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I. GENERAL INFORMATION 

District: SJVUAPCD 

Rule No(s): 9610 Date adopted/Amended/Rescinded: Adopted June 20, 2013 

Rule Title(s): State Implementation Plan Credit for Emission Reductions Generated through Incentive Programs 

Date Submitted to ARB: June 21, 2013 

If an Amended Rule, Date Last Amended (or Adopted): N/A 

Is the Rule Intended to be Sent to the U.S. EPA as a SIP Revision? Yes No (If No, do not complete remainder of form)

District Contact: Anna Myers Phone Number: (559) 230-6100 E-mail Address: anna.myers@valleyair.org 

Narrative Summary of New Rule or Rule Changes: New Rule Amended Rule 

Rule 9610 provides an administrative mechanism for the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District 

(District) to take credit for incentive-based emission reductions in the San Joaquin Valley (Valley) from incentive 

programs administered in the Valley by the District, the California Air Resources Board, or the United States 

Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service. These incentive-based emission reductions 

satisfy the SIP-creditability criteria of being Surplus, Quantifiable, Enforceable, and Permanent. 

Pollutant(s) Regulated by the Rule (Check): ROG (NOx) SO2 

 (CO) PM TAC (name): 

II. EFFECT ON EMISSIONS 

Complete this section ONLY for rules that, when implemented, will result in quantifiable changes in emissions. Attach reference(s) for emission factor(s) 

and other information. Attach calculation sheet showing how the emission information provided below was determined. 

Net Effect on Emissions: Increase Decrease N/A 

Emission Reduction Commitment in SIP for this Source Category: Varies - see individual attainment plans 

Inventory Year Used to Calculate Changes in Emissions: N/A Area Affected: SJV Air Basin 

Future Year Control Profile Estimate (Provide information on as many years as possible): 

N/A 
 

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Baseline Inventory in the SIP for the Control Measure: N/A 

Emissions Reduction Commitment in the SIP for the Control Measure: N/A 

Revised Baseline Inventory (if any): N/A 

Revised Emission Reduction Estimate (if developed): N/A 

Note that the district’s input to the Rule Evaluation Form will not be used as input to the ARB’s emission forecasting and 

planning. 

III. SOURCES/ATTAINMENT STATUS 

District is: Attainment Nonattainment Split 

Approximate Total Number of Small (<100 TPY) Sources Affected by this Amendment: N/A

Percent in Nonattainment Area: N/A% 

Number of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled: N/A Percent in Nonattainment Area: N/A% 

Name(s) and Location(s) (city and county) of Large (> 100 TPY) Sources Controlled by Rule (Attach additional sheets as 

necessary): N/A 

IV. EMISSION REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

Does the Rule Include Emission Limits that are Continuous? Yes No 

If Yes, Those Limits are in Section(s) N/A of the Rule. 

Other Methods in the Rule for Achieving Emission Reductions are: N/A 

V. OTHER REQUIREMENTS 

The Rule Contains: 

Emission Limits in Section(s): N/A Work Practice Standards in Section(s): N/A 

Recordkeeping Requirements in Section(s): 6.0 Reporting Requirements in Section(s): 5.0 
 

5/1/2002 

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VI. IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY PLAN 

 No Impact Impacts RFP Impacts attainment 

Discussion: In individual state implementation plans (SIP)s, the District may identify specific amounts of SIP-creditable 

emission reductions (if any) for a particular year or years to be used to satisfy Clean Air Act (CAA) SIP requirements, 

including, but not limited to, demonstration of attainment, reasonable further progress, rate of progress, contingency 

measures, and “black box” reductions. This enforceable SIP commitment would identify incentive program guidelines to 

be used and identify an amount of emission reductions not to exceed the amount projected to be achieved through the 

use of secured or reasonably anticipated incentive program funding as well as the estimated availability of emission 

reductions projects and willing participants, based on historical participation and estimates of remaining equipment. The 

commitment for incentive-based emission reductions would be accounted for in subsequent annual demonstration reports 

as SIP-creditable emission reductions are claimed through Rule 9610. If either the District or EPA finds that there is a SIP 

shortfall for a particular year, the District will adopt and submit to EPA, by specified dates, substitute rules or measures 

that will achieve equivalent emission reductions as expeditiously as practicable and no later than any applicable 

implementation deadline in the CAA or other EPA implementing regulations.