State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
SENATOR HOTEL
12th and L Streets
Gold Room
Sacramento, CA
May 9, 1979
10:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Page
79-12-1 Public Hearing to Consider the Adoption of the. . . . . . . . 001
Nonattainment Plan for the California Portion of the lake
Tahoe Basin (Portions of Placer and El Dorado Counties) as a
Revision to the State of California Implementation Plan for the
Attainment and Maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
79-12-2 Other Business -
a. Executive Session - Personnel & Litigation
b. Research Proposals
c. Delegations to the Executive Officer
ITEM
Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of the Lake Tahoe Basin NAP
as a Revision to the State of California Implementation Plan
(SIP) for the Attainment and Maintenance of National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS).
RECOMMENDATIONS
Adopt Resolution 79-37 thereby adopting the Lake Tahoe
Nonattainment Plan as a State Implementation Plan Revision.
SUMMARY
This is a public hearing for the Board to consider the adoption
of an SIP revision for the Lake Tahoe Basin. The basin was
designated nonattainment for carbon monoxide and the old oxidant
standard of 0.08 ppm. Violations of the new 0.12 ppm national
ozone standard have not been recorded.
The ARB designated itself as lead agency for nonattainment plan
development for the California portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Nevada designated the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) as
the lead agency for the Nevada portion of the basin. A
commitment was made by the ARB to work cooperatively with local
and regional agencies in the basin and with TRPA and Nevada in
the development of a bi-state plan.
The plan for Tahoe was prepared by a bi-state ad hoc committee
composed of technical staffs of various agencies. Each control
measure recommendation in the plan has the support of at least a
majority of members of the ad hoc committee. Local and regional
agencies in the basin have adopted the plan with deviations from
the ad hoc committee s recommendations. ARB staff also does not
agree with all ad hoc committee recommendations and will propose
modification to these recommendations in a supplemental report to
be presented at the hearing.
The nonattainment plan for Tahoe is unique in comparison to other
area plans considered by the Board because (1) Microscale
modeling was utilized to determine present and future
concentrations of carbon monoxide at various locations and to
project the effect of proposed control measures of ambient
concentrations, and (2) Tahoe's problem is primarily motor
vehicle emission related, thus the strategy in this plan consists
primarily of transportation and land use control measures.
State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
Staff Report
SIP REVISION - LAKE TAHOE BASIN
Table of Contents
I. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
II. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
A. Lake Tahoe Basin Agencies and Jurisdictions. . . . . . . . . . .3
1. State, Regional, and Local Agency Responsible . . . . . . .3
2. Air Quality Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
3. Transportation Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
B. Lead Agency Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
C. Ozone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
1. Definition of Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2. Control Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
D. Carbon Monoxide (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
1. Definition of Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2. Control Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E. Requirements for an Adequate Nonattainment Plan. . . . . . . . 15
F. Summary of Other Agency Actions and the Schedule for
Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
G. Staff Comments and Recommended ARB Action. . . . . . . . . . . 22
H. Schedule for Further Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
I. Reasonable Further Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
III. Air Quality Analysis for Carbon Monoxide (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . 25
IV. Local Plan Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
V. Continuing Planning and Implementation Program. . . . . . . . . . . 32
VI. Environmental Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LAKE TAHOE BASIN NONATTAINMENT PLAN
(DRAFT)
Table of Contents
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Introduction 1
I. The Lake Tahoe Region I-1
Physical Characteristic I-1
Meteorology I-4
Geographic Factors Influencing Development I-6
Political Jurisdictions of the Region I-7
Federal Agencies I-7
State Agencies I-9
Regional Agencies I-11
Local Governments I-12
Special districts I-13
Air Quality and Transportation Responsibilities I-13
Air Quality I-14
Transportation I-16
II. The Clean Air Act II-1
The Clean Air Act and Amendments II-1
Timetable for Attaining Air Quality Standards (Section
172) II-1
Nonattainment Designations and Plan Requirements
(Sections 171-174) II-4
Potential Sanctions II-6
Section 176 II-6
Section 316 II-7
Federal Regional Council Position II-8
III. Tahoe Basin Nonattainment Area III-1
State Nonattainment Designations III-1
Nevada Designation III-1
California Designation III-1
Interstate Air Quality Control Region III-2
Lead Agency Designations III-3
Nevada Designation III-3
California Designation III-3