**State of**  **California AIR**  **RESOURCES BOARD**  

### 2013 **SIP REVISION**  **FOR THE**  **1997 8-HOUR**  **OZONE STANDARD**  **FOR THE**  **SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN**  **AREA**

**Resolution 13-39**  **November 21,**  **2013 Agenda**  **Item No.:**  **13-10-2**

**WHEREAS, sections**  **39515 and**  **39516 of** **the Health**  **and Safety**  **Code provide**  **that any**  **duty may**  **be delegated** **to the**  **Board's Executive**  **Officer as**  **the Board deems appropriate;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Legislature in**  **Health and**  **Safety Code**  **section 39602**  **has designated**  **the State**  **Air Resources**  **Board (ARB**  **or Board)**  **as the**  **air pollution**  **control agency**  **for all**  **purposes set**  **forth in** **federal law;**  **WHEREA S,**  **ARB is**  **authorized by**  **section 39600**  **of the**  **Health and**  **Safety Code**  **to do**  **such acts**  **as may**  **be necessary**  **for the**  **proper execution**  **of its**  **powers and**  **duties; WHEREAS,**  **the ARB** **is responsible**  **for preparing**  **the State**  **Implementation Plan**  **(SIP) for**  **attaining and**  **maintaining the**  **National Ambient**  **Air Quality Standards**  **(standards or**  **NAAQSs) as**  **required by**  **the federal**  **Clean Air** **Act (Act)**  **(42 U.S.C. section**  **7401 et**  **seq.), and to**  **this end**  **is directed**  **by Health**  **and Safety**  **Code section**  **39602 to**  **coordinate the**  **activities of** **all local**  **and regional**  **air pollution**  **control and**  **air quality**  **management districts**  **as necessary** **to comply** **with the**  **Act; WHEREAS,**  **section 41650**  **of the**  **Health and**  **Safety Code**  **requires ARB** **to approve**  **the nonattainment**  **plan adopted**  **by a**  **district as**  **part of** **the** 

### SIP **unless the**  **Board finds,**  **after a**  **public hearing,**  **that the**  **plan does not**  **meet the**  **requirements of** **the Act;**  **WHEREAS, ARB**  **has responsibility** **for ensuring**  **that the**  **districts meet**  **their responsibilities**  **under the**  **Act pursuant**  **to sections 39002,**  **39500, 39602,**  **and 41650**  **of the**  **Health and**  **Safety Code;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **districts have**  **primary responsibility** **for controlling**  **air pollution**  **from non-vehicular**  **sources and**  **for adopting**  **control measures,**  **rules, and**  **regulations to**  **attain the standards**  **within their**  **boundaries pursuant**  **to sections 39002,**  **40000, 40001,**  **40701, 40702,**  **and 41650**  **of the**  **Health and**  **Safety Code;**  **WHEREAS, in**  **July 1997,**  **the United**  **States Environmental**  **Protection Agency (U.S.**  **EPA) promulgated**  **an 8-hour**  **NAAQS for**  **ozone of**  **0.08 parts**  **per million;** **Resolution 13-39**  **2**

**WHEREAS, in** **April 2004, U.S. EPA**  **designated the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan Area**  **as nonattainment**  **for the**  **8-hour ozone**  **standard; ·**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan**  **Area includes**  **the Sacramento**  **Metropolitan Air**  **Quality Management**  **District, the**  **Yolo-Solano Air**  **Quality Management**  **District; and**  **parts of**  **the El**  **Dorado County** **Air Quality**  **Management District,**  **Placer County** **Air Pollution**  **Control District,**  **and Feather**  **River Air**  **Quality Management**  **District (collectively**  **"the Districts");**  **WHEREAS, in** **April 2004,**  **U.S. EPA**  **finalized "Phase**  **1" of**  **the 8-hour**  **ozone implementation**  **rule (Phase**  **1 Implementation**  **Rule), which**  **established the classification**  **scheme for**  **nonattainment areas**  **and identified continuing**  **obligations with**  **respect to**  **the existing**  **1-hour ozone**  **requirements; WHEREAS,**  **as part**  **of that**  **action U.S.**  **EPA classified**  **the Sacramento**  **Metropolitan Area**  **as a**  **"serious" nonattainment**  **area with**  **an initial**  **attainment date**  **of June**  **15, .**  **2013, and**  **subject to**  **the requirements**  **of Subpart 2**  **of Part**  **D of** **Title I**  **of the**  **Act; WHEREAS,**  **in November**  **2005, U.S.**  **EPA supplemented its**  **Phase 1**  **Implementation Rule**  **with a**  **"Phase 2"**  **rule that**  **specifies the**  **emission controls**  **and planning**  **elements that**  **nonattainment areas must**  **address in**  **their SIPs;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Districts determined**  **that the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan** **Area could**  **not meet**  **the 2013**  **attainment deadline**  **for serious**  **nonattainment areas**  **and, on**  **February 14,**  **2008, requested**  **a voluntary**  **reclassification of** **the Sacramento**  **Metropolitan Area**  **from "serious"**  **nonattainment to**  **"severe-15" nonattainment,**  **with an**  **applicable attainment**  **date of** **June 15,**  **2019, as**  **allowed under**  **section 181**  **(b)(3) of** **the Act;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Act requires** **that areas**  **classified moderate**  **or greater,**  **demonstrate that**  **Reasonable Further**  **Progress (RFP)**  **toward attainment**  **of the**  **8-hour ozone**  **NAAQS will**  **occur; WHEREAS,**  **the staffs**  **of the**  **Districts coordinated**  **in the**  **development of** **the 2009**  **Sacramento Regional**  **8-Hour Ozone**  **Attainment and**  **Reasonable Further**  **Progress Plan**  **(the 2009**  **Plan) to**  **fulfill the**  **planning requirements**  **of a**  **"severe-15" nonattainment**  **area; WHEREAS,**  **the 2009**  **Plan included:**  **updated air**  **quality and**  **emissions data;**  **a control**  **strategy based**  **on State,**  **local, and** **federal measures;**  **a modeled**  **attainment demonstration;**  **an RFP**  **demonstration; transportation**  **conformity emission budgets;**  **and contingency**  **measures; WHEREAS,**  **in March**  **2009, the Board**  **adopted the**  **2009 Plan**  **as a**  **SIP revision**  **and submitted**  **it to**  **the U.S.**  **EPA; Resolution**  **13-39 3** 

**WHEREAS, in**  **approving the**  **2009 Plan,**  **the Board**  **committed to**  **achieve the**  **total aggregate**  **reductions needed**  **for attainment**  **of the**  **1997 8-hour**  **ozone standard**  **through the**  **adoption of**  **measures identified**  **in the**  **SIP, alternative**  **measures or**  **incentive programs,**  **and actual**  **emission decreases**  **that occur;**  **WHEREAS, ARB** **and the**  **Districts have**  **now completed**  **adoption of**  **regulations that**  **achieve the**  **emission reductions**  **necessary to**  **demonstrate attainment**  **of the**  **1997 8-hour**  **ozone standard**  **by the**  **2018 deadline;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Districts have**  **adopted the**  **"Sacramento Regional**  **8-hour Ozone**  **Attainment and**  **Reasonable Further**  **Progress Plan**  **2013 SIP**  **Revisions" (2013**  **SIP Revision)**  **to incorporate**  **updated emission**  **inventories to**  **reflect adopted**  **rules, revised**  **emissions forecasts**  **that reflect**  **impacts of** **the recession,**  **updated information**  **about emission**  **sources, an**  **updated attainment**  **demonstration that**  **allows fewer**  **emissions in**  **2018, and**  **other technical**  **updates; WHEREAS,**  **consistent with**  **section 172(c)(3)**  **of the**  **Act, the**  **2013 SIP**  **Revision includes**  **a comprehensive,**  **accurate, current**  **inventory of**  **emissions data**  **for precursors**  **of ozone:**  **oxides of**  **nitrogen (NOx) and**  **volatile organic**  **compounds (VOC); WHEREAS,**  **the 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **also includes**  **locally approved**  **revisions to District**  **control strategies;**  **WHEREAS, consistent**  **with section**  **182(c)(2)(A) of** **the Act,**  **the 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **provides for**  **attainment of** **the 1997**  **8-hour ozone**  **NAAQS in**  **2018; WHEREAS,**  **consistent with**  **section 172(c)**  **of the**  **Act, the**  **2013 SIP**  **Revision demonstrates**  **that the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan** **Area meets**  **requirements for**  **Reasonably Available**  **Control Measures**  **(RACM) and**  **Reasonably Available Control Technologies**  **(RACT) for**  **NOx and**  **VOC; WHEREAS,**  **the RFP** **demonstration in**  **the 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **shows that the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan** **Area meets the**  **required progress**  **milestones as**  **a result of**  **adopted measures,**  **and that** **adopted measures**  **will provide**  **additional emission**  **reductions beyond**  **the 2018**  **attainment year**  **needed to**  **meet the**  **contingency· measure**  **requirements; WHEREAS,**  **consistent with**  **section 176**  **of the**  **Act, the**  **2013 SIP**  **Revision establishes**  **transportation conformity** **emission budgets,**  **developed in**  **consultation between**  **the Districts**  **and the**  **Sacramento Area**  **Council of**  **Governments, the**  **regional transportation**  **agency that**  **conform to**  **the attainment**  **emission levels;**  **WHEREAS, section**  **182(d)(1)(a) of** **the Act**  **requires SIPs**  **submitted for**  **severe and**  **extreme ozone nonattainment**  **areas identify**  **and adopt**  **transportation control**  **strategies and**  **transportation control**  **measures to**  **offset any**  **growth in**  **emissions Resolution**  **13-39 4** 

**from vehicle**  **miles traveled**  **(VMT) or** **the number**  **of vehicle**  **trips in**  **the area**  **("VMT offset**  **demonstration"); WHEREAS,**  **in February** **2011, the**  **Ninth Circuit**  **Court of** **Appeals held**  **that section**  **182(d)(1 )(a)**  **of the** **Act requires**  **additional transportation**  **control strategies**  **and transportation**  **control measures to**  **offset vehicle emissions** **whenever they**  **are projected**  **to be**  **higher than**  **they would**  **have been**  **if base year** **VMT had**  **not increased;**  **WHEREAS, the Ninth**  **Circuit Court**  **of Appeals**  **remanded the**  **approval of** **the 2007**  **8-hour ozone**  **SIP VMT** **emissions offsets demonstration**  **to U.S.**  **EPA; WHEREAS,**  

### in**August 2012,**  **U.S. EPA**  **issued guidance entitled "Implementing**  **Clean Air** **Act section**  **182(d)(1**

### )(A): **Transportation Control Measures**  **and Transportation**  **Control Strategies**  **to Offset**  **growth in**  **Emissions Due**  **to Growth**  **in Vehicle**  **Miles Traveled";**  **WHEREAS, consistent**  **with the**  **requirements of**  **section 182(d)(1** **)(A), as**  **specified by** **the Ninth**  **Circuit Court**  **of Appeals**  **ruling in**  **2011 and**  **with U.S.**  **EPA guidance**  **in 2012,**  **the 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **includes the**  **required VMT**  **emissions offset**  **demonstration; WHEREAS,**  **federal law,**  **set forth**  **in section**  **11 0(1)**  **of the**  **Act and**  **Title 40,**  **Code of**  **Federal Regulations**  **(CFR), section**  **51.102, requires**  **that one**  **or more public**  **hearings, preceded**  **by at**  **least 30**  **days notice**  **and opportunity** **for public**  **review, must**  **be conducted**  **prior to adopting** **and submitting**  **any SIP**  **revision to**  **U.S. EPA;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Districts noticed**  **and made** **the 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **available for**  **·public review**  **at least**  **30 days**  **before a**  **public hearing;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **Board of**  **Directors of** **the Sacramento**  **Metropolitan Air**  **Quality Management District held**  **a public**  **hearing on**  **the 2013**  **SIP Revision,**  **on behalf**  **of all**  **five air**  **districts in** **the Sacramento**  **Metropolitan Area,**  **at its**  **September 26,**  **2013, meeting;**  **WHEREAS, the**  **District determined**  **that the**  **2013 SIP**  **Revision is**  **exempt from**  **the California**  **Environmental Quality** **Act pursuant**  **to California**  **Code of**  **Regulations, title**  **14, section**  **15061(b)(3) (no**  **possibility of**  **a significant**  **adverse effect**  **on the**  **environment) and**  **section 15308**  **(actions taken**  **by regulatory**  **agencies to**  **assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement,**  **or protection**  **of the**  **environment); WHEREAS,**  **the Board**  **of Directors**  **of the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan** **Air Quality**  **Management District adopted**  **the 2013** **SIP Revision**  **after determining**  **that it**  **is consistent**  **with reasonable**  **further progress**  **arid attainment**  **requirements; Resolution**  **13-39 5** 

**WHEREAS, on**  **November 20, 2013,**  **the staff**  **of the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan**  **Air Quality** **Management District** **transmitted the**  **2013 SIP**  **Revision to**  **ARB as**  **a SIP**  **update, along**  **with proof**  **of public**  **notice publication**  **in accordance** **with State**  **and federal**  **law; WHEREAS,**  **the Board finds**  **that: 1.**  **The 2013**  **SIP Revison**  **meets the**  **applicable planning**  **requirements established**  **by the**  **Act, and**  **includes the**  **required air**  **quality and**  **emissions data,**  **attainment demonstration,**  **RACM/RACT demonstrations,**  **transportation conformity** **emission budgets,**  **conting ency** **measures, and** **VMT offset**  **demonstration. NOW, THEREFORE,**  **BE IT**  **RESOLVED the**  **Board hereby** **approves the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan**  **Area 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **as an**  **amendment to** **the California**  **SIP, excluding those**  **portions not**  **required to**  **be submitted** **to U.S.**  **EPA under** **federal law,**  **and directs**  **the Executive**  **Officer to**  **forward the 2013**  **SIP**

**. Revision,**  **as approved,**  **to the**  **U.S. EPA**  **for inclusion**  **in the**  **SIP to**  **be effective,**  **for purposes**  **of federal**  **law, upon**  **approval by** **U.S. EPA.**  **BE IT**  **FURTHER RESOLVED**  **that the**  **Board directs**  **the Executive**  **Officer to** **work with**  **the Districts**  **and U.S.**  **EPA and** **take appropriate**  **action to**  **resolve any**  **completeness or**  **approvability issues**  **that may** **arise regarding** **the SIP**  **submission. BE**  **IT FURTHER**  **RESOLVED that**  **the Board**  **authorizes the**  **Executive Officer** **to include**  **in the**  **SIP submittal**  **any technical**  **corrections, clarifications,**  **or additions**  **that may** **be necessaryto**  **secure U.S.**  **EPA approval.**  **BE IT**  **FURTHER RESOLVED**  **that the**  **Board hereby certifies**  **pursuant to**  **40 CFR**  **section 51.102**  **that the**  **Sacramento Metropolitan** **Area 2013**  **SIP Revision**  **was adopted**  **after notice**  **and public**  **hearing as**  **required by** **40 CFR**  **section 51.102.**  **I hereby** **certify that the**  **above is**  **a true**  **and correct**  **copy of**  **Resolution 13-39,**  **as adopted**  **by the**  **Air Resources**  **Board.**