RESOLUTION NO. 09-02 

Y OLO-SOLANO AIR QUALITY DISTI2ICT 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

I~_ESOLUTION ADOPTING TFiE SACRANIENTO REGIONAL 8-IIOUI2 OZONE 

ATTAINMENT AND REASONA.BLE FUTZTIIER PROGRESS PLAN 

«'I-IEREAS, tlle U.S. Lnvironmental Protection Agency (USLPA) pl -onlulgated the 1997 National 

Anlbleilt Air Quality Stanclard ("NAAQS") for ozone with an 8-llour averaying tinle of 0.08 parts per million 

and detern}iiled tllat the 8-Ilour ozorle standard is necessarv in oi -der to protect public 1-lealtll (1=edei-aI Reaister, 

Vol. 62, No. 138_ pa,cs 2-37 (.Iuly 1 S, 1997); aild 

NN'I-IEI2EAS, the Sacramerito Nonattainmeilt Area ("SNA"), includes the Yolo-Solario Air Qliality 

Management Disti-ict ("Disti- ict") as well as the Sacrarriento Metropolitan Aii -Quality Maila(zement District, 

aricl pai-is of tlle Placcr Colinty Air Poliution Contl•ol Distl -ict, the El Dorado County Air Quality Managernent 

District. and the Featllei -River Aii-Quality Management District (I=edei -al Register, Vol. 69. No. 84, pages 

23558-2 3951 (April 30. 2004)); arid 

WIIEREAS, the SNA exceeds tile prilllary NAAQS for 8-llour ozone, and was desimlated 

noilatlallllllellt foi• ozoIle with a classification of "Serious" and an attainnleilt deadline of .1Line 15, 2013 

( Federal Register. Vol. 69. No. 84. paaes 23858-24000 (April 3 0, 2004)); and 

WI-IER.EAS, tlle USLPA published its rinal Rule to Impleiriellt the 8-1-lour Ozone Natiorlal 

Ambient Air Quality Standard, w lllcll recluires ilonattatililleilt ai•eas classitied "Serious ancl above" to 

clenloilstrate reasonable furtliei• pro,ress (RFP) toNvai•d attaiilirlent of the 1997 8-llou1 -ozone standal-d (Federal 

Re6ster, Vol. 70, No. ??S, pa ges 71611-71705 (Novenlber 29, 2005) and 42 USC 575I la (c)(2)(B)); and 

WI-IEREAS, the Districts detenriined tllat the SNA coLild not meet the ?013 attainnleilt deadline for 

• 'SeI•IOLIS" Ilo11at1aii1111eI1t ai'eas: and 

V4'I4EREAS, on February 14, 2008, the Califoi•nia Aii• Resources Boai -d (CARB). on bellalf of the 

SNA Disti- icts, requested tllat tlle USEPA reclassif} ,the SNA frotii a"Serious" to a"Severe" ozone 

norlattainment classification \vitll an eltended attaiilment deadline of 3une 15, 2019 (42 USC 57511 (b)(3)); 

aI1 d 

WHEREAS, the SNA Districts llave prepared tlle proposed Sacrainento Reoriolla) 8-I-Ioul -Ozoile 

Attainment aild Rcasonable Further Pro4ress Plan (Plan) to satisfy the attainnlent and r e111a1nlllg 1'easollable 

furtllei-proyrress deiriorlstration i -equirenlents associated xvit11 a"Severe" classitication (42 USC §7502 (c) and 

ti 751 1 a): and , 

WHERE AS, the proposed Plan shows that ambient ozone air quality is 1nlpI•ovin ~ in the SNA; and 

WHEREAS, eillissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) alld IlitI'oQen oxides (N0x) aI•e 

precul-SOr pollutants to ozone iormation in the ambient air; arld y 

WI-IEREAS, tlle proposcd Plan updates tile 2002 base ) ,ear and emissions inventoly forecasts for 

VC)C ailcl Nn\. alld indlcatt',s sioniflcant declliles in ei7llsslons ; and 

Ni7 1-IEREAS, the proposed Plari denlonstl•ates that existirla colltl'ol stl•ateg les and appl•oved c.ontl-ol 

i11CaSLIi'e coillillitillents will provide the future VOC and NOx erllission reductions llecessaly to meet the 

feciei-al Cleall Air Act rcquirements foi-i•easorlable filrtller pi -oo-l•ess for the 2011, 2014. 2017, and -018 1

nlilestone years (42 USC ti751 la (c)(2)(13)); and 
WHEREAS, photocllenitcal t71ode1ln ` conducted by CARB predicts lower future ozone levels_ but 

ConCludes that additional etnission reductions at -e needed to attain the federal 8-lhour ozone standat -d by tlle 

mandated cleadlitle (42 [JSC §7511a (c)(2)(A)); and 

t'l'I-IEREAS, the pt-oposed Plan docunients and reeotninends adoption and implementation of ne« , 

state, regiollal, and local reasonably available control measures necessary to attain the ozone st:andal -d as 

expeditiouslv as practicable and no later than 2018 (42 USC §7502 (c)(1) and 57511 (a)(1)): and 

M'I3EI2EAS, the proposed Plan includes conimitments to acllieve 3 tons per day of VOC and 3 tons 

per day of NOx reductions from new regional and local contro) tneasures and includes a specific commitrnent 

to achieve emission i -eductions from the Regional Mobile On-road Incentive Program for 0.1 ton per day of 

VOC and 0.7 torl per day of NOx in 2011; 0.1 ton per day of VOC and 0.8 ton per day of NOa in 201=1; 0.9 

ton per day of NOt in 2017 and 2018; and 

WFIEREAS, the proposed Plan sets new 2011. 2014, 2017, and 2018 Motor Vellicle I:nlission 

13udaets for transportation cotlfot -tnity pui-poses and updates futurc airport emissions for ~,~eneral corlformitv 

puI-l)oses consistent «lith attaintnent and reasonable further progess i -equiretnents (42 USC fi7506); atld 

IN'I:-Mi REAS, in conneetion tivith the foregoing, the Yolo-Solano Air Quality lUlanagement Distriet 

and the otliet-ait-disti-icts of the SNA, as responsible a4encies, have consulted with the Sact -amento 

Metropolitan Air Quality Managetnent District, as lead aQency, to prepare a Draf1: Environmental Impact 

Report ("DEIR''), dated September 2008, State Clearin(ilhouse No. 2006102136, to analyze potential 

environmetital impacts arising fi -om the pt-oposed Plan; and 

WI3EREAS, the DEIR concluded tlhat the I'lan would have no si(Tnificatit adverse environlnental 

impacts. sot1Cl nlltlr,ation tneasures are requit -ed; and 

WHTREAS, the Sacrametlto Metropolitan Air Quality Management District duly publislied notice 

of the availability of the DEIR and Draft Plan and lield a noticed public worksliop on Septeniber 25, 2008 to 

receive public comment on those documents; and 

WI-IEREAS, Illtnol-revisions to the Drafi Pl zill alid DEIR were 111ade ili response to I'ecellt 

information and comments received; and 

NN'IIEREAS, the Plan revisions did rtot alter anNJ 1)I'IC)I-ConC1LlSlons l-eRClIYI1Ilf-7 fCCICI'al o"1_olle 1)1a11nII1 `~ 

reClclirelilellts; and 

WIi.EREAS, tlle 1(1I01"111.Ittoll rCvlslno the DEI:R dici not identify aIl\' I1C1N' slgm ificant i 1ipacts I-elated 

 to tlle proleet; and 

V4'I3EREAS, comnients and responses to the DEIR have been prepared as Appendix C tllel -eto, and 

to ~~ether Nvith tlhe revised DE1R comprise a Final Environmental Iinpact Report (FEIR), completec3 in filll 

compliance with all procedural and substantive provisions ofthe CaIifornia Environmental Qtlality Act; and 

'WI[EREAS, ort Decetnber 19, 2008, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District 

publishecl a rtotice of the availability of the Plan and FEIR and imTited public comment on those documents; 

and 

WHEI2EAS, on .Januan ,22, 2008 the Board of Directors of the Sact -ametnto Mett-opolitan Air 

Quality Ivlanagement District duly cet -tified the FEI:R as llaving been pt -epared in full conlpliance \.vith the 

provisions of CEQA; and 

WHEI2EAS, orn Februaty ll, 2009 the Board of Directors oI' the Yolo-Solallo niI -Qualitv 

1lrlanaaetnent Distl- ict heid a duly noticed public hearing in order to lhear atld Co11sIC1eI" 1)Ul:llic C0111i11Ctlt o11 tl)e 

tiacramento ttec—lional 8-l-Ioetr Ozone Attaintnent and Reasonable 1=urther i'roaress i'ian; anci 
WHEREAS, tlle Board of.

' DirectoI-s of tlle N'olo-Solalio Air Quality Mana ~~ei11eI1t DIstI'Ict lias read 

iln ~l Cc?nsldered tlle ell ~ 'IrOnnlental effects of the 1)r~~ l)osed Re~,ionlll c~ -liOL1I' OZOne Atl;alililleiit aIid 

Rt~ asonable I=urther Pro ~_Yress Plan as iclentified atid anakrzed in the FLIR, and hereby incorporates by 

re f erellce c.iCll of ils f lildliigs relative to tlle 1)C7tentlal Cllt'lronil1ental II711)acts arisIIlg FI -oI11 adoption of tlie 

P1a11. 

NOW, THEI`EFORE, I3E IT RESOLVED effective I=ebruary 11. 2009. t}1e Sacl -alliento Reyional 

8-1 IUUr C.)zCltlt', :Attallllileilt atid Reasollable 1'urtller PI -O9-1-ess 17 1aii. be, aIid lie2'eby Is, adol)ted , lllcludlliy_T, tlle 

2002. 2011. 2014. 2017. and 2018 cniissions illventorv. 2018 1)]lOtocllenlical Iliodelilia, I-esults. 2018 

tirtalilinCIlt cl(.'I1lollstriltloii tlie Reasonable Ful-ther Proy_ress Dcnlonstration, niotor vellicle eniission btidgets 

aild airport erllission inv elltolyfoi-milestolle years 1-01 ], ?U 1zI, 2017, and 201 S. 

BE IT FURTI-IER RESOLV-Ei D tliat tlle Boai-d of Directors of the Yolo-Solaiio Air Qualitv 

R'•IanagCIIiCnt Dlst:rict cOn1Il11ts t0 aclol)t and iI17PleIlient new colitl -ol I11eaSL1I-es, a-fiel-considerlllg COst 

efTectiveliess and all ecoiloIilic inll)acts, tllat satisfy ! federal Reasonably Available COtiti-Ol 11leasui'e 

NqUlrenlents tllld acilieve, collCctively wit11 nieastires adopted by tlie otliei -SNA air districts, total eiliisslOil 

reductiorls Of 3 toI1s peI-daY VOC and 3 tolis per clay NOx in the SNA. 

BE I"I' FINALLY RESOLVED that tIle Boal -cl of Dii•cctors of the Yolo -Solallo Air Quality 

Nlallag(:i17eI1t Dlsti- lct clii'ects stafr to f0rward t17e SaCI'anleilto ReulOnal 8-1101-1i -O"zoile AttaltiIlient and 

Rcasonable Furtlier Pr00ress Plan and ail necessaiy supporting dociinients to tlie Califoriiia Air Resotirces 

Board fer subnlittal to tlle U.S. Envii-onnletital Protection A ~,~ ency as a I-Cvlsloil to the California State 

Illiplellientation Pl an . 

ON A MO'I'ION by Boai-d It'Ieniber Vasquez, secoilded bv Boai•d Melrlber Reagan, thc foregoin" 

I'.csolution was 1)ass'ed and aclopted by the Board of Dii•cctors of the Yolo-Solaiio Air Quality Managenient 

District. State of Califorilia, tllis 1 l"' day of February, 2009 by tlle follo«ting vote. to wit: 

AYES: AuOustine, Batchelor. Jr.. Becrs, Cliamberlain, Mai -tin, I'iilietitcl, Reaoan, 1'~exl-oad. Seifert (alternate 

fcir Spering), Vasquez arid Vick. 

NOES: Nonc. 

A BTS LN - I- ION : None. 

ABSENT: I-levstelc, Provenz.a. Sperinv and Tlionlsoii. 

Matt Rcxroad. Cliair of tlle Boai-d of Dii•ectol-s 

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Managenlent District 

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