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, RESOLUTION
NO. 040-2flflF OF TILE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF TilE EL DORADO COUNTY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL iMPACT REPORT, AND SACRAMENTO REGIONAL NONATTAINMENT AREA 8-HOUR OZONE RATE-OFPROGRESS PLAN WHEREAS,
the U.S. Environmental ProtectIon Agency (USEPA) has promulgated

a new National Ambient Air Quality Standard “(NAAQS) for ozone with an 8-hour averaging time of 008 parts per million, has revoked the 1-hour primary standard, and has determined that the 8-hour standard

is necessary

in order L protect public health (Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 138, pages 2-37 (July 18, 1997); and WHEREAS,
the Sacramenio Metropolitan Area (SMA), includes part of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District,
as well as the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, the Yolo-Solan
Air Quality Management District, and parts of the Placer County Air Pollution Control District and the Feather River Air Quality Management District (SMA Districts) (Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 84, pages 23858-23951 (April 30, 2004)); and WHEREAS,
the SMA exceeds the primary NAAQS for 8-hour ozone, and has been designated

a nonanainment area for ozone with

a classification

of bSerious (Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 84, pages 23858-23951);
and WHEREAS,
the USEPA recently published
its Final Rule for the implementation

of the 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, which requires nonattainment areas classified “Serious”

to demonstrate reasonable further progress toward attainment
of the new 8-hour standard (Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 228, pages 7161 1-7 1705 (November 29,2005)); and WHEREAS,
the SMA Districts have prepared the proposed Sacramento Regional Nonauainment Area 8- Hour Ozone Rate-of-Progress Plan (8-Hour ROP) to satisfy this reasonable further progress requirement; and WHEREAS,
the proposed 8-Hour ROP demonstrates that existing control strategies and approved control measure commitments will provide the future emission reductions necessary

to meet the federal Clean Air Act requirements
for reasonable further progress for the period 2002-2008; and WHEREAS, photochemical modeling has concluded that the most feasible ozone attainment strategy must include reductions
of both volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxide emissions, and that nitrogen oxide nductions will he more beneficial

in reducing peak one in downwind areas; andFb—09—O6 15:05 El Dor-ado AQMD 5302952774

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2 WHEREAS,
the substitution

of nitrogen oxide emission reductions

in place of volatile organic compound emission reductions

to meet reasonable further progress requirements

is consistent with Federal Clean Air Act Section

1 82(e)(2)(C), and with previous and current analyses of ozone attainment strategies

in the SMA: and WHEREAS,
the proposed 8-Hour ROP includes
an updated emissions inventory, and sets new Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for federal transportation conformity purposes; and WHEREAS,
the proposed 8-Hour ROP includes
an updated

15 percent volatile organic compound emission reduction demonstration

for 1990- 1996; and WHEREAS,

in connection with the foregoing, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District,
a’ lead agency,

in consultation with El Dorado County Air Quality Management District, Feather River Air Quality Management District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District,
as responsible ageflcies, duly prepared

a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), dated September, 2005, State Clearinghouse
No. 20040421
12, to consider potential environmental impacts arising from the proposed 8-Hour ROP; and WI-TEREAS,
the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District duly published notice of the availability
of the DEIR, and held

a duLy noticed public workshop
on October 24, 2005 to receive public comment
on the DEIR and the proposed ROP; and WHEREAS, Comments and Responses

to the DEIR, including the list of persons, organizations
and public agencies commenting

on the DEIR, have been prepared
as Appendix

I) thereto, and together with the DEIR comprise

a Final Environmental Impact Report, completed

in full compliance with all procedural and substantive provisions
of the California Environmental Quality Act; and WHEREAS,

on January 26, 2006 the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District held

a duly noticed public hearing
to consider the adequacy
of the Final Environmental Lmpacl Report, prior to its consideration

of the 8-Hour ROP; and WHEREAS,

on January 26, 2006 the Sacramento Metropolitan
Air Quality Management District duly certified the Final Environmental Impact Report
as having been prepared

in full compliance with the provisions
of the California Environmental Quality Act; and WHEREAS,

on February

7, 2006 the Board of Directors
of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District held

a duly noticed public hearing
in order to hear and to consider public comment on the 8-Hour ROP; and WHEREAS.
the Board of Directors
of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District has read and considered the environmental effects of the proposed 8-Hour ROP as identified and analyzed

in the Final Environmental Impact Report, and hereby incorporates

by reference each of its findings relative
to the potential environmental impacts arising from adoption of the S-Hour ROP; and NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED, effective February

7, 2006, the Sacramento Regional Nonattainment Area 8-Hour Ozone Rate-Of-Progress Plan, be, and hereby is, adopted, including
its 2002 Baseline Inventory,

its update to the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets, and its 15 percent volatile organic compound emissions reduction demonstration. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Directors
of the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District directs its staff to forward the Sacramento Regional Nonattainment Area 8-HourFb—09—O615:05ElDor’adoAQMD5302952774P.04 RESOLUTION 040-2006 PAGE

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