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Air Resources Board
Matthew Rodriquez Secretary for
Environmental Protection
Mary D Nichols Chair 1001 1 Street PO Box 2815
Sacramento California 95812 wwwarbcagov Edmund G Brown Jr Govemor
August 9 2017
Ms Alexis Strauss Acting Regional Administrator Region 9 US Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco California 94105
Dear Ms Strauss
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is submitting to the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) the Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) or RACT SIP prepared by the Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District (District) as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan
The District recently adopted the RACT SIP for the 75 parts per billion 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard The information contained in the RACT SIP demonstrates that the District appropriately reviewed their rules in the context of RACT and comprises an analysis sufficient to satisfy the RACT SIP requirements
RACT SIP analyses are required for specific stationary sources for which US EPA has published Control Technique Guidelines (CTG) and for major non-CTG stationary sources Following US EPA requirements the District reviewed its existing stationary source rules to determine if those rules continue to meet RACT requirements The RACT SIP identifies three RACT deficiencies for which the District will revise existing rules
This SIP submittal consists of the following enclosures
1 CARB Executive Order S-17-012 adopting the RACT SIP as a revision to theCalifornia SIP
2 The RACT SIP and supporting documentation and
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3 One compact disc containing electronic copies of the Districts adopted RACT SIP and supporting documentation The electronic copy is an exact duplicate of the paper materials provided
The enclosed submittal includes the complete package received by CARB from the District In addition to the RACT SIP the submittal includes evidence of public notice certification of public hearing and evidence of adoption CARB staff have reviewed the submittal for technical adequacy and completeness as indicated on the SIP Completeness Checklist included with the District submittal package
If you have any questions please call Mr Kurt Karperos Deputy Executive Officer at (916) 322-2739 or Ms Karen Magliano Chief Air Quality Planning and Science Division at (916) 322-5350
Sincerely
Richard W Corey Executive Officer
Enclosures
cc (wenclosures Submittal Letter Executive Order and Checklist)
Mr Glen E Stephens PE Air Pollution Control Officer Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District 2700 M Street Suite 302 Bakersfield California 93301
Mr Kurt Karperos Deputy Executive Officer
Ms Karen Magliano Chief Air Quality Planning and Science Division
Ms Alexis Strauss August 9 2017 Page 2
3 One compact disc containing electronic copies of the Districts adopted RACT SIP and supporting documentation The electronic copy is an exact duplicate of the paper materials provided
The enclosed submittal includes the complete package received by CARB from the District In addition to the RACT SIP the submittal includes evidence of public notice certification of public hearing and evidence of adoption CARB staff have reviewed the submittal for technical adequacy and completeness as indicated on the SIP Completeness Checklist included with the District submittal package
If you have any questions please call Mr Kurt Karperos Deputy Executive Officer at (916) 322-2739 or Ms Karen Magliano Chief Air Quality Planning and Science Division at (916) 322-5350
Sincerely
Richard W Corey Executive Officer
Enclosures
cc (wenclosures Submittal Letter Executive Order and Checklist)
Mr Glen E Stephens PE Air Pollution Control Officer Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District 2700 M Street Suite 302 Bakersfield California 93301
Mr Kurt Karperos Deputy Executive Officer
Ms Karen Magliano Chief Air Quality Planning and Science Division