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Public Meeting to Consider the Draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan

The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) will conduct a public hearing at the date and time noted below to consider the Draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan.

Date:                 June 23, 2022
Time:                 9:00 a.m.
In Person Location:          
                          California Environmental Protection Agency
                          California Air Resources Board | Byron Sher Auditorium
                          1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814

Remote Option:
                          Zoom

This public meeting may continue at 8:30 a.m., on June 24, 2022. Please consult the public agenda, which will be posted ten days before the June 23, 2022, Board Meeting, for important details, including, but not limited to, the day in which this item will be considered and how the public can participate via Zoom.

Background

The initial Scoping Plan was developed in 2008 and, per AB 32, must be updated at least once every five years.  The 2013 First Update to the Climate Change Scoping Plan (2013 Update) defined CARB’s climate change priorities for the subsequent five years and laid the groundwork to start the transition to the post-2020 goals set forth in Executive Orders S-3-05 and B-16-2012. The 2017 Scoping Plan Update (2017 Update) built upon this progress by charting the path to achieving the 2030 GHG emissions target codified under SB 32, which is 40 percent below 1990 levels. 

CARB is now in the process of again updating the Scoping Plan to meet the 2022 statutory deadline. The Proposed 2022 Scoping Plan Update assesses progress toward the statutory 2030 target, while laying out a path to achieving carbon neutrality no later than 2045.  The Proposed 2022 Scoping Plan Update focuses on outcomes needed to achieve carbon neutrality by assessing paths for clean technology, energy deployment, natural and working lands, and others, and is designed to meet the State’s long-term climate objectives and support a range of economic, environmental, energy security, environmental justice, and public health priorities.

Further inquiries regarding this matter should be directed to Jordan Ramalingam, Air Pollution Specialist, Industrial Strategies Division, at (916) 277-0499 or (designated back-up contact) Alex Yiu, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, Industrial Strategies Division, at (916) 827-1141.

Notice of Public Meeting

Written Comment Period & Comment Submittal

CARB staff will present a written plan at the meeting. Copies of the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update may be obtained from CARB’s website, no earlier than May 10, 2022. Please contact Bradley Bechtold, Regulations Coordinator, at bradley.bechtold@arb.ca.gov or (279) 208-7266 if you need physical copies of the documents. Interested members of the public may present comments orally or in writing during the meeting and may provide comments by postal mail or by electronic submittal before the meeting. To be considered by the Board, written comments not submitted during the meeting, must be received no later than June 24, 2022, and addressed to the following:

Clerk of the Board, California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic Submittal

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et seq.), your written and oral comments, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g., your address, phone, email, etc.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public upon request.

Clearing California Skies for Over 50 Years

CARB is the lead agency for California’s fight against climate change,
and oversees all air pollution control efforts in the state to attain and
maintain health-based air quality standards.

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