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Home Rule Advisory Group Meeting

AGENDA
November 16, 2011 - 9:00 a.m.

AQMD Headquarters - Conference Room 2B
21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar CA

The public may participate at the locations listed below.
Committee Members may only participate from noticed locations.

Teleconference Locations

U.S. EPA
75 Hawthorne Street, Room 1709
San Francisco, CA 94105
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Room 6-80
Sacramento, CA 95814

SCAG (Main Office)
818 W. 7th Street, 12th Floor
Conference Room CR-West-7th
Los Angeles, CA  90017

Riverside Transit Agency
Executive Office
1825 Third Street
Riverside, CA  92507

CCEEB
100 Spear Street, Suite 805
San Francisco, CA  94105

 

  ACTION - DISCUSSION - INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
1 Welcome & Self-Introductions Chair
2 Approval of September 21, 2011  Minutes Chair
3 Update Regarding Litigation Items

District Counsel will provide an update on several litigation items, including offsets; United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision with regard to the 1-hour Ozone 2003 SIP; EPA's proposed partial approval/partial disapproval of the PM2.5 2007 AQMD SIP; the challenge of EPA's Guidance Document on Section 185 fees; and the CEQA lawsuit associated with the AB 32 Scoping Plan.
Barbara Baird
District Counsel
4 Legislative Update

This item highlights legislation and related matters of interest at the local, state, and federal level that will be discussed at the upcoming Legislative Committee meeting.
Philip Crabbe III
Community Relations Manager
5 CARB Regulatory Activities

This item is to report on proposed CARB Rules and amendments for the year 2011 and SCAQMD staff's comments on them related to the AQMP.  CARB staff and committee will discuss items on CARB's Board agenda and CARB's control measures calendar.
Chris Gallenstein
CARB
Elaine Chang
Deputy Executive Officer

 
6 Approval of the 2012 HRAG Meeting Schedule

Paragraph 15 of Resolution No. 98-33 regarding the Advisory Council and Advisory Groups states that "annual meeting calendars shall be established by November 15 of the previous year."
Elaine Chang

 
7 2011 Accomplishments and 2012 Goals & Objectives

This item will be discussed by the group for feedback.  Paragraph 3(a) of Resolution No. 02-29 (adopted by the Governing Board on December 6, 2002, as part of the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations) states that "(the) Advisory Groups will develop Goals and Objectives on an annual basis, and submit them to the appropriate Board Committee and then forward to the Governing Board for review no later than February of each year." 
Elaine Chang

 
8 Subcommittee Status Report:

These items are to report on the subcommittee activities and discussions that have occurred at monthly HRAG subcommittee meetings.

A.  Federal Affairs

B.  Small Business Considerations

C.  Environmental Justice

D.  Credits and Offsets

E.  Climate Change Activities






Lee Wallace
Subcommittee Chair
Bill La Marr
Subcommittee Chair
Curt Coleman
Subcommittee Chair
Bill Quinn
Subcommittee Chair
Greg Adams
Subcommittee Chair
9 Report from and to Stationary Source Committee

This item is to report on any action items coming to the HRAG from the Stationary Source Committee and to discuss items that the HRAG would like staff to bring to the Stationary Source Committee.

Elaine Chang
 

Attachments will be available at the meeting.

Next Meeting:  December 21, 2011 - 9:00 a.m.

Other Business
Any member of this body, or its staff, on his or her own initiative or in response to questions posed by the public, may ask a question for clarification, may make a brief announcement or report on his or her own activities, provide a reference to staff regarding factual information, request staff to report back at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter, or may take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda.   (Govt. Code Section 54954.2)

Public Comment Period
Members of the public may address this body concerning any agenda item before or during consideration of that item (Govt. Code Section 54954.3(a)). All agendas for regular meetings are posted at District Headquarters, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California, at least 72 hours in advance of a regular meeting. At the end of the regular meeting agenda, an opportunity is also provided for the public to speak on any subject within Home Rule Advisory Group's authority. Speakers may be limited to three (3) minutes each.

Document Availability:
All documents (i) constituting non-exempt public records, (ii) relating to an item on an agenda for a regular meeting, and (iii) having been distributed to at least a majority of the Committee after the agenda is posted, are available prior to the meeting for public review at the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Public Information Center, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765.

Americans with Disabilities Act
The agenda and documents in the agenda packet will be made available, upon request, in appropriate alternative formats to assist persons with a disability (Gov’t Code Section 54954.2(a)). Disability-related accommodations will also be made available to allow participation in the Home Rule Advisory Group meeting. Any accommodations must be requested as soon as practicable. Requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible. Please contact Marilyn Traynor at (909) 396-3951 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, or send the request to mtraynor@aqmd.gov.

For further information, please contact:  Marilyn Traynor (909) 396-3951

Adjournment




This page updated: November 10, 2011
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