RECEIVE

Ms. Deborah Jordan, Director

Air Division, Region 9 NQ 3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 0 RECTJ Ø

75 Hawthorne Street Air oi San Francisco, California 94105 U.S.

Dear Ms. Jordan:

The Air Resources Board (ARB) is pleased to submit the enclosed to the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), as a revision to California’s StateImplementation Plan (SIP). The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District (District)

adopted on September 15, 2009, the enclosed 2009 Reasonably Available Control

Technology (RACT) SIP revision for the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air qualitystandard.

RACT evaluations and analyses are required for specific stationary sources for which

U.S. EPA has published Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) and for major non-CTG

stationary sources (70 FR 71612, 71617, Nov. 29, 2005). U.S. EPA requires districts to

review existing rules for CTG sources and major non-CTG sources to determine if those

rules continue to meet RACT.

On April 21, 2009, U.S. EPA approved Ventura County’s earlier 2006 RACT SIP that

addressed CTGs published prior to 2006. However, since then, U.S. EPA has issued

11 more CTGs. This submittal addresses these new CTGs and completes Ventura’s

RACT SIP for the federal 1997 8-hour ozone standard. District staff determined that nolocal sources exist in the Ventura County Nonattainment Area that are subject to the

new CTGs. The District therefore adopted a negative declaration for the CTGs for theRACT SIP. ARB concurs with the District’s findings and has verified that the 2009RACT SIP meets the Clean Air Act’s SIP completeness criteria, including the public

notice and opportunity for public comment.

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Printed on Recycled Paper
I. ARB Executive Order S

09

012, adopting the Ventura County 2009 RACT SIP.

II. Completeness Checklist for the 2009 RACT SIP Revision Submittal.

Ill. Two copies of the District’s 2009 RACT SIP Revision analysis and Federal

Negative Declarations, adopted September 15, 2009, including proof of

publication and responses to comments received.

IV. Two CD5, each containing an electronic copy of the District’s adopted 2009

RACTSIP.

I encourage you to approve this RACT SIP revision for incorporation into the California

SIP. 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 and

Transportation Planning Branch at (916) 322-0285.

Sincerely,

/

James N. Gold

Executive OfficerEnclosures

cc: (w/o Enclosures)

Michael Villegas

Air Pollution Control Officer

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

669 County Square Drive

Ventura, California 93003

Lynn TerryDeputy Executive OfficerExecutive OfficeKurt Karperos, Chief

Air Quality and Transportation Planning Branch
2009 Reasonably Available Control Technology

State Implementation Plan Revision V

For Ventura County

WHEREAS, the California Legislature in Health and Safety Code (H&SC)

V 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;

WHEREAS, ARB is responsible for the preparation of the State Implementation

Plan (SIP) for attaining and maintaining national ambient air quality standards

V (NAAQS) as required by the federal Clean Air Act (the Act; 42 U.S.C. section

7401 et seq.), and to this end is directed by H&SC section 39602 to coordinate

the activities of all local and regional air pollution control and air quality

management districts (districts) necessary to comply with the Act; V

WHEREAS, ARB has primary responsibility for the control of air pollution from

vehicular sources, including motor vehicle fuels, as specified in

H&SC sections 39002, 39500, and part 5 (commencing with section 43000), and

for ensuring that districts meet their responsibilities under the Act pursuant to

H&SC sections 39002, 39500, 39602, 40469, and 41650;

WHEREAS, districts have primary responsibility for the Vcontrol of air pollution

from nonvehicular sources and for adopting control measures, rules, and

regulations to attain the NAAQS within their boundaries pursuant to

H&SC sections 39002, 40000, 40001, 40701, 40702, and 41650;

WHEREAS, H&SC section 39602 also provides that the SIP shall include only

those provisions necessary to meet the requirements of the Act;

WHEREAS, on November 29, 2005, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(U.S. EPA) promulgated the “Final Rule to Implement the 8-hour Ozone

NAAQS—Phase 2,” (70 FR 71612 et seq.) which specifies submission dates for

the reasonably available control technology (RACT) SIPs for 8-hour ozone

nonattainment areas based on their classification; V

WHEREAS, the Ventura County Nonattainment Area is in the Ventura County

Air Pollution Control District (District) and was re-classified on May 20, 2008, at

V the District’s request, from a moderate ozone nonattainment area to a serious
threshold limits for areas classified as nonattainment for the 1997 8

hour ozone

standard;

WHEREAS, the Act and U.S. EPA regulations require districts to review their

rules for CTG and major non-CTG sources located in the district to determine if

those rules meet RACT requirements and to update or adopt new rules if

necessary;

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA regulations require districts not having a listed CTG or

major non-CTG source, and consequently choosing to not adopt a RACT rule for

that CTG category, to make a negative declaration stating that there are no

existing or anticipated sources subject to RACT requirements;

WHEREAS, federal law set forth in section 110(l) 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 review, must

be conducted prior to the adoption and submittal to U.S. EPA of any SIP

revision;

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed public hearing on June27, 2006, the District

adopted the 2006 RACT SIP Revision for the Ventura County Nonattainment

Area addressing CTGs issued by U.S. EPA (2006 RACT SIP);

WHEREAS, ARB approved as a SIP revision the District’s 2006 RACTSIP, and

on April 21, 2009, U.S. EPA approved the 2006 RACT SIP;

WHEREAS, U.S. EPA published 11 new CTGs from the beginning of 2006

through the end of 2008;

WHEREAS, the District confirmed that no sources exist in the Ventura County

Nonattainmént Area that are subject to the CTGs issued from 2006 to 2008;

WHEREAS, following a duly noticed publió hearing on September 15, 2009, the

District adopted for submittal to ARB and U.S. EPA the 2009 Reasonably

Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan Revision

(2009 RACT SIP Revision) for the Ventura County Nonattainment Area;

WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that no

project which may have significant adverse environmental impacts may be
WHEREAS, no potential adverse environmental impacts are expected from the

adoption of the 2009 Negative Declaration as a SIP Revision, and therequirements of CEQA have been met for this SIP revision; and

WHEREAS, H&SC sections 39515 and 39516 delegate to the Executive Officer

the authority to act for the Board in this matter.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Executive Officer hereby

approves as a SIP revision the 2009 RACT SIP Revision adopted by the District.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that ARB hereby submits to U.S. PA the

2009 RACT SIP Revision for the Ventura County Nonattainment Area and

requests that U.S. EPA approve it as a revision to the California SIP.

I certify, pursuant to 40 CFR section 51.102 that the 2009 RACT SIP Revision

for the Ventura County Nonattainment Area being submitted as a SIP revisionwas adopted after notice and public hearing as required by 40 CFR 51.102.

Executed at Sacramento, California this2day of /“-r2009.

James N. Goldstend

Executive Officer
2.1(a) Submittal Letter from Governor’s Designee X See ARB Executive Order S-09-012.

See Ventura County Air Pollution

Control District Board Resolution 2.1(b) Evidence of Adoption X 2009-09 as certified by Board Clerk

(Ventrua Resolution 2009-09)

2.1(c) Legal Authority Citation X See ARB Executive Order S-09-012

2.1(d) Copyof:

a. Attainment Plan Not applicable

b: Contingency Measures

2.1(e) Evidence of Compliance with State’s See Ventrua Resolution 2009-09,

• Procedural Requirements ARB Executive Order S-09-012

See Ventura County Air Pollution 2.1(f) Evidence of Public Notice Consistent with X Control District submittal package, 40 CFR part 51.102 Attachment V.

. See Ventura County Air Pollution 2.1(g) Certification of Public Hearing in

Accordance X Control District submittal package, with Notice

. Attachment V

See Ventura County Air Pollution 2.1(h) Compilation of Public Comments and

Responses X Control District submittal package, Attachment IV

2.2(a) Identification of Regulated Pollutant Not applicable.

2,2(b) Identification of Attainment.Area/Status Not applicable.

2.2(c) Estimate of Plan’s Impact on Emissions Not applicable.

2.2(d) Demonstration that Plan Not applicable. Approval/Implementation Protects NAAQS

2.2(e) Modeling Support Not applicable.

2.2(f)- Compliance/Enforcement and Not applicable. 2.2(i) Justification