NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FEDERAL 8-HOUR OZONE RATE-OF-PROGRESS PLAN FOR THE SACRAMENTO REGION The five air districts

in the Broader Sacramento Area will hold public hearings

to consider adoption
of the Federal 8-Hour Ozone Rate-of-Progress Plan for the Sacramento Region (Plan).The Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District will consider certification

of theFinal Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Plan atits hearing on January 26, 2006. The remaining four air districts will likewise consider the adequacy

of the Final EIR prior to considering adoption
of the Plan by their Boards of Directors. The Clean Air Act requires federal 8-hour ozone nonattainment areastomeet

areasonable further progress requirement

toreduce ozone-forming pollutant emissions
by aminimum
of three percent per year.The Sacramento ozone nonattainment areaincludes
all of Sacramento and Yolo Counties, and portions of Placer, El Dorado, Solano, and Sutter Counties. This Plan proposes

touse existing control strategies and approved control measurecommitments

to achieve emission reductions necessaryfor compliance with the Clean Air Act requirements
for reasonable further progress.The Plan also includes

ademonstration that the Sacramento Region metthe required
15 percent volatile organic compound (VOC) emission reductions during the period from 1990 to 1996.
In addition, this Plan will establish updated emission budgets for transportation conformity purposesand an updated emissions inventoryfor the region. The FEIR includes

a description

of potentially significant effects onair quality and mitigation measuresthat reduce those effects toan insignificant level. The FEIR and Plan will be available for review onthe Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Qualify Management District web site at www.airguality.org.
You mayalso request

a copyatthe district offices listed below. The Plan will be available by December 20, 2005. The FEIR willbe available by January 16, 2006. The Plan will be considered for adoption by the individual airdistricts’ Board of Directors during public hearings

in January
or February 2006. By this notice, all interested parties are specifically requested

to testify onthe proposedFEIR and Plan. Oral and written testimony maybe directed
toeach district’s Board of Directorsatthe public hearings,
orsenttothe district offices, assetforth below: Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District Office: 77712 th Street, 3 Floor, Sacramento, California 95814 Contact: Greg Tholen, (916) 874-4800 Hearing: Sacramento County Board Chambers, 700 H Street, Sacramento,
CA 9:30 AM., Thursday, January 26, 2006 Feather River Air Quality Management District Office: 938 14th Street, Marysville, CA 95901 Contact: Yachun Chow, (530) 634-7659 Hearing: Yuba County Government Center, 9158 th Street, Conference Rm. 1, Marysville, CA 4:00 P.M., Monday, February

6, 2006El Dorado County Air Quality Management District Office: 2850 Fairlane Court, Building
C, Placerville, CA 95667 Contact: Carolyn Craig, (530) 621-6662 Hearing:

El Dorado County Board Chambers, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, February

7, 2006 Office: 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, CA 95616 Contact: Dan O’Brien (530) 757-3673— Hearing: 1947 Galileo Court, Suite 103, Davis, CA 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, February

8, 2006— Placer County Air Pollution Control District Office: DeWitt Center, 11464 “B” Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603 Contact: Yushuo Chang (530) 889-7130 Hearing: Placer County Board Chambers, 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, CA 2:30 P.M., Thursday, February

9, 2006 Yolo-Solano
Air Quality Management District