	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	REGION IX

	75 Hawthorne Street

	San Francisco, CA  94105

	September 4, 2003

	

Catherine Witherspoon, Executive Officer

California Air Resources Board

1001 (I( Street

Sacramento, CA  95814

Dear Ms. Witherspoon:

This letter is to inform you that EPA has conducted a completeness
review of the Amended 2002 and 2005 Ozone Rate of Progress Plan for San
Joaquin Valley ((Amended ROP().  The Amended ROP was submitted to EPA by
ARB in a letter dated April 10, 2003.  We have determined that the SIP
submittal satisfies the completeness requirements of Section 110(k)(1)
of the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix V. We will inform you
when we take the proposed and final actions on the submittal. 

If you have any questions regarding our completeness review or our
formal rulemaking action on the submittal, please call me or your staff
may call David Wampler at (415) 972-3975.

Sincerely,

// signed // 

Jack P. Broadbent

Director, Air Division

cc:	Kurt Karperos, ARB

David Crow, SJVUAPCD

David Jones, SJVUAPCD	

