### NOTICE OF CONTINUATION

TITLE 13. CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROP OSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EXHAUST

EMISSION STANDARDS FOR 2007- 2009 MODEL-YEAR HEAVY DUTY URBAN

BUS ENGINES AND THE FLEET RUL E FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES

The Air Resources Board (the Board or ARB) will conduct a continuation of a public hearing at the time and place noted below to consider adoption of amendments to the

statewide exhaust emission standards and te st procedures for urban bus engines and

vehicles and to the ARB fleet rule for tr ansit agencies. This amendment, along with specific changes in the Fleet Rule for Trans it Agencies addressing transit vehicles in the South Coast Air Quality Management Dis trict (SCAQMD), was described in the Notice for the September 15, 2005 rulemaking hearing. At the S eptember 15-16, 2005 hearing, only modifications addressing amendments affecting the SCAQMD transit fleet will be heard by the Board.

DATE: October 20, 2005

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency

Air Resources Board Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor

1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814

This item will be considered at a two-day meeting of the B oard, which will commence at 9:00 a.m., October 20, 2005, and may continue at 8:30 a.m., October 21, 2005. This item may not be considered until October 21, 2005. Please consult the agenda for the meeting, which will be available at leas t 10 days before October 20, 2005, to determine the day on which this item will be considered.

If you have a disability-related accommodation need, please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/html/ada/ ada.htm for assistance or cont act the ADA Coordinator at (916) 323-4916. If you are a person who ne eds assistance in a language other than English, please contact the Bilingual Coor dinator at (916) 324- 5049. TTY/TDD/Speechto-Speech users may dial 7-1-1 fo r the California Relay Service.

BACKGROUND

Staff has identified two policy decisions to be considered by the Board. They are:

• The appropriate emission standards fo r new 2007 and later model-year urban bus engines, and the potential am endment of ARB’s transit fleet rule to require

the use of alternative fuel transit buses statewide; and

• The need for Board adoption of a fleet rule requiring the use of alternative fuel buses by the six “diesel path” transit agencies within SCAQMD.2 The second policy decision, which affects transit agencies in the SCAQMD only, will be considered by the Board at the September 15-16, 2005 hearing. The first policy decision affects transit agencies throughout the state, and will be considered by the

Board at the October 20-21, 2005 hearing.

THE CONTINUED HEARING

The continued hearing will be conduc ted as described in the original notice, except that

written submissions must be addressed to and received by the Clerk of the Board as

described below. All comments submitted for the September 15, 2005, hearing will remain part of the rulemaking record. The or iginal notice, the IS OR and all subsequent regulatory documents, including the FSOR, when completed, are available on the ARB Internet site for this rulemaking at www.arb.ca.gov/regact/sct ransit/sctransit.htm and are available as described in the original notice.

SUBMITTAL OF COMMENTS

The public may present comments relating to this matter orally or in writing at the hearing, and in writing or by e-mail befor e the hearing. To be considered by the Board, written submissions not physically submitted at the heari ng must be received no later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005, and addres sed to the following:

Postal mail is to be sent to:

Clerk of the Board

Air Resources Board 1001 I Street, 23 rd Floor Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic mail is to be sent to: sctransit @listserv.arb.ca.gov and received at the ARB no later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005.

Facsimile transmissions are to be transmi tted to the Clerk of the Board at (916) 322-3928 and received at the ARB no later than 12:00 noon, October 19, 2005.

The Board requests but does not require that 30 copies of any written statement be

submitted and that all written statements be filed at least 10 days prior to the hearing

so that ARB staff and Board Members have ti me to fully consider each comment. The Board encourages members of the public to bri ng to the attention of staff in advance of the hearing any suggestions for modification of the proposed regulatory action.3 Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed regulation may be directed to the designated agency contact persons, Ms. Kathleen Mead by email at kmead@arb.ca.gov or by phone at (916) 324-9550, or to Ms. Annette Hebert by email at ahebert@arb.ca.gov or by phone at (626) 575-6973.

CALIFORNIA AI R RESOURCES BOARD

/s/ Catherine Witherspoon

Executive Officer

Date: September 9, 2005

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 Web –site at www.arb.ca.gov

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