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0 In addition, the CAA requires that projects receiving federal funds demonstrate conformity with the approved SIP and local air quality attainment plan for the region. Since California standards are more strict than federal standards, conformity with the California requirements are expected to satisfy the requirements of the CAA and subsequent amendments. California Clean Air Act The California Air Resources Board (CARE) is the agency responsible for coordination and oversight of state and local air pollution control programs in California and for implementing the requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (CCAA). The CCAA requires that all air districts in the state endeavor to achieve and maintain California Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) for ozone (03), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by the earliest practical date. Plans for attaining CAAQS were to be submitted to CARB by June 30, 1999. The CCAA specifies that districts focus particular attention on reducing the emissions from transportation and area-wide emission sources, and the Act provides districts with new authority to regulate indirect sources. Each district pian is to achieve a 5% annual reduction, averaged over consecutive 3-year periods, in district-wide emissions of each nonattainment pollutant or its precursors and provide for "no net" increase in regional emissions. Any additional development,within the region would impede the "no net" increase prohibition, in that further emissions reductions must be effected from other airshed sources to accommodate any project development mobile source emissions increase. A strict interpretation of the "no net" increase prohibition suggests that any general ' development within the region, no matter how large or small, would have a significant, project-specific air quality impact unless the development-related emissions are offset by concurrent emissions reduction elsewhere within the airshed. Any planning effort for air quality attainment would thus need to consider both state and federal planning requirements. San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD Air Quality Attainment Plan The SJVUAPCD is the agency with jurisdiction over air quality regulation in the Basin. In an effort to reach attainment of the state standards for 03, the SJVUAPCD has prepared and published its 1991 Air Quality Attainment Plan (AQAP). In addition to commitments to implement all feasible control measures, the governing board in adopting the 1991 AQAP on January 30, 1992 also committed to other requirements of the CCAA for severe non-attainment areas, including: (1) implementation of a permit program designed to achieve no net increase in emissions of nonattainment pollutants; (2) implementation of best available retrofit control technology (BARCT) measures for existing stationary sources; (3) implementation of best available control technology (BACT) for new or modified sources; and (4) implementation of transportation control measures. Conformity with the AQAP is demonstrated through compliance with applicable Rules and Regulations adopted to achieve the goals of the AQAP (SJVUAPCD, 1992). Draft Environmental Impact Report 4-62 ER-96-3