Matthew Rodriquez 

Secretary for 

Environmental Protection 

November 6, 2014 

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 

I am writing to request that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) 

conduct a parallel processing review of the revised transportation conformity budgets 

included in the Air Resources Board (ARB) letter dated October 7, 2014. 

The public hearing notice and staff report for the 2014 updates to the transportation 

conformity budgets for the San Joaquin Valley have been posted on the ARB web-site 

at http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/sjvpm25/24hrsjvpm25.htm. This item will be 

considered at a meeting of the Board, on November 20, 2014. If adopted, ARB will 

submit these updates to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as revisions to the 

State Implementation Plan for California. ARB provided the revised budgets in the 

October ih letter at U.S. EPA's request. In subsequent discussions, U.S. EPA staff 

further requested clarification that the October ih letter was a request for parallel 

processing. 

If you have any questions, please call Ms. Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, at 

(916) 322-2739, or have your staff contact Mr. Kurt Karperos, Chief, Air Quality 

Planning and Science Division, at (916) 322-5350. 

Sincerely, 

cc: See next page. 

The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. 

For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see our website: http://www.arb.ca.gov. 

California Environmental Protection Agency 

Printed on Recycled Paper 
Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

November 6, 2014 

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cc: Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director 

Region 9, Air Division 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Mr. Seyed Sadredin 

Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer 

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 

1990 East Gettysburg Avenue 

Fresno, California 93726 

Mr. Andrew Chesley 

Executive Director 

San Joaquin Council of Governments 

555 East Weber Avenue 

Stockton, California 95202 

Mr. Carlos Yamzon 

Executive Director 

Stanislaus Council of Governments 

1111 I Street, Suite 308 

Modesto, California 95354 

Ms. Marjie Kirn 

Executive Director 

Merced County Association of Governments 

369 West 18th Street 

Merced, California 95340 

Ms. Patricia Taylor 

Executive Director 

Madera County Transportation Commission 

2001 Howard Road, Suite 201 

Madera, California 93637 

Mr. Tony Boren 

Executive Director 

Fresno Council of Governments 

2035 Tulare Street, Suite 201 

Fresno, California 93721 

Continued next page. 
Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

November 6, 2014 

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(continued) 

Ms. Terri King 

Executive Director 

Kings County Association of Governments 

339 West "D" Street, Suite B 

Lemoore, California 93245 

Mr. Ted Smalley 

Executive Director 

Tulare County Association of Governments 

210 North Church Street, Suite B 

Visalia, California 93291 

Mr. Ahron Hakimi 

Executive Director 

Kern Council of Governments 

1401 19th Street, Suite 300 

Bakersfield, California 93301 

Ms. Lynn Terry 

Deputy Executive Officer 

Executive Office 

Mr. Kurt Karperos, Chief 

Air Quality Planning and Science Division 
Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

November 6, 2014 

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bee: (Via email, w/o enclosures) 

Karen Magliano, AQPS 

Jon Taylor, AQPS 

Sylvia Vanderspek, AQPS 

Nesamani Kalandiyur, AQPS 

Webster Tasat, AQPS 

Cari Anderson, AQPS 

Patricia Velasco, AQPS 

External bee: (Via email, w/o enclosures) 

Jessica Fierro, SJVAPCD, Jessica.Fierro@valleyair.org 

Errol Villegas, SJVAPCD, Erroi.Villegas@valleyair.org 

Matt Lakin, U.S. EPA, Lakin.Matthew@epa.gov 

Karina O'Connor, U.S. EPA Oconnor.Karina@epa.gov 

Frances Wicher, U.S. EPA, Wicher.Frances@epa.gov 

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AQPS Chron (w/ Enclosures) 

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