RESOLUTION NO. 14-08 RESOLUTION AMENDING YOLO-SOLANO
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RULE 2.34 WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code section 40702 provides that an air quality management district shall adopt rules and regulations

as may be necessary
or proper to execute the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, the district by Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 40727 provides that before adopting, amending,

or repealing

a rule or regulation,

a district board shall make findings of necessity, authority, clarity, consistency, nonduplication,
and reference, based upon information developed pursuant
to section 40727.2, information

in the rulemaking record maintained pursuant
to section 40728, and relevant information presented

at the public hearing required by section 40725; and WHEREAS, section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines provides that actions taken by regulatory agencies

as authorized
by state law to assure the maintenance, restoration,

or enhancement

of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment,
are categorically exempt from CEQA review (Class

8 Categorical Exemption); and WHEREAS,
the purpose of amending Rule 2.34, Stationary Gas Turbines

is to reduce gas turbine emission limits, require emissions control during turbine start-up, and establish

a practical start-up period for combined cycle power plants. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors
of the YoloSolano Air Quality Management District hereby finds, authorizes, directs and declares

as follows: 1 .The Board of Directors has considered and hereby adopts by reference the staff report prepared

in this matter. 2. The Board of Directors makes the following findings pursuant

to Health and Safety Code section 40727: a. Necessity: Information

in the District's rulemaking record maintained pursuant

to Health and Safety Code section 40728 demonstrates

a need for amending District Rule 2.34; b. Authority: Health and Safety Code section 40702 permits the District
to amend District Rule 2.34; c. Clarity: District Rule 2.34 as amended

is written so that its meaning can be easily understood
by the persons directly affected by it; d. Consistency: District Rule 2.34 as amended

is in harmony with, and not in conflict with or contradictory

to, existing statutes, court decisions,

o r state or federal regulations;e. Nonduplication: District Rule 2.34asamended doesnot impose thesame requirements

asanexisting stateorfederal regulation; f. Reference: By adopting District Rule 2.34,the District meetsthe requirements

of Health
& Safety Code Sections 40702. 3.The Board of Directors finds thatthe District has complied withthe procedural requirements
setforthin Chapters

6and6.5ofPart
3of Division 26ofthe Health and Safety Code. 4.The Boardof Directors finds that amending District Rule 2.34isanaction taken bya regulatory agency
asauthorized
bystatelawtoassurethe maintenance, restoration,

or enhancement

ofthe environment where the regulatory processinvolves procedures
for protection
ofthe environment, andis therefore categorically exemptfrom CEQA review asaClass

8 Categorical Exemption. 5. The Boardof Directors hereby amends District Rule 2.34, Stationary Gas Turbines,

asset forthin Exhibit

1 (Attachment

Aofthe Staff Report), which
is attached and incorporated by reference. The amendment

is effective November
12,2014. PASSED AND ADOPTED

bythe Boardof Directors
ofthe Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District this12th day ofNovember, 2014, bythe following vote: Ayes: Anderson, Boulware, Denny, Johannessen, Provenza, Rexroad, Swanson, Thomson, Vasquez Noes:None Absent: Batchelor Jr., Harris, Saylor, Sei:6ert Abstain: N6ne Attest: **'lnu~.**()Qm.z1-u.) Denise Almaguer, Board Clerk **dPtl~&:** Dilenna Harris, Chair Boardof Directors Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District Hope elton, D1stnct Counsel