensure expeditious approval of this 2012 AQMP for PM2.5 and 1-hour ozone attainment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board, requests that the 2012 AQMP serve as the SIP revision submittal for the 24-hour PM2.5 attainment demonstration plan including the RACM/RACT determinations for the PM2.5 standard for the South Coast Air Basin, and the PM2.5 Transportation Conformity Budgets for the South Coast Air Basin. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the South Coast Air Quality 

### Management District Governing Board, requests that the 2012 AQMP (Appendix VII) serve as the SIP revision submittal for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS attainment demonstration.ATTACHMENT 1

The Final 2012 Air Quality Management Plan submitted for the South Coast Air Quality ManagementDistrict Governing Board's consideration consists of the documents entitled: • Draft Final 2012 AQMP (AttachmentB) including the followingappendices:

• Appendix I - Health Effects

• Appendix II - Current Air Quality • Appendix III- Base and Future Year Emission Inventory

• Appendix IV (A) - District's Stationary Source Control Measures

• Appendix IV (B) - Proposed 8-Hour Ozone Measures • Appendix IV (C) - Regional Transportation Strategies & Control Measures

• Appendix V - Modeling & Attainment Demonstrations

• Appendix VI - Reasonably Available Control Measures (RACM) Demonstration

• Appendix VII

- 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration

• Appendix VIII - VMT Offset Requirement Demonstration • Comments on the 2012 Air Quality Management Plan, and Responses to Comments (November 2012)

- (Attachment C) • Final ProgramEnvironmental Impact Report for the 2012 AirQuality Management Plan (Attachment D)

• Findings, Statement ofOverriding Considerations, andMitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (Attachment 2 to the Resolution) • Draft FinalSocioeconomic Reportfor the2012AirQuality Management Plan (Attachment E)

• Changes to Control Measures IND-01, CMB-01, CTS-01 and CTS-04 (Attachment F)