NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing to consider revisions to the ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5) motor vehicle emissions budgets for the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) and the ozone motor vehicle emissions for the Coachella Valley will be held by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) at the above location at which time evidence will be taken and all interested persons will be heard by the AQMD Governing Board.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 2007 AQMP was adopted by the District Governing Board on June 1, 2007 meeting federal and state Clean Air Act requirements for ozone and PM2.5 attainment demonstrations.  The motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Basin and Coachella Valley, reflecting adopted rules and proposed short-term/defined measures, were approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on September 27, 2007 and submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the 2007 State Implementation Plan (SIP) on November 16, 2007. 

CARB submitted revisions to the Coachella Valley ozone transportation conformity emission budget to EPA on March 24, 2008.  The updated transportation budget was a component of the Early Progress Plan Toward Attaining the 8-hour National Air Quality Standard for Ozone adopted by the CARB Governing Board on February 28, 2008.  The revision was submitted to EPA and found adequate on May 7, 2008 [Federal Register: May 7, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 89, Notices, P. 25694)].

On April 4, 2008, the AQMD Governing Board approved a request to CARB to provide an alternative approach for transportation conformity emission budgets for the Basin based on the 2007 SIP baseline emissions reflecting only the regulations adopted as of October 2006 for all milestone years up to the attainment years.  The CARB Governing Board approved Resolution 08-27 itemizing the modifications to the Basin transportation conformity emission budgets, and the reasonable further progress baseline budget was found adequate by EPA on May 15, 2008 [Federal Register:  May 15, 2008 (Vol. 73, No. 95, Notices, P.28110)].

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the AQMD is submitting revisions to the ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5) motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Basin to add attainment year budgets that reflect estimated emission reductions from mobile source rules recently adopted by CARB through 2008.  EPA has previously found adequate 8-hour ozone budgets for 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020; and PM2.5 budgets submitted for 2009 and 2012.  The AQMD is also submitting revised 8-hour ozone budgets for the Coachella Valley for 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018, to replace the budgets previously submitted and as part of the Early Progress Plan.  The revised attainment year budgets for the Coachella Valley also reflect estimated emissions reductions from mobile source rules recently adopted by CARB.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the AQMD has prepared the following documents:

• South Coast Air Basin Transportation Conformity Emission Budgets: PM2.5 Baseline Based, and
• South Coast Air Basin Transportation Conformity Emission Budgets: 8-Hour Ozone Baseline Based; (revising the tables in Attachment 2 of CARB Board Resolution 08-27); and
• Coachella Valley Transportation Budgets (revising the 8-hour ozone budget presented in the Ozone Early Progress Plans).

The above documents are available for review at the AQMD's Public Information Center, located at the AQMD headquarters, or may be obtained by contacting:

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the conclusion of the hearing, the AQMD Board will consider all comments received as part of its deliberations on the approval of the revisions to the ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5) motor vehicle emissions budgets for the South Coast Air Basin and the ozone motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Coachella Valley.

Questions or requests for clarification regarding the revisions to the ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5) motor vehicle emissions budgets can be directed to:

Interested persons may attend and submit oral or written statements concerning the revisions to the ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5) motor vehicle emissions budgets for the South Coast Air Basin and ozone motor vehicle emissions budgets for the Coachella Valley at the Governing Board hearing.  Twenty-five (25) copies of all written materials must be submitted to the Clerk of the Boards.  Individuals who wish to submit written comments for review prior to the hearing must submit such comments to the Clerk of the Boards, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4178, or cob@aqmd.gov, (909) 396-2500, on or before Tuesday, October 27, 2009.  Electronic submittals will only be accepted if there are no more than 10 pages including attachments, and submittals are in MS Word, plain or HTML format.

DATED:  September 30, 2009                              SAUNDRA McDANIEL
                                                                         Clerk of the Board