Summary of Board Meeting
January 28, 1999
Air Resources Board
Board Hearing Room, Lower Level
2020 "L" Street
Sacramento, California
MEMBERS PRESENT: Hons. | Barbara Riordan, Chairman
Joseph C. Calhoun, P.E. Mark DeSaulnier John D. Dunlap, III Lynne T. Edgerton, Esq. William F. Friedman, M.D. Jack C. Parnell Barbara Patrick Sally Rakow |
99-1-1 |
Public Meeting to Consider an Update on Selected Research Division Projects
SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM: The staff updated the Board on selected Research and ICAT projects. Investigators for the projects made the presentations to the Board. They were: Professor Kimberly Prather, U.C. Riverside Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Professor John Peters, University of Southern California Children's Health Study Ms. Jacqueline Ayer, Air Quality Specialists, Inc. Dynamic Recirculation/Fluidized Bed Solvent Recovery Mr. Lance Balcom, Westport Innovations, Inc. Injector System for Natural Gas Fueling of a Diesel Transit Bus FORMAL BOARD ACTION: None RESPONSIBLE DIVISION: RD STAFF REPORT: None |
99-1-2 |
Public Meeting to Consider a Summary of the 1999 Rulemaking Calendar
SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEM: A summary of each of the items listed on the 1999 Air Resources Board Calendar was presented to the Board and the public. The rulemaking calendar sets forth the Board's regulatory agenda for 1999. A brief summary was also given regarding the rulemaking procedures and legal requirements according to the state Administrative Procedure Act (APA). FORMAL BOARD ACTION: None ORAL TESTIMONY: None RESPONSIBLE DIVISION: Executive Office/Office of Legal Affairs STAFF REPORT: None
The Board held a closed session as authorized by Government Code section 11126 subdivisions (e)(1) and (e)(2)(A) to confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel regarding litigation -- Coalition for Clean Air, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), et al. FORMAL BOARD ACTION: The Board approved a motion directing and authorizing the Executive Officer to sign a proposed Settlement Agreement in this litigation, on behalf of the ARB defendants, and to take appropriate action in the future to implement the Settlement Agreement. |