CAL I FO RNI A AI R RESO URCES BOARD SI P CO M PL ETENESS CHEC KL I ST

(E lec tronic Fo rma t) *** T O B E CO M P LE T E D BY DIST R I C T A N D RE T U R N E D TO A R B *** All r ul es submi t t ed t o t he EPA as St at e I mpl ement at i on Pl an ( SI P) r ev i si ons mu stbe support ed b ycert ai n i nfor mat i on a nd documen t at i on for

t he r ul e pa ckages t o be dee med c ompl et e for r ev i ew byt he EPA. Rul es wi l l notbe ev al uat ed for ap pro vab ility by th e E P A un les s the su bm itt al p ac k ag es are c om ple te. To as s is t you in d e te rm i n i n g th at a ll ne c es s ary mat erials are i ncl uded i n r ul es pa ckages sentt o t he ARB for submi t t al t o t he EPA, pl ease fi l l outt he fol l owi ng for m and i ncl ude i t wi t h t h e r u l e p a c k a g e y o u s e n d A RB

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a mor e de t ai l ed e xpl anat i on t han i s prov i ded her e. Adopt ed r ul es and r ul e amendment s shoul d be checke d agai nstU. S. EPA ' s Gui dance Document for Cor r ect i ng Common VOC & Ot her Rul e Defi ci enci es ( Li t t l e Bl ue Book, August 21 , 2 00 1) t o en su r e t ha tt he yc on t ai n no e l em en t s wh i ch wi l l r es ul ti n di sa pp r ov al b yEPA. Dist r i ct : Yol o- Sol ano Rul e No: 3. 21 Dat e Adopt ed o r Amended : 12/ 10/ 2008
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amen ded. ( ) ( ) ( X) C O M P LE T E C O P Y O F T H E R E F E R E N C E D R U LE (S ): F or any r ul e whi ch i ncl udes l angua ge sp eci fi cal l yr eferenci ng anot her r ul e, a cop yof t hatot her r ul e mustal so be submi t t ed, unl ess i t has al r eady been submi t t ed t o EPA as pa rt ofa p revio us S IP su bm itt al. (X) ( ) ( ) PUBL I C NOTI CE EVI DENCE: I ncl ude a copy of t he l ocal newspap er cl i ppi ng c ertific atio n(s ), s tating the da te o f p ub lica tion , wh ic h m us t b e a t l ea s t 30 da ys befo r e t he h ear i ng. As an al t er nat i v e, i ncl ude a cop yof t he a ct ual pub l i shed no tice of the pu blic he arin g as it ap pe are d in the loc al n ew s pa pe r( s ). In this case, howev er , eno ugh of t he newspape r page must be i ncl uded t o sho w t he dat e of publ i cat i on. T he n ot i ce mustspeci fi cal l yi dent i fybyt i t l e an d nu mber each r ul e ad opt ed o r

amen ded. (X) ( ) ( ) RESOL UTI ON/ M I NUTE O RDER: Pr ov i de t he Boar d Cle r k cert i fi ed resol ut i on or mi nut e order

. T hi s docu mentmusti ncl ude cert i ficat i on t hatt he h ear i ng was hel d in accor dance wi t h t he i nfor mat i on i n t he p ubl i c not i ce. I tmustal so l i stt he r ul es t hatwer e ad opt ed o r amen ded, t he d at e o f t he p ubl i c hea r i ng, and a st at ementof

compl ian c e wit h Cal i for ni a Heal t h an d SafetyCode S ec tion s 40 72 5-4 07 28 (Ad m inis trative P roc ed ure s A c t). (X) ( ) ( ) PUBL I C CO M M ENTS A ND RES PONSES: Su bm it c op ies of w rit ten pu blic comment s made dur i ng t he n ot i ce pe r i od a nd a tt he p ubl i c hea r i ng. Al so s ub m it an y w rit ten res po ns es prep are d b y the D is tri c t staff o r pres en ted to the D is tri c t Bo ard at the pu blic he arin g. A su m m ary ofthe pu blic comment s and r esponse s i s ade quat e. I f t her e wer e no commen t s made du ring the no tice pe riod or at the he arin g, p lea s e in dic ate N /A to the left.CAL I FO RNI A AI R RESO URCES BOARD SI P CO M PL ETENESS CHEC KL I ST

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Not At tac he d At tac he d N /A (X) ( ) ( ) R U L E E V A L U A T I O N F O R M: Se e i nst r uct i ons f or c om ple ting the R ule Ev al ua t i on F or m a nd t he a cc om pa ny i ng s am pl e for m. ( ) ( ) ( X) NON- EPA TE S T M E T H ODS: A ttac h all tes t m eth od s tha t are refe ren c ed in y our r ul e t hatdo notapp ear in 40 CFR 51, 60, 61, 63, or hav e no tbee n pr ev i ousl ys ubmit t ed t o EPA

. EPA met hods used i n ot her medi a such as SW 846 for

sol i d wast e are no taut omat i cal l yapp r ov ed for ai r pol l ut i on ap plic atio ns

. S ub m itt al o ft e s t me tho ds tha t are n ot E P A -ap pro ved sh ou ld i ncl ude t he i nfor mat i on a nd fol l ow t he pr ocedure descr i bed i n Regi on 9 ’ s “ Test M eth od R evie w & E valu atio n P roc es s .” ( ) ( ) ( X) M O DE L I NG S UP PO RT : P rovid e if ap pro pria te. In ge ne ral, mo de ling su pp ort i s notr equi r ed for

VOC and NOx r ules to d eter mi ne t hei r i mpact s on oz one l ev el s. Mo del i ng i s r equi red wher e a r ul e i s a r el axat i on t hataf fect s l ar ge sour ces ( > 1 00 T PY) i n an at t ai nmentar ea for SO2, di rec t l yemi t t ed PM10, CO, or NOx ( for NO2 pur poses)

. I n case s wher e EPA i s conce r ned wit h t he im pa c t on air qu ality ofrule revis ion s w hic h rela x limits o r c a u s e a sh ift in emi ssi on pat t er ns in a nonat t ai nmentar ea, a r eference back t o t he a pprov ed SI P wil l be suff i ci entprov i ded t he a pprov ed S IP a c count s fo r t he rel axat i on and pr ov i ded t he a pprov ed SI P used t he cu r r entEPA mode l i ng g ui del i nes. I f cu r r entEPA mode l i ng g ui del i nes were no tused , t hen new mode l i ng ma ybe r equi r ed. ( ) ( ) ( X) ECONO M I C A N D T E C H NI CA L JU STI FI CA TI ON FO R DEVI A TI ONS FR OM EPAPOL I CI ES : The Di st r i ctsta ff r eportorot her i nfor mat i on i ncl uded wit h t he submi t t al shou l d di scuss al l pot ent i al r el axat i ons ordev i at i ons f r om RACT, RACM, BACT , BACM , en for ce ab i l i t y , a t t ai nm en t , RF P, o r o t he r r el ev an tEPA r equi r ement s. T hi s i ncl udes, fo r examp l e, demo nst r at i ng t hatexemp t i ons o r emi ssi on l i mi t s l ess st r i ngentth an t he p r esumpt i v e RACT ( e. g. , a CTG) meet EP A’s 5 pe r centpol i cy , and demo nst r at i ng t hatal l source cat egor i es exempt ed f r om a RAC M/ BA CM r ul e are de mi ni mus acco r di ng t o E P A ’s R A C M /B A C M po licy. ( ) ( ) ( X ) A DDITI ONA L M A TE RI A LS : Pr ov i de Di st r i ctst aff r eport s and anyot her s up po rti ng inf orm atio n c on c ern ing de velo pm en t of th e rule or r ule change s. T hi s i nfor mat i on sh oul d exp l ai n t he b asi s for al l l i mi t s and t hr eshol ds con t ai ned i n t he r ul e.CA L I FORNI A A I R RE S OURCES B OARD 

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## RULE 3.21 RICE STRAW EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS ADOPTED December 10, 2008
INDEX 100 GENERAL 101 PURPOSE 102 APPLICABILITY 200 DEFINITIONS 201 AGRICULTURAL BURNING 202 AGRICULTURAL BURN PERMIT 203 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION 204 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO) 205 APPLICANT 206 APPLICANT DESIGNEE 207 BANKING 208 BASELINE PERIOD 209 CERTIFIED 210 EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS (ERCs) 211 HISTORIC BURN FRACTION (HBF) 212 NEW APPLICATION 213 PARCEL 214 RE-CERTIFICATION APPLICATION 215 REGISTER 216 RESTRICTED BURN LIST 217 RICE STRAW BURNING 218 RICE STRAW BURNING EMISSION REDUCTIONS 219 RICE GROWING ACREAGE 220 SURPLUS 300 STANDARDS 301 DETERMINATION IF A PARCEL IS ELIGIBLE 302 DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE ACREAGE 303 DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL EM ISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE 304 DETERMINATION OF QUARTERLY EMISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE 305 PRIORITY RESERVE ADJUSTMENT 306 DEED RESTRICTION 307 RESTRICTED BURN LIST 308 BURNING PROHIBITION

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## 400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS 401 APPLICATION FILING DEADLINE 402 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - NEW APPLICATIONS 403 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - RE-CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS 404 AVAILABLE ACREAGE ADJUSTMENT 405 APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES 406 VIOLATIONS 500 MONITORING AND RECORDS 501 BURN RECORDS 600 PROGRAM EVALUATION

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## 100 GENERAL
101 PURPOSE: The purpose of this Rule is to provide a federally recognized procedure for quantifying and certifying rice straw burning emission reductions, and issuing the resulting Emission Reduction Credit (ERC) certificates. This rule provides the only process by wh ich ERC certificates issued for reductions in rice straw burning may be stored for later use to meet federal new source review offset requirements. Once issued in accordan ce with this rule, the procedures in Rule 3.5 EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS shall be used as the administrative mechanism for sources to transfer ERCs to other sources for use as offsets.
102 APPLICABILITY: The provisions of this Rule shall apply to any agricultural operation that grew rice and burned rice straw in the District during the baseline period. 200 DEFINITIONS: Unless otherwise defined below, the terms used in this Rule are the same as defined in District Rule 3.5, EM ISSION REDUCTION CREDITS, Rule 3.4, NEW SOURCE REVIEW, or Rule 1.1, GENERAL PR OVISIONS, in that order of priority.
201 AGRICULTURAL BURNING: Open outdoor fires used in the growing of crops. For the purpose of this Rule, agricultural burning is considered to be a source and such activity requires an agricultural burn permit.
202 AGRICULTURAL BURN PERMIT: A permit issued by the District, which is required in order to conduct an agricultural burn.
203 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION: Equipment used exclusively in the growing of agricultural crops or in the commercial raising of fowl or animals.
204 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER (APCO): The Air Pollution Control Officer of the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Manage ment District (District), or his or her designee.
205 APPLICANT: For a new application, the owner (o r his/her designee) of the parcel. For a re-certification application, the current owner (or his/her designee) of an existing rice straw burning ERC.
206 APPLICANT DESIGNEE: The person, company, or entity submitting an application on behalf of the applicant. Such designee shall provide written authorization signed by the applicant to serve as the designee.
207 BANKING: The system of quantifying, certifyi ng, recording, and storing ERCs for future use and transfer. This system shall be called the ERC Bank.

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## 208 BASELINE PERIOD: Calendar years 1988 through 1992. 209 CERTIFIED: ERCs which have been evaluated under the requirements of this Rule and other applicable District, State, and Federal Rules and Regulations and which have been granted by the APCO.
210 EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS (ERCs): Reductions of actual emissions that are registered with the District in accordance with the requirements of Rule 3.5, EMISSION REDUCTION CREDITS.
211 HISTORIC BURN FRACTION (HBF): The amount of rice (as a percentage of the amount planted) which was burned during the baseline period, equal to 96%.
212 NEW APPLICATION: An application submitted in acco rdance with this rule for which the District has not already issued an ERC for reductions in rice straw burning for a parcel(s) prior to adoption of this Rule.
213 PARCEL: A legally identifiable piece of land as registered with a County Assessor’s office for property tax purposes and assigned an Assessors Parcel Number (APN).
214 RE-CERTIFICATION APPLICATION: An application submitted in accordance with this rule for which the District has previously issued an ERC for reductions in rice straw burning for a parcel(s) prior to adoption of this Rule.
215 REGISTER: The document that records all ERC deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and transactions.
216 RESTRICTED BURN LIST: A list (maintained by the Di strict) of parcels which have restrictions related to future agricultural burning.
217 RICE STRAW BURNING: The intentional open burning of rice straw material. For the purpose of this Rule, rice straw burni ng is considered to be a source and such activity requires an agricultural burn permit.
218 RICE STRAW BURNING EM ISSION REDUCTIONS: Emission reductions that qualify for banking pursuant to Section 41865 of the California Health and Safety Code. 219 RICE GROWING ACREAGE: The amount of acreage contained in a parcel that was used for the production of rice during the baseline period.
220 SURPLUS: The amount of emission reductions that are, at the time of generation of an ERC, not otherwise required by federal, state, or local law, not required by any legal settlement or consent decree, and not relied upon to meet any requirement

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## related to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). However, emission reductions required by a state statute that provides that the subject emission reductions shall be considered surplus may be considered surplus for purposes of this Rule if those reductions meet all other requirements of this Section. Examples of federal, state, and local laws, and of SI P-related requirements, include, but are not limited to, the following: 220.1 The federally-approved California SIP; 220.2 Other adopted State air quality laws and regulations not in the SIP, including but not limited to, any requirement, regulation, or measure that: (1) the District or the State has included on a legally-required and publicly-available list of measures that are scheduled for adoption by the District or the State in the future; or (2) is the subject of a public notice distributed by the District or the State regarding an intent to adopt such revision; 220.3 Any other source- or source-cate gory specific regulatory or permitting requirement, including, but not limited to, Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Po llutants (NESHAP), Best Available Control Measures (BACM), Best Av ailable Control Technology (BACT), and the Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER); and 220.4 Any regulation or supporting documentation that is required by the federal Clean Air Act but is not contained or referenced in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 52, including butnot limited to: assumptions used in attainment and maintenance demonstr ations (including Reasonable Further Progress demonstrations and milestone demonstrations), including any proposed control measure identified as potentially contributing to an enforceable near-term emissions reduction commitment; assumptions used in conformity demonstrations; and assumptions used in emissions inventories. 300 STANDARDS
301 DETERMINATION IF A PARCEL IS ELIGIBLE: A particular parcel qualifies to generate ERCs under this rule if the following requirements are met: 301.1 The parcel is located in the Sacramento Federal Non-attainment Area (SFNA); and 301.2 Rice straw burning occurred on the parcel during the baseline period.
302 DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE ACREAGE: The available acreage for generating ERCs shall be determined by adding all of the rice growing acreage of an

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## applicant’s eligible parcels and multiplying by the HBF. In no case shall the total available acreage for the entire District exceed 28,279 acres. In the event that the District receives applications for which the total available acreage exceeds 28,279 acres, the District shall lower the amount of available acreage for each application in accordance with section 404.
303 DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE: The amount of annual emission reductions available shall be determined by multiplying the available acreage times 75% times the applicable emission factor in the following table:

Pollutant Emission Factor (lbs/acre) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) 14.1 Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) 15.6 Carbon Monoxide (CO) 172.2 Particulate Matter less than 10 microns (PM10) 18.9
Sulfur Oxides (SOx) 3.3
304 DETERMINATION OF QUARTERLY EMISSION REDUCTIONS AVAILABLE: The emission reductions shall be quantified on a calendar quarter basis. The following percentages shall be used to determine the amount of emission reductions in each calendar quarter: Calendar Quarter Percentage First Quarter 28% Second Quarter 26%

Third Quarter 8% Fourth Quarter 38%
305 PRIORITY RESERVE ADJUSTMENT: Before the APCO may issue an ERC, the calculated emission reductions shall be adjusted 1.05 emission reductions to 1.0 ERC. Emission reductions captured by this adjustment shall pass to the District’s Priority Reserve Bank.
306 DEED RESTRICTION: Prior to the issuance of an ERC, a deed restriction shall be placed on the parcel or group of co ntiguous parcels for which ERCs will be

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## granted and a copy provided to the District. The deed restriction shall prohibit agricultural burning on the parcel which is not consistent with the ERC.
307 RESTRICTED BURN LIST: Prior to the issuance of an ERC, the District shall place the parcel or group of contiguous parcels on the restricted burn list. In each calendar year, no agricultural burn permit may be issued for greater than 25% of the rice growing acreage of any parcel listed on the restricted burn list.
308 BURNING PROHIBITION : No person shall conduct agricultural burning on more than 25% of the rice growing acreage of a parcel which has received an ERC certificate pursuant to the provisions of this rule. In addition, applicants must comply with California Health & Safety Code (CH&SC) 41865. 400 ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
401 APPLICATION FILING DEADLINE: All applications to obtain rice straw ERC certificates in accordance with this rule shall be submitted by June 10, 2009. Applications submitted after June 10, 2009 shall not be eligible for ERCs under this rule.
402 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - NEW APPLICATIONS: The applicant shall submit one application for each parcel or for each set of contiguous parcels. The application shall contain the following information: 402.1 List of each parcel included in the application, including APN and any owner’s designation or identifier. 402.2 The acreage of each parcel that was used to grow rice during the baseline period, and documentation of such acreage. 402.3 Documentation that rice straw burning occurred on the acreage of each parcel (identified above) during the baseline period. Examples of acceptable documentation include, but are not limited to, copies of a District burn permit, log books, pictures, or other District approved verifiable records. In the event that a burn permit or other records are not available, the District may accept a signed affidavit (under penalty of perjury) from the applicant certifying that rice straw on the parcel was burned during the baseline period. 402.4 A statement of intent to file a d eed restriction required by Section 305 for each parcel or for each set of contiguous parcels for which an application is being submitted (A copy of the deed re striction must be provided prior to final issuance of the rice straw ERC certificate). 402.5 Filing fees for the evaluation and issuance of ERCs in accordance with District Rule 4.1, PERMIT FEES - STATIONARY SOURCE.

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## 403 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - RE-CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS: The applicant shall submit one application for each existing ERC certificate. In addition to the information in 402, prior to re-issuance of the ERC, the applicant must surrender all previous certif icates issued for rice straw burning on the parcel or group of contiguous parcels.
404 AVAILABLE ACREAGE ADJUSTMENT : In the event that the District receives applications in which the requested available acreage totals to more than 28,279 acres, the District shall lower the percentage available as follows: 404.1 The re-certification applications meeting the criteria of this rule shall get full credit on their acreage. 404.2 The applications with verifiable burn records will have second priority. Ifthe total available acreage for all these applications along with the recertification applications does not exceed 28,279 acres, these applications will get full credit. If th e total of all these applications along with the recertification applications exceeds 28,279 acres, these applications shall be adjusted proportionally so that the to tal acreage for which all rice straw burning ERCs are issued does not exceed 28,279 acres. 404.3 For all remaining applications with affidavits for burn documentation, the amount of rice straw acreage determined to be available shall be adjusted proportionally so that the total acreag e for which all rice straw burning ERCs are issued does not exceed 28,279 acres.
405 APPLICATION PROCESSING PROCEDURES:
405.1 COMPLETE APPLICATION: The APCO shall determine whether the application is complete not later than 30 days after receipt of the application for ERC certificates. If the APCO determines that the application is not complete, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision specifying the information required. If the specifi ed information is not submitted within 30 days the application shall be canceled by the APCO.
405.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Upon receipt of additional information for an incomplete application a new 30 day period to determine completeness shall begin. During the processing of the application, the APCO may request an applicant to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information submitted in the application.
405.3 PRELIMINARY DECISION: Following acceptance of an application as complete, the APCO shall perform the evaluations required to determine compliance with all applicable District Rules and Regulations and make a

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## preliminary written decision as to wh ether the emission reduction should be certified as ERCs. The decision should be supported by a succinct written analysis.
405.4 PUBLICATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT: Within 10 calendar days following a preliminary decision, the APCO shall publish, in at least one newspaper of general circulation inthe District, a notice stating the preliminary decision of the APCO, noti ng how the pertinent information can be obtained, and inviting written public comment for a 30 day period following the date of publication.
405.5 DEED RESTRICTION: Within 90 calendar days of the public notice being published, the applicant shall submit a fi nal copy of a legal deed restriction.
405.6 PUBLIC INSPECTION: The APCO shall make available for public inspection at the District office the information submitted by the applicant and the APCO’s analysis no later than the date the notice of the preliminary decision is published, pursuant to Section 405.4. Further, all such information shall be transmitted to the California Air Resources Board and the US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) regional office, and to any party which requests such information no later than the date of publication.
405.7 FINAL ACTION: Within 180 days after the application filing deadline in Section 401 of this rule, the APCO shall take final action on the applications, after considering all written comments.
406 VIOLATIONS: Failure to comply with any provision or restriction of this rule shall be considered a violation of this rule. 500 MONITORING AND RECORDS
501 BURN RECORDS: For any parcel or group of c ontiguous parcels for which a rice straw ERC certificate has been issued, th e initial ERC holder or current land owner shall keep records of the amount of acres, crop type and burning that has occurred during the previous 5 years. 600 PROGRAM EVALUATION: Within two (2) years after adoption of this rule, the District shall evaluate the program and submit an evaluation report to EPA. The report shall include a discussion of the total number of applications approved, total acreage subject to this rule, and total amount of ERCs issued.