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### 4 5 6 SJVUAPCD GoverningBoard ADOPTTHEPROPOSED2012 PM2.5PLAN December20, 2012 BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SAN JOAQUINVALLEY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTEROF: ADOPTING THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIEDAIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT 2012 PM2.5PLAN RESOLUTION: 2012-1 2-19

7 WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (District) is a 8 duly constituted unified district, as provided in California Health and Safety Code 9 sections 40150 to 40161; and 1



# o WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1 07(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) as 11 amended in 1990, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 12 designated the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin (Valley) as nonattainmentfor the PM2.5 13 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) as set in 2006 in Volume 7 4, Number 14 218 ofthe FederalRegister(pages 58688-781, effective December 14, 2009); and 15 WHEREAS, as given in Section 172(b) ofthe Clean AirAct (CAA), attainment plans 16 must be submitted to EPA no later than three years after the effective date of the 17 nonattainment designation; therefore, EPA requires the State of California to submit a 18 plan by December 2012 that satisfies the requirements of Section 172 of the CAA, 19 including ademonstration ofattainment ofthe 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS in the Valley; and 20 WHEREAS, the initial attainment date for PM2.5 areas is no later than five years 21 afterthe date ofdesignation, or2014, butthe EPAAdministrator may revise the date, 22 as appropriate, for a period of up to ten years from the date of designation based on 23 the availabilityand feasibility ofcontrol measures (40 CFR 51.1004 (a)); and 24 WHEREAS, the District Governing Board is committed to achieving the 2006 PM2.5 25 NAAQS, and the state PM2.5 standard, as expeditiously as possible; and 26 WHEREAS, the District Governing Board adopted Guiding Principles in February 27 2012 to provide an overall strategic direction for District staff in developing the 2012 28 PM2.5 Plan (Plan); and

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- Resolution forthe2012 PM2.5 PlanSJVUAPCD GoverningBoard ADOPTTHEPROPOSED2012 PM2.5PLAN December20, 2012 1 WHEREAS, the District developed the Plan through an extensive public process that 2 included numerous meetingswith the public, including publicworkshops in April, June, 3 and October 2012, and the District responded to written and verbal comments that 4 were received during associated comment periods; and 5 WHEREAS, the District uses extensive research and sound science as the 6 foundation forthe Plan; and 7 WHEREAS, photochemical and receptor modeling conducted by the District and the 8 California Air Resources Board (ARB) show that emission reductions from the plan 9 strategy are sufficientto demonstrate attainment by 2019, but not sooner; and 10 WHEREAS, the District conducted a comprehensive analysis of the emissions 11 sources in the Valley and potential control measures to reduce emissions as 12 expeditiously as practicable, given thefeasibility ofcontrol technologies; and 13 WHEREAS, the Plan will bring the Valley into attainment by 2019, with a majority of 14 Valley seeing attainment before 2019, and will achieve significant health benefits; and 15 WHEREAS, EPA's mass-based NAAQS do notfully address all public health factors, 16 and the District prioritizes control strategies providing the greatest public health 17 benefits underthe District's Risk-Based Strategy; and 18 WHEREAS, the Plan will contributeto attainment ofall EPA PM2.5 NAAQS; and 19 WHEREAS, the District, ARB, and the Valley's eight Metropolitan Planning 20 Organizations (MPOs) prepared the Plan to demonstrate attainment of the 2006 21 PM2.5 NAAQS by 2019 and contain all elements required underthefederal CAA; and 22 WHEREAS, the Plan includes sub-area mobile source emissions budgets for 2014, 23 2017, and 2019 that must be met by each of the eight MPOs, respectively, in the 24 Valleyfortransportation conformity; and 25 WHEREAS, the dynamic nature oftransportation planning in the Valley may trigger 26 the need for technical refinements to the sub-area emissions budgets afterthe District 27 Governing Board adoption ofthe Plan; and 28 WHEREAS, new and amended regulations to be adopted through implementation of

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.5PLAN December20, 2012 1 the Plan would be subsequently developed through public processes, which will 2 include due consideration of technological feasibility, cost-effectiveness, 3 socioeconomic impact, and environmental impact; and 4 WHEREAS, individual control measures may be revised from what is proposed in 5 the Plan, and the District is committed to achieving equivalent emission reductions 6 from the overall control strategy in the same timeframes as proposed in the Plan; and 7 WHEREAS, the technical PM2.5 modeling work supporting the Plan could not have 8 been accomplished without the leadership, funding, and work products provided 9 through the San Joaquin Valley-wideAir Pollution StudyAgency; and 10 WHEREAS, the California Regional Particulate Air Quality Study (CRPAQS) will 11 continue to produce results that help provide an improved understanding of PM in the 12 Valley, including relationships among meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and PM 13 precursoremissions; and 14 WHEREAS, a public hearing for the adoption ofthe Plan was duly noticed and held 15 on December20, 2012, in accordancewith law; and 16 WHEREAS, this Board concurs with the recommendations ofits staff. 17 NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows: 18 1. The District Governing Board adopts the Proposed 2012 PM2.5 Plan, thereby 19 fulfilling air quality planning requirements under the federal CAA for the 2006 PM2

.5 20 NAAQS. Said Plan is attached hereto and incorporated herein. 21 2. The District Governing Board requests EPA to set 2019 as the attainment date 22 forthe PM2.5 NAAQS, adopted in 2006. 23 3. Adoption of said Plan is necessary to comply with the federal CAA and will 24 promotethe health and welfare ofthe residents ofthe Valley. 25 4. The District has completed an Initial Study for said Plan that indicates the 26 project will not result in any significant adverse effects to the environment, and a 27 Proposed Negative Declaration has been prepared and properly noticed pursuant to 28 the California Environmental QualityAct (CEQA) Guidelines. The District Governing

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- Resolution forthe2012 PM2.5PlanSJVUAPCD GoverningBoard ADOPTTHEPROPOSED2012 PM2.5PLAN December20, 2012 1 Board has duly considered said Initial Study and proposed Negative Declaration. 2 Accordingly, the District Governing Board approves and adopts a Negative 3 Declaration for said Plan pursuant to CEQA requirements. In accordance with the 4 provisions of Sections 15075 of the CEQA Guidelines, the Executive Director/Air 5 Pollution Control Officer is hereby directed to file a Notice of Determination with the 6 County Clerks ofeach county in the District. 7 5. The District Governing Board hereby finds, based on the evidence and 8 information presented at the hearing upon which its decision is based, that all notices 9 required to be given by law have been duly given, and that the District Governing 1

0 Board has allowed publictestimony in accordance with law. 11 6. District staff is directed to work with stakeholders and EPAto ensure that rules 12 developed as a result of adoption of the Plan address technical and economic 13 feasibility issues identified during plan development along with those that arise during 14 the rule development process so thatthe rules are both fair and approvable by EPA 15 7. The District Governing Board commits to adopt and implement the rules and 16 measures in the Plan by the dates specified in Chapter 5 to achieve the emissions 17 reductions shown in Chapter 5, and to submitthese rules and measuresto ARB within 18 30 days of adoption for transmittal to EPA as a revision to the State Implementation 19 Plan (SIP). Ifthe total emission reductions from the adopted rules are less than those 20 committed to in the Plan, the District Governing Board commits to adopt, submit, and 21 implement substitute rules and measures that will achieve equivalent reductions in 22 emissions of direct PM2.5 or PM2.5 precursors in the same adoption and 23 implementation timeframes or in the timeframes needed to meet CAA milestones. 24 7a. Reducing emissions from residential wood burning devices is prioritized 25 underthe District's Risk-Based Strategy. 26 7b. District staff is directed to amend Rule 4901 (Wood Burning Fireplaces 27 and Wood Burning Heaters) ahead of the 2016 plan commitment, by winter 28
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-SJVUAPCD Governing Board ADOPTTHEPROPOSED2012 PM2.5 PLAN December20 , 2012 1 2014. This early adoption is a local commitment, not a federally enforceable 2 plan commitment. 3 7c

. The 2014 amendments to Rule 4901 should allow for use of EPA4 certified wood burning devices at certain curtailment levels. This will encourage 5 residents to upgrade to these devices, helping to reduce emissions and 6 improve public health even on days when wood burning is allowed. 7 8. Any technical refinements that are needed for the sub-area emissions budgets 8 will be duly noticed and presented in the State strategy that is scheduled for hearing 9 byARB in January2013. 10 9. The District Governing Board commits to provide adequate resources to carry 11 outthe provisions ofthe Plan. 12 10.The Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer is herebydirectedto forward a 13 copy ofthis Resolution, the Plan, and appropriate Appendicestothe ARB for inclusion in 14 the SIP. 15 11.The District Governing Board requests thatARB authorize its Executive Officerto 16 include the District's 2012 PM2.5 Plan, as adopted by the District's Governing Board, in 17 the California SIPforsubmittalto EPA. 18 12

.The District Governing Board requests that EPA approve the District's 2012 19 PM2

.5 Plan, including the rulemaking calendar and demonstrations of attainment, 20 Reasonably Available Control Technology/Reasonably Available Control Measures 21 (RACT/RACM), Reasonable Further Progress (RFP), contingency measures, and 22 interpollutant trading ratios for New Source Review (NSR). The District Governing 23 Board requests that EPA grant a conditional approval to any plan elements for which 24 EPA cannot,forwhatever reason, grantfull approval atthis time. 25 13.District staff is hereby authorized to make any minortypographical and technical 26 changes in the Plan that are necessary to correct minor errors, clarify wording, or to 27 satisfyARB and EPA technical requirements, provided thatthere are no changes in the 28 conclusions orcontrol requirements in the Plan.

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(559) 230·5800 -5- Resolution forthe2012 PM2.5PlanSJVUAPCD GoverningBoard ADOPTTHEPROPOSED2012 PM2.5PLAN December20, 2012 1 14.THE FOREGOING was passed and adopted by the following vote of the 2 Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District this 3 20th dayofDecember2012, towit: 

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(669) 230-6800 ATTEST: AYES: Harba, Barwick, Bomprezzi, Case, Dominici, Hanson, Ornellas, Sherriffs, Walsh, Worthley, Vierra, Watson, O'Brien

NOES: None

ABSENT: Baines, Forman

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# By **~~** Michelle Franco

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