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County Administration Center
Board Chambers, Room 310
1600 Pacific Highway
San Diego, California 92101

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

July 23, 2009

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July 23, 2009
9:00 a.m.

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Agenda Item #

 Agenda Topic
09-7-2:  Public Meeting to Discuss the Climate Science Update (Overview of Haagen-Smit)
  Staff will provide an overview of the 2009 Haagen-Smit Symposium entitled “Addressing the Missing Piece of California’s Carbon Footprint: Non-Kyoto Pollutants, International Transport, and the Carbon Embedded in Imports.”  The symposium brought together policy-makers and researchers from California, the United States, and the international community to address that fraction of California’s climate-forcing emissions that are not currently addressed by current mitigation programs.
  More Information    Staff Presentation
   
09-7-4:  Public Meeting to Update the Board on CalNex 2010 and Other Major Field Studies in California in 2010
  ARB and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff will update the Board on CalNex 2010, a major air quality and climate science field study, as well as other studies, which will take place in California in 2010.
  More Information    Staff Presentation
   
 09-7-7:

 Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Amendments to the Regulation for In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets

 Public Comment on Item

 Return to Board

 Motion and  Vote

  Staff will propose amendments to implement changes to the regulation for in-use off-road diesel vehicles (off-road regulation).  As part of the February 2009 State budget, Assembly Bill 8 2X, the ARB was directed to make several changes to the off-road regulation that will lessen its requirements for many large fleets in 2010 through 2012.  Staff will also propose amendments to mitigate the potential loss in emission benefits resulting from these changes and propose amendments to clarify and correct minor inconsistencies in the regulation’s exemption provisions.  The off-road regulation was adopted by the Board on July 26, 2007. 
  More Information    Staff Presentation   
   
09-7-6:

 Public Meeting to Consider a Status Report on the Zero-Emission Bus Regulation

 Public Comment on Item

 Return to Board 

 Motion and Vote

  The staff presentation will report on the delays in Z-Bus demonstrations, continued higher costs for Z-Buses as well as commercial readiness of fuel cell technology used in Z-Buses. Given the remaining challenges identified in staff’s report, recommendations will also be made regarding possible amendments to the Z-Bus regulation.  Staff will lay out suggestions for delay of the Z-Bus purchase requirement, the way the purchase requirement would be implemented and the role that transit buses may play in greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies.  Staff will look to the Board for discussion and direction on a future rulemaking to amend the Z-Bus regulation.
  More Information    Staff Presentation
   
  CLOSED SESSION - LITIGATION
  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. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, No. 08-17378 on appeal from U.S. District Court (E.D. Cal. - Fresno).

Fresno Dodge, Inc. et al. v. California Air Resources Board et al., Superior Court of California (Fresno County), Case No. 04CE CG03498.

General Motors Corp. et al. v. California Air Resources Board et al., Superior Court of California (Fresno County), Case No. 05CE CG02787.

State of California by and through Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Air Resources Board, and the Attorney General v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Case No. 08-1178.

California Business Properties Association, et al. v. California Air Resources Board, et al., Superior Court of California (Sacramento), Case No. 34-2009-80000232.

Green Mountain Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge-Jeep, et al. v. Crombie, 508 F.Supp.2d 295, U.S. District Court Vermont (2007), appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit,
Nos. 07-4342-cv(L) and 07-4360-cv(CON).

Pacific Merchant Shipping Association v. Goldstene, U.S. District Court, EDCA, Case No. 2:09-CV-01151-MCE-EFB.

American Trucking Association, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Case No. 09-1090.
    General Public Comment
OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO COMMENT ON MATTERS OF INTEREST

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 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.

THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ABOVE MAY BE CONSIDERED IN A DIFFERENT ORDER AT THE BOARD MEETING. 


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