SUBJECT:Revisions to the Sacramento County Portion of California’s State Implementation Plan to Remove Control Measure IS-1, CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION RULE
| Date | Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
| Time | 9:30 a.m. |
| Location | Room 1450 (Board of Supervisors’ Chambers) County Administration Building 700 H Street Sacramento, California 95814 |
The Board of Directors of the Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD will conduct a public hearing to consider a proposed revision to the 2009 Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone and Reasonable Further Progress Plan to remove the commitment to control measure IS-1, Construction Mitigation Rule. This revision of the State Implementation Plan will be forwarded to the California Air Resource Board for their approval and subsequent submittal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for final approval as a revision to the State Implementation Plan.
This measure would have required mitigation of NOx emission on new land use construction sites by using cleaner equipment or paying a fee for the District to mitigate the emissions. Staff recommends removing this control measure from the SIP because:
- It largely duplicates our existing CEQA construction mitigation program that is being more consisting implemented by CEQA lead agencies.
- Construction emissions are significantly lower than previously estimated, in part, because of the recent economic downturn, and
- It adds administrative costs and new or increased fees that may be subject to Proposition 26.
This revision complies with the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 110(l) because it will not change or interfere with the attainment demonstration (CAA Sections 172(c)(1) and 182(c)(2)(A)) or the reasonable further progress demonstration (CAA Sections 182(c)(2)(B) and (C)), and the reasonably available control measures conclusions (CAA Section 172(c)(1) and 182(c)), and will satisfy the requirements for the contingency measure conclusions (CAA Section 172(c)(9) and 182(c)(9)).
Copies of this notice, the proposed Plan revision, and the staff report are posted below:
Amended Plan Pages (PDF)
Staff Report (PDF)
Paper copies may be viewed at the District office or purchased for a fee of 25¢ per page plus mailing costs.
By this notice, all interested parties are specifically requested to provide comments on the proposed amendments. Oral and written testimony may be directed to the Board of Directors at the public hearing on August 25, 2011. You may also submit your written comments to Joe Carle at Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD, 777 12th Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 874-4838, by fax to (916) 874-4899, or by e-mail to jcarle@airquality.org.
