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May 22, 2008
8:30 a.m.
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08-5-1:
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Presentation by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District on Healthy Air Living Initiative |
| The Board will hear a presentation on actions that individuals and businesses can take to reduce air pollution. |
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SJV Presentation |
| | | 08-5-4: | Public Meeting to Consider a Research Proposal | | “Systemic
Platelet Activation in Mice Exposed to Fine Particulate Matter,”
University of California, Davis, $300,000, Proposal No. 2658-260. | | Staff Presentation | | | | 08-5-5: | Report to the Board on a Draft Report on New Estimates of Premature Deaths Associated with Long-Term Exposure
to PM2.5 in California |
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Staff
will report to the Board on the methodology which provides improved
estimates of premature deaths associated with PM2.5 exposures.
Staff has developed a revised relationship between long-term exposures
to PM2.5 and premature deaths based on the latest literature review.
The new methodology used in calculating the estimated deaths has
undergone peer review by outside experts. The draft report will
be released for public comment following the Board meeting. |
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08-5-2:
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Public Meeting to Consider the Approval of the San Joaquin Valley 2008 PM 2.5 State Implementation Plan and
Provide an Update on the Valley's Ozone Plan Progress |
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Board will consider approval of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution
District’s federal attainment plan for the PM2.5 standard. This plan
identifies the strategies that will bring the region into attainment by
the 2014 deadline. Staff will also present an update to the Board
on the Valley’s ozone plan progress. |
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More Information Staff
Presentation |
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08-5-3:
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Public Hearing to Consider Approval of Proposition 1B: Grants for FY 2007-08 Funds to Reduce Emissions from
Goods Movement |
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Board will consider approval of a list of grant awards totaling up to
$225 million in incentive funding for specific local agency projects to
reduce freight-related emissions in the four trade corridors. |
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More Information Staff
Presentation |
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08-5-6:
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Report to the Board on AB 32 Implementation: Update on Land Use, Transportation, and Vehicle Travel |
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one of a series of briefings on AB 32 Implementation, staff will brief
the Board on the impact of land use and transportation planning on the
State’s greenhouse gas emissions. Staff will discuss the status
of recent efforts to develop a framework for integrating land use and
transportation decisions into the State’s climate change efforts. |
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Staff Presentation |
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08-5-7:
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THIS
ITEM WILL BE RECALENDARED AT A LATER DATE:
Report to the Board on the Strategic Plan for Enforcement of Diesel Emission Control Regulations Pursuant to
AB 233, Jones (Chapter 592 Statutes of 2007) |
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233, Jones requires ARB to review its enforcement of diesel emission
control regulations and develop a strategic plan for consistent,
comprehensive, and fair enforcement of these regulations. The bill
requires that the plan be developed in conjunction with local air
districts and the public and be reviewed by the Board in a public
hearing. ARB is required to submit this plan to the California
Legislature by January 1, 2009, and every 3 years thereafter. |
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More Information |
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CLOSED SESSION - LITIGATION |
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The Board will hold a closed session as authorized by Government Code section 11126(e) to confer with, and receive
advice from, its legal counsel regarding the following pending litigation:
Central
Valley Chrysler-Jeep, Inc. et al. v. Goldstene, U.S. District Court
(E.D. Cal. - Fresno) Case No. 1:04-CV-06663-AWI-GWA.
Fresno
Dodge, Inc. et. al. v. California Air Resources Board and Goldstene,
Superior Court of California (Fresno County), Case No. 04CE CG03498,
consolidated with General Motors Corp. et. al. v. California Air
Resources Board and Goldstene, Superior Court of California (Fresno
County), Case No. 05CE CG02787.
State of California by and
through Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of the State of California, the
California Air Resources Board, and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney
General of the State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Court of Appeals
(D.C. Cir.) Case No. 07-1457.
State of California by and
through Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of the State of California, the
California Air Resources Board, and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney
General of the State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, U.S. District Court
(D.C.) Case No. 07-CV-o2024-RCL.
State of California by
and through Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor, and the California Air
Resources Board v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Stephen L.
Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) Case No.
08-70011.
State of California by and through Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Governor of the State of California, the California Air
Resources Board, and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of the
State of California v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Court
of Appeals (D.C. Cir.) Case No. 08-1178.
Green Mountain
Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep, et al. v. Crombie , 508 F.Supp.2d 295,
U.S. District Court (Vermont) (2007), appeal to 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals pending, Docket Nos. 07-4342-cv(L) and 07-4360-cv(CON).
Association
of International Automobile Manufacturers v. Sullivan, U.S. District
Court (Rhode Island), C.A. No. 06-69T, consolidated with Lincoln Dodge,
Inc. et al., U.S. District Court (Rhode Island), C.A. No. 06-70T.
Zangara Dodge, Inc. et al. v. Curry et al., U.S. District Court (New Mexico) Case No. CIV 07-1305 ACT/LFG.
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Board members may identify matters they would like to have noticed for consideration at future meetings and comment
on topics of interest; no formal action on these topics will be taken without further notice.
OPEN SESSION TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON SUBJECT MATTERS WITHIN
THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD.
Although no formal Board action may be taken, the Board is allowing an opportunity to interested members of the
public to address the Board on items of interest that are within the Board's jurisdiction, but that do not specifically
appear on the agenda. Each person will be allowed a maximum of three minutes to ensure that everyone has a chance
to speak.
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