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4.1 – Air Quality Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.1-13 to reduce emissions. All local measures would have been adopted by the SJVAPCD before 2012. This plan was approved by the EPA on April 30, 2012. On November 26, 2012, however, the EPA withdrew its determination that the plan satisfied the federal Clean Air Act requirements regarding emissions growth caused by growth in vehicle miles traveled. All other determinations in the EPA’s March 1, 2012, rule app roving the plan remain unchanged and in effect. The SJVAPCD is currently in the process of developing an O 3 plan to address EPA’s 2008 8-hour O3 standard, with attainment required by 2032. 2009 Reasonably Available Control Technology State Implementation Plan On April 16, 2009, the Governing Board adopted the Reasonably Available Control Technology Demonstration for Ozone State Implementation Plans (2009 RACT SIP) (SJVAPCD 2009). In part, the 2009 RACT SIP satisfied the commitment by the SJVAPCD for a new RACT analysis for the 1-hour O3 plan (see discussion of the EPA withdrawal of approval in the Extreme 1-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plan summary above) and was intended to prevent all sanctions that could be imposed by the EPA for failure to submit a required SIP revision for the 1-hour O3 standard. With respect to the 8-hour standard, the plan also assesses the SJVAPCD’s rules based on the adjusted major source definition of 10 tons per year (due to the SJVAB’s designation as an extreme O3 nonattainment area), evaluates SJVAPCD rules against new Control Techniques Guidelines promulgated since August 2006, and reviews additional rules and rule amendments that had been adopted by the Governing Board since August 17, 2006, for RACT consistency. 2013 Plan for the Revoked 1-Hour Ozone Standard The SJVAPCD developed a plan for EPA’s revoked 1 -hour O 3 standard after the EPA withdrew its approval of the 2004 Extreme 1 -Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Plan as a result of litigation. As a result of the litigation, the EPA reinstated previously revoked requirements for 1 -hour O3 attainment plans. The 2013 plan addresses those requirements, including a demonstration of implementation of reasonably available control measures and a demonstration of a rate of pro gress averaging 3% annual reductions of ROG or NO x emissions every 3 years. The 2013 Plan for the Revoked 1 -Hour Ozone Standard was approved by the Governing Board on September 19, 2013 (SJVAPCD 2013). 2014 RACT SIP On June 19, 2014, the Governing Board adopted the 2014 Reasonably Available Control Technology Demonstration for the 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan (2014 RACT SIP) (SJVAPCD 2014a). Th e 2014 RACT SIP includes a demonstration that the SJVAPCD rules implement RACT. The plan reviews each of the NOx reduction rules and concludes that they satisfy requirements for stringency, applicability, and enforceability, and meet or exceed RACT. The plan’s analysis of further ROG reductions through modeling and technical analyses demonstrates that added ROG reductions will not advance SJVAB’s O3 attainment. Each ROG (i.e., VOC) rule evaluated in the 2009 RACT SIP, however, has been subsequently approved by the EPA as meeting RACT within the last 2 years. The O 3 attainment strategy, therefore, focuses on further NOx reductions. SJVAPCD 2016 Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard The SJVAPCD adopted the 2016 Plan for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard in June 2016. This plan demonstrates the practicable and expeditious attainment of the 75 parts per billion 8-hour O3 standard (SJVAPCD 2016a).