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The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a Public
Board meeting at the time and place noted below to consider the
Proposed 2016 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan
(State SIP Strategy), released for public review on May 17, 2016.
 The Board will also consider the Final Environmental Analysis
(EA) and staff’s written responses to comments on the Draft EA
received during the 45-day comment period.   

DATE:  	September 22, 2016

TIME:  	9:00 a.m.

LOCATION: California Environmental Protection Agency
          Air Resources Board
          Byron Sher Auditorium
          1001 I Street
          Sacramento, California  95814

Directions: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EPABldg/location.htm

ARB invites comments on the State SIP Strategy and Draft EA
during the 45-day public comment period beginning May 17, 2016,
and ending at 5:00 pm July 1, 2016.  Comments should be submitted
using the address or webpage listed below. After the close of the
45-day public comment period, ARB staff will prepare written
responses to comments received on the Draft EA during the
aforementioned comment period as provided in California Code of
Regulations, title 17, section 60007(a).  Although all comments
received on the State SIP Strategy and the Draft EA will be
considered by ARB, only those comments relating to the Draft EA
will be responded to in writing in the supplemental response
document.  The supplemental response document containing staff’s
written responses to comments received on the Draft EA will be
posted on ARB’s website before the public meeting scheduled on
September 22, 2016 for the Board to consider before taking action
on the State SIP Strategy. Interested members of the public may
also present comments orally or in writing at the meeting.


The Draft EA is included as Appendix B to the State SIP Strategy
and can be obtained from ARB’s website at: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/2016sip/2016sip.htm 
Copies of the State SIP Strategy and Draft EA may also be
obtained from ARB’s Public Information Office, 1001 I Street,
First Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento,
California, 95814.


To be responded to in writing and considered by the Board,
written comments on the Draft EA must be received no later than
5:00 p.m. on July 1, 2016.  Comments on the Draft EA and the
State SIP Strategy must be submitted to one of the following:


Postal mail:  Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814


Electronic submittal: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php


Please note that under the California Public Records Act
(Government Code section 6250 et seq.), your written and verbal
comments, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g.,
your address, phone, email, etc.) become part of the public
record and can be released to the public upon request.  


Further inquiries regarding this item should be directed to
Kirsten Cayabyab, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 322-3531 or
Carol Sutkus, Air Resources Supervisor, at (916) 322-1229.


Background 


The State SIP Strategy describes the ARB staff’s proposed
strategy to attain health based federal air quality standards
over the next fifteen years as part of State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) due in 2016.  Under State law, ARB has the responsibility
to develop SIP strategies for cars, trucks and other mobile
sources, as well as consumer products.  Local air districts are
primarily responsible for controlling emissions from stationary
sources.  The 2016 SIPs consist of a combination of State and
local air quality planning documents that must show how
California will meet federal air quality standards for both ozone
and fine particulate matter (PM2.5).  Two areas of the State have
the most critical air quality challenges – the South Coast and
the San Joaquin Valley.  Given recent revisions to air quality
standards which have established lower, more health protective
levels, substantial reductions from both mobile and stationary
sources will be necessary to reach attainment.  This will require
comprehensive actions to transform the technologies and fuels we
use, the design of our communities, and the way we move people
and freight throughout the State.


The actions in the State SIP Strategy establish regulatory
requirements for cleaner technologies, require cleaner fuels, and
ensure in-use performance.  Approximately 80 percent of the
reductions needed to meet the ozone standard in 2031 in the South
Coast will come from regulatory actions associated with ongoing
implementation of the existing control program, combined with new
regulatory measures identified in the State SIP Strategy.  The
remaining 20 percent will come from additional efforts to enhance
the deployment of these cleaner technologies through new
incentive funding, efficiency improvements in moving people and
freight, and support for the use of advanced transportation
technologies, such as intelligent transportation systems and
autonomous vehicles.  Together, these efforts will provide ARB’s
commitment to achieve all of the reductions necessary from the
mobile sector.


In addition, the State SIP Strategy contains a measure to address
Reactive Organic Gas (ROG) emissions from consumer products, the
largest source of ROG emissions in the State.  As part of this
measure staff will explore mechanisms to continue to reduce the
reactivity of these products and market mechanisms to encourage
the development of cleaner products.  


The proposed measures, in combination with ongoing implementation
of the current control program, will reduce mobile source NOx
emissions 80 percent from today’s levels in the South Coast by
2031, as well as reduce ROG emissions by 55 percent, and PM2.5
emissions by 25 percent.  The SIP Strategy will also provide
significant benefits in the San Joaquin Valley.  The measures
included in the State SIP Strategy will provide the basis for
specific legal commitments in SIPs for individual air districts
that will first be considered at the regional level.


ARB will continue to work with local air districts on development
of the 2016 SIPs and solicit stakeholder input on the proposed
measures in the State SIP Strategy.  This will include workshops
and participation in district outreach efforts.  ARB will present
the State SIP Strategy for Board consideration at the September
2016 Board meeting.  ARB will then consider approval of the
regional SIPs and individual SIP commitments prior to submitting
the plans to U.S. EPA. 



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