LOCATION:

 California Environmental Protection Agency
Air Resources Board
Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

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July 20, 2006
9:00 a.m.

Agenda Item #

 Agenda Topic  
     

06-7-1:

Report to the Board on a Health Update: Current Issues in Ultrafine Particle Research - ARB's Health and Exposure Research Program  
  Ultrafine particles are under increasing scrutiny as having possibly significant health effects. The ARB is currently engaged in a number of research projects to address the sources, properties, and health effects of ultrafine particles. The sources include mobile and stationary combustion processes, secondary particle formation through atmospheric processes, and indoor sources. Health effects studies have implicated the role of ultrafine particles in respiratory and cardiovascular health. Staff will present the state of what we currently know and current research to learn about these particles.  
  More Information Staff Presentation  
     
     

06-7-2:

Public Meeting to Brief Board Members on the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan  
  Staff from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will provide the Board with an informational briefing on their joint Clean Air Action Plan. The draft plan identifies air quality goals proposed by the ports, along with emission reduction strategies that the ports propose to implement over the next five years. ARB staff will identify how the ports' own plan will be coordinated with the Board's recently adopted Emission Reduction Plan for Ports and Goods Movement in California.  
  Staff Presentation  
     
     

 06-7-3:

Report to the Board on the Draft Planned Air Pollution Research for Fiscal Year 2006-2007  
  The draft report, "Planned Air Pollution Research for Fiscal Year 2006-2007" provides project concepts for the ARB's extramural research program for fiscal year 2006-2007. The proposed concepts in the plan will be brought to the Board in the future as fully designed research proposals.  
  More Information Staff Presentation  
     
     

06-7-4:

Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to the California Regulations for New 1997 and Later Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines  
  Staff is proposing amendments to California's existing Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle (OHRV) regulations to add evaporative emission standards for new OHRVs, and to revise the riding seasons for OHRVs that do not meet California's exhaust emission standards. Staff also proposes to insert into section 2413, title 13, CCR, the specific language related to the labeling requirements for OHRVs, which was previously incorporated by reference and contained in a separate document, and to amend the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) category to better describe ATVs and to allow certain types of utility vehicles to certify to the ATV standards.  
  More Information Staff Presentation  
     
     

06-7-5:

Public Meeting to Update the Board on the 2005 ARB/Railroad Statewide Agreement  
  Staff will provide an update to the Board on the implementation of the ARB/Railroad Statewide Agreement since the January 27, 2006 Board Meeting.  
  More Information Staff Presentation  
     
     

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 that do not specifically appear on the agenda. Each person will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to ensure that everyone has a chance to speak.

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1001 I Street, 23rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 322-5594 or by FAX (916) 322-3928
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