The South Coast
Air Quality Management District Governing Board adopted the 2003 Air Quality
Management Plan (AQMP) on August 1, 2003. The 2003 AQMP updates the
attainment demonstration for the federal standards for ozone and particulate
matter (PM10); replaces the 1997 attainment demonstration for the federal
carbon monoxide (CO) standard and provides a basis for a maintenance plan
for CO for the future; and updates the maintenance plan for the federal
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) standard that the South Coast Air Basin
(Basin) has met since 1992. |
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This revision to
the AQMP also addresses
several state and federal planning requirements and incorporates significant
new scientific data, primarily in the form of updated emissions inventories,
ambient measurements, new meteorological episodes and new air quality
modeling tools. The 2003 AQMP is consistent with and builds upon the
approaches taken in the 1997 AQMP and the 1999 Amendments to the Ozone SIP
for the South Coast Air Basin for the attainment of the federal ozone air
quality standard. However, this revision points to the urgent need for
additional emission reductions (beyond those incorporated in the 1997/99
Plan) from all sources, specifically those under the jurisdiction of the
California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
which account for approximately 80 percent of the ozone precursor emissions
in the Basin. |
For information about
the 2003 AQMP, contact
Joe Cassmassi |
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Format of This
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This document is
organized into ten chapters, each addressing a specific topic. Each of the
chapters are summarized below. |
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Table of Contents
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Note: The Table of Contents shows the contents of each chapter, but is not
hyperlinked |
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Executive Summary
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Chapters |
1 |
Introduction
(280 Kb ) |
2 |
Air Quality
and Health Effects
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Chapter 2, “Air Quality and Health Effects,” discusses the Basin’s air
quality in comparison with the federal and state air pollution standards and
presents summary information on health effects of various pollutants. |
3 |
Base
Year and Future Emissions |
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Chapter
3, “Base Year and Future Emissions,” summarizes recent updates to the
emissions inventories, estimates current emissions by source and pollutant,
and projects future emissions with and without controls. |
4 |
AQMP
Control Strategy |
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Chapter
4, “AQMP Control Strategy,” presents the attainment strategies. |
5 |
Future
Air Quality
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Chapter 5, “Future Air Quality,” describes the modeling approach used in the
AQMP and summarizes the Basin’s future air quality projections with and
without controls. |
6 |
Clean
Air Act Requirements
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Chapter 6, “Clean
Air Act Requirements,” discusses specific federal and state requirements as
they pertain to the 2003 AQMP and demonstrates compliance with the
requirements. |
7 |
Implementation |
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Chapter 7, “Implementation,” presents the implementation schedule of the
various control measures and delineates each agency’s area of
responsibility. |
8 |
Future
Air Quality – Desert Nonattainment Area
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Chapter 8, “Future Air Quality - Desert Nonattainment Areas,” demonstrates
compliance with the Federal Clean Air Act requirements pertaining to the
Coachella Valley. |
9 |
Contingency Measures
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Chapter
9, “Contingency Measures,” presents contingency measures as required by the
federal CAA . |
10 |
Looking
Beyond Current Requirements
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Chapter 10,
“Looking Beyond Current Requirements”, discusses uncertainties associated
with the technical analysis provided in the AQMP; and presents a preliminary analysis regarding the new Federal
PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone ambient air quality standards. |
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Glossary |
Appendices |
I |
Health Effects
(228 Kb ) |
II |
Current Air Quality
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III |
Base
and Future Year Emission Inventories |
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Appendix III main document (509 kb ) |
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Attachment A,
Annual Average Emissions by
Major Source Category (160 kb) |
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Attachment B,
Summer Planning Emissions by Major
Source Category (144 kb) |
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Attachment C,
Winter Planning
Emissions by
Major Source Category (132 kb) |
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Attachment D,
Top 300 SCAB VOC and NOX Producers in 1997
(93 kb) |
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Attachment E,
On-Road Emissions by Vehicle Category (102 Kb) |
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Attachment F,
Emissions from Diesel Fuel, by Major Source Category
(70 Kb) |
IV-A |
District’s Stationary and Mobile Source Control Measures
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IV-B |
Proposed State and Federal Strategy for the California State Implementation
Plan |
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http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/sip/stfed03/stfed03.htm |
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Note: this link will take you to
the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) website |
IV-C |
Regional Transportation Strategy and Control Measures
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V |
Modeling and Attainment Demonstrations |
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Appendix V main document
(3.9 Mb )
Appendix A to Appendix V
, UAM Base Year Model Performance Statistics and Graphical
Evaluation
(5.6 Mb) .
Attachments 1-6 (600 Kb )
(Modeling Protocol, Expert Panel Modeling Critiques, Mid-Course
Modeling Reviews, CEPA Source Level Emissions Reduction Summaries for 2006 &
2010, including annual and planning inventories)
Attachment 7CalGrid Ozone
Simulation (983 Kb ) |