# Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols, Chairman

1001 I Street· P.O. Box 2815 Linda S. Adams Sacramento, California 95812· www.arb.ca.gov Arnold Schwarzenegger

Secretaryfor Governor Environmental Protection

October 22, 2010



### Mr. Jared Blumenfeld, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, California 94105 Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: Enclosed are two compact discs and two paper copies ofa revision to the State 

### of California Implementation Plan forAchieving andMaintaining the NationalAmbientAir Quality Standards 

### (SIP). The revision consists ofa negative declaration for three source categories thatwas adopted on August 23, 2010 by the Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District (District) to comply with certain requirements ofthe federal Clean AirAct. The negative declaration addresses Clean AirAct requirements for the adoption or amendment of rules and regulations that prescribe reasonably available control technologies for volatile organic compounds. Also, enclosed is the Air Resources Board (ARB) Executive Order S-10-005 adopting the District's negative declaration as a revision to the SIP. The District has the primary responsibility for control of air pollution from sources otherthan vehicular sources within its jurisdiction pursuantto Health and Safety Code (H&SC) sections 39002 and 40000. The District is also authorized to adopt rules to meet and maintain the national ambient air quality standards pursuantto H&SC section 40001. ARB is authorized by H&SC sections 39601,39602, and 41650 through 41652 to adopt this District's SIP submittal as a revision to the SIP. Ifyou have any questions or would like to discuss this SIP revision, please contact Mr. Jorge Fernandez, Chief, Program Evaluation Branch at (916) 324-7659. Sincerely, 

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cc: Mr. Eldon Heaston Executive Director Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District 14306 Park Avenue Victorville, California 92392-2310 Mr. Jorge L. Fernandez, Chief Program Evaluation Branch Stationary Source DivisionCalifornia Environmental Protection Agency AIR RESOURCES BOARD Executive Order 5-10-005 WHEREAS, the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision identified below was adopted by the Mojave DesertAir Quality Management District (District) on August 23,2010: Federal negative declaration certifying that no majorstationary sources emitting volatile organic compounds (VaC) from petroleum refinery equipment; manufacture of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene resins; and fugitive emissions from synthetic organic chemical polymerand resin manufacturing equipment are located within the District. WHEREAS, the District has primary responsibility for control ofair pollution from all sources otherthan vehicular sources (California Health and Safety Code Sections 39002 and 40000); and WHEREAS, the District is authorized by California Health and Safety Code Section 40702 to adopt rules and regulations and do such acts as may be necessaryto execute the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, the District; and WHEREAS, the District is a designated nonattainment area forthe 8-hour ozone standard under Section 181 ofthe federal Clean AirAct; and WHEREAS, the Clean AirAct Section 182 requires the District, as an ozone nonattainment area classified as moderate and above, to implementvac reasonably available control technology rules and regulations for majorstationary sources existing in the District; and WHEREAS, for source categories not represented within the area designated nonattainmentfor ozone, the United States Environmental Protection Agency requires the submission ofa negative declaration certifying thatthose sources are not present; and WHEREAS, The District has found that no majorstationary sources forthe three source categories identified in the above federal negative declaration exist within the District; and WHEREAS, the District has adopted the negative declaration and has submitted itto the Air Resources Board (ARB) for inclusion in the SIP; and WHEREAS, ARB has determined thatthe SIP revision is necessaryto meetthe requirements ofthefederal Clean AirAct; and

### THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED thatARB hereby adopts the federal negative declaration identified above as a revision to the SIP. I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR 51.102(f), that the SIP revision identified above was adopted after notice and public hearing as required by 40 CFR 51.102(a) and 51.102(d). Executed in Sacramento, California, this;!) 1'£-')

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