Matthew Rodriquez Secretary for EnvironmentalProtection

February 10, 2014

Mr. Jared Blumenfeld Regional Administrator 

# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman

1001 I Street • P.O. Box 2815 Sacramento, California 95812 • www.arb.ca.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor

Enclosed are revisions to the State ofCalifornia Implementation Plan forAchieving and Maintaining the NationalAmbientAirQualityStandards (SIP). Two compact discs and two paper copies, each containing the revisions in their entirety, are enclosed. These revisions consist of amended and adopted rules ofthe Imperial CountyAir Pollution Control District (District). The Air Resources Board (ARB) Executive Order S-14-001 adopting the District's rules as revisions to the SIP is also enclosed. The District is authorized to adopt and enforce the rules by California Health and Safety Code (H&SC) section 40001. ARB is authorized to adopt the rules as revisions to the SIP by H&SC sections 39601, 39602, and 41650 through 41652. Enclosure A lists the specific rules that were adopted or amended bythe District and that have been adopted as revisions to the SIP by ARB through Executive Order S-14-001. To meetthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) criteria for determining that rule submittals are administratively and technically complete, we have enclosed an evaluation ofthe effects ofthe rules on emissions, evaluations ofthe rules' consistency with 40 CFR 51, and other supporting documentation provided to us to date by the District. We have made every reasonable effort to obtain from the District all documentation necessary to comply with U.S. EPA's SIP Completeness Policy. We understand that, according to section 11O(k)(1)(B) ofthe Federal Clean AirAct, U.S. EPA will determine within 60 days ofthe Administrator's receipt of a SIP revision, but no laterthan six months afterthe date by which the State is required to submitthe revision, whetherthe rule packages within the revision are**adequ<;~tely** complete to

The energychallenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energyconsumption. Fora list ofsimple ways you can reduce demandand cutyourenergycosts, see ourwebsite: http://www.arb.ca.gov. California Environmental Protection Agency
Printedon RecycledPaperMr. Jared Blumenfeld February 10, 2014 Page 2

review for approvability. ARB staff may receive additional supporting documentation from the District within the nextfew months. ARB will forward those additional materials to you. Ifyou have any questions orwould like to discuss these SIP revisions, please contact Mr. Michael J. Guzzetta, Manager, Rule Evaluation Section, at (916) 322-6025 or by email at mguzzett@arb.ca.gov. Sincerely,**~**

# --

Enclosure(s)

cc: Mr. Brad Poiriez Air Pollution Control Officer Imperial CountyAir Pollution Control District 150 South Ninth Street El Centro, California 92243-2850 Mr. Michael J. Guzzetta, Manager Rule Evaluation Section Stationary Source DivisionCalifornia Environmental Protection Agency AIR RESOURCES BOARD Executive Order S-14-001 WHEREAS, the rules identified in Enclosure A have been adopted oramended bythe Imperial CountyAir Pollution Control District. WHEREAS, the district is authorized by California Health and Safety Code (H&SC) section 40001 to adopt and enforce the rules identified in Enclosure A; WHEREAS, the rules have been submitted to the Air Resources Board (ARB) for inclusion in the State ofCalifornia Implementation Plan forAchieving andMaintaining the NationalAmbientAir QualityStandards (SIP) as reasonably available control measures for limiting emissions ofair pollutants within the district; WHEREAS, ARB has determined thatthese rules are necessaryto meet requirements ofthe federal Clean AirAct; and WHEREAS, ARB is authorized by H&SC sections 39601, 39602, and 41650 through 41652 to adopt district rules as revisions to the SIP. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED thatARB hereby adopts the District's rules identified in Enclosure A as revisions to the SIP. I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102(f), thatthe rules identified in Enclosure A were adopted or amended after notice and public hearings as required by 40 CFR 51.1 02(a) and 51.102(d). Executed in Sacramento, California, this

# /0~ day of

# F-e~. 2014.