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Public Meeting to Consider Proposed 2024 State Implementation Plan Adoption and Submittal of Five California Air Resources Board Regulations

The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) will conduct a public meeting at the date and time noted below to consider adopting a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) to include five previously adopted or amended CARB regulations into California’s SIP via submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The proposed action is exclusive to submitting the regulations into the California SIP and has no impact on the regulatory language or other aspects of the already completed rulemakings for these regulations.

Date:                May 23, 2024
Time:                 9:00 a.m.
Location:           California Environmental Protection Agency
                          California Air Resources Board | Byron Sher Auditorium
                          1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
Remote           
Option:              Zoom

This public meeting may continue at 9:00 a.m., on May 24, 2024. Please consult the public agenda, which will be posted ten days before the May 23, 2024, Board Meeting, for important details, including the day on which this item will be considered and how the public can participate via Zoom if they choose to be remote.

Background

CARB’s 2016 and 2022 State Strategy for the State Implementation Plans included numerous measures to achieve the emissions reductions necessary from State-regulated sources to support attainment for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for all areas of California. The Clean Air Act and Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations require that one or more public hearings, preceded by at least 30 days’ notice and opportunity for public review, must be conducted if requested prior to adopting and submitting any SIP revision to U.S. EPA. The hearing notices for five previously adopted or amended CARB regulations did not include the language noticing the adoption and submittal of these to U.S. EPA as a revision to the SIP. Therefore, this action provides the required notice and opportunities for public comment and hearing to meet these procedural requirements in order to submit these regulations to U.S. EPA as a revision to the California SIP.

Inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to Austin Hicks, Air Pollution Specialist, South Coast Air Quality Planning Section, at (279) 208-7240 or Ariel Fideldy, Manager, South Coast Air Quality Planning Section, at (279) 208-7225

CARB staff will present a written summary of the Staff Report at the meeting. Copies of the Staff Report may be obtained from CARB’s website.

Written Comment Period & Comment Submittal

Interested members of the public may present comments orally or in writing during the meeting and may provide comments by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments not submitted during the meeting, must be received no later May 13, 2024, and addressed to the following:

Clerks' Office, California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 7920.000 et seq.), your written and oral 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.

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