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Ventura County 2022 Air Quality Management Plan
Adopted December 13, 2022
by the Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board
Ventura County 2022 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP):
The Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board held a public
hearing to adopt the final Ventura County 2022 Air Quality
Management Plan (AQMP) and certify its Initial Study and
Negative Declaration, pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Staff recommended adoption of the 2022 Ventura County AQMP,
which presents Ventura County’s strategy (including related
mandated elements) to attain the 2015 federal 8-hour ozone
standard, as required by the federal Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990.
Photochemical air quality modeling indicates that Ventura
County will attain the 2015 federal 8-hour ozone standard by
2026 using local, state, and federal clean air programs. The
previous Ventura County AQMP, prepared in 2016, projected
attainment of the 2008 federal 8-hour ozone standard by
2020. The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published a final rule on October 20, 2022,
determining that Ventura County has attained the 2008 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard by its July 20, 2021,
attainment date.
The 2022 AQMP presents a combined state and local strategy
for attaining the 2015 federal 8-hour ambient air quality
standard for ozone, the only federal clean air standard
Ventura County does not meet, by the statutory compliance
deadline of August 3, 2027. It was prepared to satisfy
federal Clean Air Act planning requirements for areas
designated as serious federal 8-hour ozone nonattainment
areas, including, but not limited to, updated air quality
information, an updated emissions inventory, local and state
air pollutant control measures, new emission forecasts and
projections, a new federal conformity budget for
transportation projects, a reasonable further progress
demonstration for precursors of ozone (reactive organic
gases and nitrogen oxides), a new countywide emission
carrying capacity, and a demonstration that Ventura County
will attain the federal 8-hour ozone standard.
The public hearing was held at the following time and
location:
December 13, 2022
1:30 p.m.
Ventura County Government Center
Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
You may visit
http://www.vcapcd.org/agendas.htm#The_Air_Pollution_Control_Board
to access the District’s Boards and Committees webpage.
There you can find links to the Air Pollution Control Board
agenda, associated documents, and a recording of the public
hearing.
The 2022 AQMP was submitted to the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) on January 10, 2023, as a revision to the State
Implementation Plan for Ventura County. CARB submitted the
2022 AQMP and the relevant portions of the CARB Staff Report
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for inclusion in
the California State Implementation Plan. More information
on CARB’s action can be found here:
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/2022-ventura-county-8-hour-ozone-plan
Questions regarding the 2022 AQMP should be directed to
John Henkelman,
Supervising Air Quality Engineer,
john@vcapcd.org, 4567
Telephone Road, Ventura, CA 93003.
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