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4.1 – Air Quality Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 4.1-15 2012 PM2.5 Plan Approved by the Governing Board on December 20, 2012, the 2012 PM2.5 Plan addresses attainment of EPA’s 24- hour PM2.5 standard of 35 µg/m³ established in 2006. In addition to reducing direct emissions of PM2.5, this plan focuses on reducing emissions of NOx, which is a predominant pollutant in the formation of PM2.5 in the SJVAB. The plan relies on a multilevel approach to reducing emissions through SJVAPCD efforts (industry, the general public, employers, and small businesses) and state/federal efforts (passenger vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, and off-road sources), as well as SJVAPCD and state/federal incentive programs to accelerate replacement of on- and off-road vehicles and equipment (SJVAPCD 2012). 2015 Plan for the 1997 PM2.5 Standard The Governing Board adopted the 2015 Plan for the 1997 PM2.5 Standard on April 16, 2015 (SJVAPCD 2015b). This plan addresses the EPA’s annual PM2.5 standard of 15 µg/m3 and 24-hour PM2.5 standard of 65 µg/m3 established in 1997. Although nearly achieving the 1997 standards, the SJVAB experienced higher PM2.5 levels in winter 2013–2014 due to the extreme drought, stagnation, strong inversions, and historically dry conditions; thus, the SJVAPCD was unable to meet the attainment date of December 31, 2015. Accordingly, this plan also conta ins a request for a one-time extension of the attainment deadline for the 24-hour standard to 2018 and the annual standard to 2020. The plan builds on past development and implementation of effective control strategies. Consistent with EPA regulations for PM2.5 plans to achieve the 1997 standards, the plan contains Most Stringent Measures, Best Available Control Measures, and additional enforceable commitments for further reductions in emissions, and ensures expeditious attainment of the 1997 standard. 2016 Moderate Area Plan for the 2012 PM2.5 Standard On September 15, 2016, the Governing Board adopted the 2016 Moderate Area Plan for the 2012 PM2.5 Standard (SJVAPCD 2016b). This plan addresses the federal mandates for areas classified as “moderate nonattainment” for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS of 12 µg/m3. Consistent with EPA’s PM2.5 Implementation Rule, the plan satisfies the mandate to submit a moderate nonattainment plan to EPA by October 2016, demonstrates impracticability of attaining the 2012 PM2.5 standard by the moderate nonattainment deadline of 2021, includes a request to reclassify San Joaquin Valley to a “serious nonattainment” area for the 2012 PM 2.5 standard, satisfies all federal Clean Air Act requirements for moderate nonattainment areas, and demonstrates that emissions are continuing to be reduced in San Joaquin Valley. 2017 Particulate Matter Plans The SJVAPCD is in the process of developing an attainment strategy to address the 1997, 2006, and 2012 PM2.5 standards and a plan to demonstrate maint enance of the 1987 PM 10 standard, as required under the federal Clean Air Act. Senate Bill 656 Particulate Matter Control Measure Implementation Schedule Senate Bill (SB) 656 was enacted in 2003 and codified as California Health and Safety Code Section 396 14. SB 656 seeks to reduce exposure to PM10 and PM2.5 and to make further progress toward attainment of the NAAQS and CAAQS for PM10 and PM2.5. SB 656 required CARB, in consultation with local air districts, to develop and adopt lists of “the most readily available, feasible, and cost-effective” PM control measures. Subsequently, the air districts were required to adopt implementation schedules for the relevant control measures in their districts. In June 2005,