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### 6 BEFORETHE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY UNIFIED AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTEROF: AUTHORIZING SUBMITTALOF THE "SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THE 2012 PM2.5 PLAN"TO EPA 

# l RESOLUTION NO.



# ~ 14-09-01

7 WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District ("District") is 8 a duly constituted unified district, as provided in California Health and Safety Code 9 sections 40150 to 40161; and 10 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended in 11 1990, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the San 12 Joaquin Valley Air Basin as nonattainment for the PM2.5 national ambient air quality 13 standards (NAAQS) as set in 2006; and 14 WHEREAS, the District adopted the 2012 PM2.5 Plan on December 20, 2012 to 15 addressfederal requirements forthe 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; and 16 WHEREAS, the California Air Resources·Board (ARB) approved the 2012 PM2

.5 17 Plan on January 24, 2013 and submitted the plan to EPA for approval on March 4, 18 2013; and 19 WHEREAS, on January4, 2013, the D

.C. Circuit Court ruled that EPAerred by using 20 CAAsubpart 1 instead ofsubpart4 in implementing the PM2.5 NAAQS; and 21 WHEREAS, any attainment plans not already approved by EPA must now be 22 evaluated underCAAsubpart4; and 23 WHEREAS, on June 2, 2014, per CAA subpart 4, EPA classified the Valley as a 24 Moderate nonattainment area for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, setting an attainment 25 deadline of2015; and 26 WHEREAS, a public hearing for "Supplemental Document for the 2012 PM2

.5 Plan" 27 was duly noticed and held on September 18, 2014, in accordance with law (CAA 28 section 11O(a)); and

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- Resolution forthe "Supplemental Documentforthe2012 PM2.5Plan"SJVUAPCD 1 WHEREAS, the District Governing Board finds the "Supplemental Document for the 2 2012 PM2.5 Plan" successfully demonstrates that the 2012 PM2.5 Plan and Rule 3 2201 (New and Modified Stationary Source Review Rule) meet subpart 4 4 requirements, and thatthe Valley should be reclassified to Seriousforthe 2006 PM2.5 5 NAAQS; and 6 WHEREAS, per CAA section 189(b)(2),the Districtwould have 18 months after EPA 7 reclassification to Serious to submit a new attainment plan meeting Serious area 8 requirements forthe 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; and 9 WHEREAS, the District is in the process of developing a new attainment plan 10 meeting Serious area requirements for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, to be presented to 11 the District Governing Board in spring 2015; and 12 WHEREAS, the Districtwill be mandated to develop a new attainment plan underthe 13 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS within 18 months of EPA designating the Valley as 14 nonattainment of this standard, which is expected in late 2014 or early 2015 and 15 would seta plan due date in mid-2016; and 16 WHEREAS, the District also faces multiple requirements for developing attainment 17 plans for ozone in the same timeframe as the development of the aforementioned 18 PM2.5 plans. 19 NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows: 20 1

. The District Governing Board authorizes staff to submit the "Supplemental 21 Document for the 2012 PM2.5 Plan" to EPA, for consideration for EPA action on the 22 District's 2012 PM2.5Plan and the District's2011 amendments to Rule 2201. 23 2. The "Supplemental Document for the 2012 PM2.5 Plan" is consistent with the 24 requirements ofthe federal CAAand corresponding EPAguidance. 25 3. The Governing Board directs staff to formally request that EPA reclassify the 26 San Joaquin Valley Air Basin as a Serious nonattainment area for the federal 2006 27 PM2.5 NAAQS. 28 

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- Resolution forthe "Supplemental Documentforthe2012 PM2.5Plan"SJVUAPCD 1 4. The District Governing Board directs staffto explore the feasibility and potential 2 means for integrating planning mandates forthe three pending PM2.5 standards set in 3 1997, 2006, and 2012, and to work to garner ARB and EPA's support for a 4 streamlined approach that avoids unnecessaryduplication. 5 5. The District Governing Board finds that, because said "Supplemental Document 6 for the 2012 PM2.5 Plan" only demonstrates that the existing 2012 PM2.5 Plan 7 satisfies CAA subpart 4 requirements without adding any new requirements or 8 commitments, and shows that the 2019 attainment year from the original 2012 PM2.5 9 Plan is still appropriate, this is not a "project" under CEQA and will have no possible 10 significant adverse effect on the environment; therefore, the proposed action is not 11 subjectto the environmental impact analysis requirements ofCEQA. 12 6. The District Governing Board hereby finds, based on the evidence and 13 information presented at the hearing upon which its decision is based, that all notices 14 required to be given by law have been duly given, and that the District Governing 15 Board has allowed public testimony in accordance with law. 16 7. The Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer is herebydirected to forward a 17 copy ofthis Resolution and the "Supplemental Document for the 2012 PM2.5 Plan"to 18 the ARB for inclusion in the State Implementation Plan (SIP). 19 8. The District Governing Board requests thatARB authorize its Executive Officerto 20 include the District's "Supplemental Documentforthe 2012 PM2.5 Plan" in the California 21 SIP forsubmittalto the EPA. 22 9. District staff is hereby authorized to make any minortypographical and technical 23 changes in the "Supplemental Documentforthe 2012 PM2.5 Plan"that are necessaryto 24 correct minor errors, clarify wording, orto satisfy ARB and EPA technical requirements, 25 provided thatthere are no changes in the conclusions orcontrol requirements. 26 

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- Resolution forthe "Supplemental Documentforthe2012 PM2.5Plan"1 10. THE FOREGOING was passed and adopted by the following vote of the 2 Governing Board of the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District this 3 18thday ofSeptember2014, to wit:

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(569) 230-6800 ATTEST: AYES: 

### Baines, Barba, Barwick, Bomprezzi, Capitman, Case McNairy, Couch, Elliott, O'Brien, Sherriffs, Wheeler, Worthley, Walsh

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ABSENT: 

### Brazil Hanson 

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AQUIN VALL LLUTION CO ,

Deputy Clerk ofthe Governing Board



# By **~@:** Michelle Franco

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