Coachella Valley Extreme Area Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020120094
- Public Agency
- South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Document Title
- Coachella Valley Extreme Area Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 12/4/2020
- Document Description
- The Coachella Valley was reclassified from Severe-15 to Extreme nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (standard) with an attainment date of June 15, 2024. To address the requirement by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to submit a revised State Implementation Plan by February 14, 2021, South Coast AQMD has developed the Coachella Valley Extreme Area Plan to demonstrate how attainment of 1997 8-hour ozone standard will be achieved as expeditiously as possible and by June 15, 2024.
- Contact Information
-
Kendra Reif
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Lead/Public Agency
21865 Copley Drive
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Phone : (909) 396-2492
kreif@aqmd.gov -
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Project Applicant
Location
- Cities
- Cathedral City Coachella Indian Wells Indio Indio Hills La Quinta Palm Springs Rancho Mirage
- Counties
- Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino
- Regions
- Southern California
- Other Location Info
- The proposed project is located in the Coachella Valley portion, excluding tribal lands, of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) jurisdiction. The Coachella Valley consists of the Riverside County portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin.
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) – Common Sense Exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 – Actions by Regulatory Agen
- Reasons for Exemption
- Since the proposed project relies on the continued implementation of existing regulations and programs by the South Coast AQMD and CARB to reduce emissions without proposing new requirements that would involve physical changes, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed project may have a significant adverse effect on the environment.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- CV SIP NOE for OPR and Web PDF 76 K
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