NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the matter of adoption of rules and regulations of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will be held on Friday, June 5, 2009, in the Diamond Bar Auditorium, AQMD Headquarters, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California, at 9:00 a.m. or later, at which time evidence will be taken and all interested persons will be heard by the AQMD Governing Board.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the AQMD is considering the adoption of Proposed Rule 433 – Natural Gas Quality and the objectives of the proposed rule are to monitor and determine the effects of new supplies of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the quality of natural gas being supplied to end users located within the AQMD, and to mitigate increases of air pollutant emissions caused by natural gas quality changes.  The proposed rule requires affected operators to prepare and submit a gas quality monitoring plan which includes monitoring locations, sampling methods and calculations, and an LNG rollout plan which includes past and future actions.  The rule also requires periodic reporting and affected operators are required to submit historical data.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the AQMD has prepared the following supporting documents consisting of:

The above documents and materials are available on the AQMD website at http://www.aqmd.gov/rules/proposed.html and may be obtained by contacting:

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the AQMD is the Lead Agency that has reviewed proposed Rule 433 pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §§15002 (k)(1) and 15061 and determined the proposed project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15062 - Notice of Exemption, and will be filed with the county clerks of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties immediately following the adoption of the proposed project.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the conclusion of the public hearing, the AQMD Board may make amendments to Proposed Rule 433 – Natural Gas Quality, which are justified by the evidence presented or may decline to adopt the proposed rule.

Questions or comments regarding Proposed Rule 433 – Natural Gas Quality can be directed to:

Interested persons may attend and submit oral or written statements concerning Proposed Rule 433 at the Board Hearing. Twenty-five (25) copies of all written materials must be submitted to the Clerk of the Boards.  Individuals who wish to submit written comments for review prior to the hearing must submit such comments to the Clerk of the Boards, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA, 91765, (909) 396-2500, or to cob@aqmd.gov on or before May 26, 2009.  Electronic submittals will only be accepted if no more than 10 pages including attachments; and in MS Word, plain or HTML format.

DATED:  April 29, 2009                                       SAUNDRA McDANIEL
                                                                         Clerk of the Board