${\mathbb{A}}^1$-equivalence of zero cycles on surfaces II

Using recent developments in the theory of mixed motives, we prove that the log Bloch conjecture holds for an open smooth complex surface if the Bloch conjecture holds for its compactification. This verifies the log Bloch conjecture for all $\mathbb{Q}$-homology planes and for open smooth surfaces which are not of log general type.