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Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Technical Report Griffith Energy Storage Project health, or safety of any of those persons or the public; or that cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property. This section also applies to sources of objectionable odors. 2.2.2.3 Valley Fe ver In 2019, Safety Training on Valley Fever AB 203 added Section 6709 to the Labor Code and requires employers to provide effective Valley Fever awareness and prevention training for all construction employees at risk of prolonged exposure to dust in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura Counties annually and again before an employee begins work that is reasonably anticipated to cause exposure to substantial dust disturbance. 2.2.3 Local Regulations 2.2.3.1 San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District The CARB coordinates and oversees both state and federal air pollution control programs in California and has divided the state into 15 air basins. Significant authority for air quality control within each basin has been given to local Air Pollution Control Districts or Air Quality Management Districts that regulate stationary source emissions and develop local non-attainment plans. The SJVAPCD is the regional agency responsible for the regulation and enforcement of federal, state, and local air pollution control regulations in the SJVAB. The SJVAPCD jurisdiction includes all of Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties, and the western portion of Kern County. The SJVAPCD has developed plans to attain state and federal standards for ozone and particulate matter. The following attainment plans are currently in effect: 1-Hour Ozone. Although the EPA revoked the 1-hour ozone standard in 2005, the SJVAB was required to demonstrate that this standard had been met. The SJVAPCD requested an EPA finding of attainment based on 2012-2014 ozone data. On July 18, 2016 (81 FR 46609), EPA determined that the SJVAB had achieved the 1-hour ozone NAAQS. 8-Hour Ozone. The SJVAPCD developed the 2016 Ozone Plan (SJVAPCD 2016)to address EPA's 2008 8-hour ozone standard, which the SJVAB must attain by 2032. While substantial progress has been made to improve air quality in the SJVAB through the implementation of existing plans and clean air investments by businesses and residents, the SJVAB continues to experience unique and significant air quality challenges in attaining the increasingly stringent federal air quality standards. The SJVAB is classified as an "extreme" nonattainment area for the 2015 ozone standard. On June 18, 2020, the District published 2020 RACT Demonstration for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone Standard. The 2022 attainment plan for the 2015 8-hour ozone standard was adopted in December 2022. SJVAPCD's current regulations reflect technologies and methods that are beyond control levels established under the Clean Air Act. The control strategy included in the 2022 Ozone Plan will reduce NOX emissions by 72 percent between 2018 and 2037, which will help the Valley's progress toward attaining the 2015 8-hour ozone standard. The district and state's incentive programs will also reduce emissions from mobile sources in the coming years. The 2022 Plan for the 2015 8-hour Ozone Standard demonstrates that reductions being achieved will ensure expeditious attainment of the 2015 8-hour ozone standard by the 2037 attainment deadline (SJVACPD 2022). PM,o. The SJVAPCD adopted the 2007 PM,o Maintenance Plan and Request for Redesignation (SJVAPCD 2007), which demonstrated that the SJVAB has reached and will continue to meet the PM10 standard. EPA approved the document in 2008 and SJVAB was redesignated to attainment/maintenance. PM2.5. The SJVAPCD's 2008 PM2.5 Plan demonstrated attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 standard in 2014. EPA lowered the PM2.5 standard in 2006 and again in 2012, and the SJVAPCD's 2018 Plan for the 1997, OTETRA TECH 11 July 2023