Agricultural air emissions inventory subcommittee meets March 8

Members of the Agriculture Advisory Committee Emission Inventory Subcommittee of the California Air Resource Board (CARB) will meet March 8 in Modesto to discuss the growth factors used for projecting emissions from agricultural emission sources. The meeting will be held at the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau, 1201 L Street, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Responding to requests by several agricultural groups, CARB is currently reviewing the growth factors used for forecasting air emissions from agricultural sources in preparation for the 2007 eight-hour Ozone State Implementation Plans (SIPs). Staff is currently working on gathering information on multiple methods for projecting growth surrogates as suggested in the January 3, 2005, subcommittee meeting. The options will be presented to the Emission Inventory Subcommittee on March 8. Further information is available from CARB by calling Mike FitzGibbon at (916) 445-6243.