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Every three years, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) prepares an overall plan
(AQMP) for the air quality
improvement to be submitted for inclusion in the State Implementation Plan
(SIP). Each iteration of the plan is an update of the previous plan.
The Final 2007 AQMP was adopted by
the AQMD Governing Board on June 1, 2007, following the
staff presentation (2.6 MB, pdf
file) and public comments.
At its June 1, 2007 meeting, the
AQMD Board approved the 2007 Final AQMP Adoption Resolution and established
a 30-day public hearing notice for consideration of SCAG's Goods Movement
Control Measures and adoption of the Transportation Conformity Budgets.
However, SCAG has since requested the removal of those measures at this time. Additional details
regarding this Board action can be found in the
Board Agenda Item.
On July 13, 2007, the AQMD Board
adopted 2007 Final AQMP Transportation Conformity Budgets and directed the
Executive Officer to forward the adopted 2007 AQMP Transportation Conformity
Budgets to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its approval and
subsequent submittal to the U.S. EPA.
On June 22, 2007, CARB held a hearing at the LAX Marriott Hotel. At
the meeting members of the public, elected officials, as well as AQMD Board
Members and staff had recommended more aggressive actions to reduce
emissions from mobile sources, which contribute over 80 percent of the
particulate matter pollution in our region, and are responsible for impacting
our health. Based on public input received at the hearing, CARB delayed
the adoption of its State Strategy. Instead, the CARB Board directed
its staff
to work closely with the AQMD
to strengthen the plan to further reduce emissions.
The outcome of this joint effort between CARB and AQMD
staff was presented to the CARB Governing at its September 27, 2007 meeting
to consider the revised State Strategy proposal. CARB staff identified
several mobile source control strategies that could be strengthened together
with local, federal and AQMP measures that when implemented would result in
an equivalent of 74 tons per day of NOx reductions to assure attainment of
the PM2.5 standard in 2015.
Through their ensuing votes, on September 27, 2007, the
CARB Board adopted the State Strategy for the 2007 State Implementation Plan
and the 2007 South Coast Air Quality Management Plan as part of the (SIP).
The staff reports describing the State Strategy and the
2007 South Coast portion of the SIP can be found at
www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/2007sip/2007sip.htm.
Dear Friends:We want to extend a thank you to all of the people
who sent letters or emails, submitted comments and attended meetings in
support of a strong, aggressive local clean air plan. Your input played a
pivotal role in CARB’s decision to take the time to work closely with the
SCAQMD and others to strengthen the plan to further reduce mobile source
emissions for the sake of cleaning up the air sooner rather than later. The
2007 AQMP control strategies that were approved at CARB’s Board Meeting on
September 27, 2007 are expected to bring this region into attainment with
federal PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone standards by the designated attainment
deadlines. Also noteworthy are the special efforts and leadership shown by
Chair Mary Nichols of CARB, who personally led this effort over the last
few months.
Thank you for your commitment and work in support of
clean air.
The Final 2007 AQMP was adopted by the AQMD Governing Board on June 1,
2007.
2007 Air Quality Management Plan
The Final 2003 AQMP was adopted by
the AQMD Governing Board on August 1, 2003.
2003 Air Quality Management Plan
The AQMD Governing Board adopted the "Final 1999 Amendment to the 1997
Ozone SIP Revision for the South Coast Air Basin" at its public hearing on
December 10, 1999.
1999 Amendment to the 1997 Ozone AQMP Revision for the South Coast Air Basin and Settlement Agreement on the 1994 Ozone SIP Litigation
The
Final 1997 AQMP was adopted by the Governing Board on November 15, 1996.
1997 Air Quality Management Plan
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