State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD Resources Building Auditorium 1416 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA March 17-18, 1971 9:30 a.m. AGENDA 1. Opening Remarks . . . . . .A.J. Haagen-Smit, Ph.D., Chairman 2. Minutes of February 17, 1971 Meeting. 3. Report of Technical Advisory Committee. 4. Public Hearing: Motor Vehicle Emissions and Test Procedures. a. Standards and Test Procedures Adopted as Emergency Regulations (for Information). b. Resolutions Confirming Adoption of Emergency Regulations (ARB Action Needed). 5. Public Hearing: Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection Standards. 6. Public Hearing; Agricultural Burning Guidelines. 7. Legislative Proposals. a. Implementation of Used Car Controls. b. Implementation of Motor Vehicle Emission Standards for Lead. 8. Committee Reports. 9. Executive Committee - Research Under SB 848 (1970). 10. Other Business. a. Approvals. b. NOx Confirming Tests. c. Du Pont Reactor Report. d. Federal Air Quality Standards - Implementation. e. Sonoma & Solano Request for Change in Basin Boundaries. f. Staff Report - Senate Resolution 146 (1970). g. Tax Exemptions for Conversions to Natural & LPG Gas for Heavy-Duty Vehicles. 11. Remarks from the Audience. ITEM Staff Report on Proposed Idle Inspection Standards. The standards discussed below have been developed in response to legislative directive as expressed in Section 27157 of the Vehicle Code. they are intended to be used in roadside inspections by the California Highway Patrol. A vehicle which fails to meet the standards will be required to go to a licensed inspection station to undergo an adjustment and inspection procedure resulting in issuance of a Certificate of Compliance. No re-test is required. ITEM Public Hearings on Agricultural Burning Guidelines and on Meteorological Criteria. As directed by Chapter 1579 of the Statutes of 1970 (Assembly Bill No. 16, Ketchum), the Air Resources Board must adopt guidelines for the regulation and control of agricultural burning by March 20, 1971. Two items proposed for adoption by the Board are: (I) Agricultural Burning Guidelines for Addition to Title 17 of the California Administrative Code, and (II) Meteorological Criteria for Regulating Agricultural Burning. Both items are in the Board's meeting folder. The notice of a public hearing on the guidelines is also enclosed.