Docket Index

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Findings of Failure to Attain the 1997 

PM2.5 Standards; California; San Joaquin Valley (Docket No. EPA-R09-

OAR-2016-0494)

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Findings of Failure to Attain the 1997 PM2.5 Standards; California; San Joaquin Valley, 

proposed rule, prepublication version, signed September 23, 2016.

A-2. 81 FR 69448, Findings of Failure to Attain the 1997 PM2.5 Standards; California; San 

Joaquin Valley, proposed rule, proposed rule (October 6, 2016).

B. Federal Register Notices and EPA Guidance Documents

B-1. 52 FR 24634, Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate

Matter, final rule (July 1, 1987).

B-2. 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule 

(July 18, 1997).

B-3. 70 FR 944, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the Fine Particles (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards, final rule (January 5, 2005).

B-4. 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule 

(October 17, 2006).

B-5. 76 FR 69896, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2008 San 

Joaquin Valley PM2.5 Plan and 2007 State Strategy, final rule (November 9, 2011).

B-6. 78 FR 3086, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, final rule

(January 15, 2013).

B-7. 79 FR 31566, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for 

Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions for the 1997 Fine Particle 

(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, final 

rule (June 2, 2014).

B-8. 80 FR 1482, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San 

Joaquin Valley; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 Standards, 

proposed rule (January 12, 2015).

B-9. 80 FR 15340, Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State 

Implementation Plan Requirements, proposed rule (March 23, 2015).
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B-10. 80 FR 18528, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San 

Joaquin Valley; Reclassification as Serious Nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5 Standards, 

final rule (April 7, 2015).

B-11. 81 FR 6936, Approval and Disapproval of California Air Plan; San Joaquin Valley 

Serious Area Plan and Attainment Date Extension for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, proposed 

rule (February 9, 2016).

B-12. 81 FR 58010, Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards: State 

Implementation Plan Requirements, final rule (August 24, 2016).

C. Correspondence

C-1. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX, to James Goldstene, 

Executive Officer, CARB, transmitting findings of technical systems audit, dated October 

22, 2012.

C-2. Letter from Meredith Kurpius, Manager, EPA Region 9, Air Quality Analysis Office, to 

Sheraz Gill, Director of Strategies and Incentives, SJVUAPCD, dated December 28, 

2015.

C-3. Letter from Jon Klassen, Program Manager, SJVUAPCD, to Deborah Jordan, Director, 

Air Division, EPA Region 9, certifying calendar year 2015 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, dated May 9, 2016.

C-4. Letter from Ravi Ramalingam, Chief, Consumer Products and Air Quality Assessment 

Branch, CARB, to Elizabeth Adams, Acting Director, Air Division, EPA Region 9, 

certifying calendar year 2015 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, dated 

May 10, 2016.

D. Other Documents

D-1. EPA maintains a list of designated FRMs and FEMs on the web at: 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/criteria.html.

D-2. EPA, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, No. EPA/600/P–99/002aF, October 

2004.

D-3. EPA, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, No. EPA/600/P–99/002bF, October 

2004

D-4. Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, 706 F.3d 428 (D.C. Cir. 2013).

D-5. CARB, The California Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality, Chapter 4: Regional 

Trends and Forecasts, 2013 Edition. 

D-6. EPA, design value workbook, worksheets “Table 3a” and “Table 3b,” dated August 28, 

2014.
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D-7. SJVUAPCD, 2015 Air Monitoring Network Plan, August 28, 2015.

D-8. EPA, fact sheet, “San Joaquin Valley Fine Particulate Matter,” June 29, 2016.

D-9. EPA, AQS Design Value Report, Report Request ID: 1463864, July 15, 2016.

D-10. EPA, AQS Design Value Report, Report Request ID: 1463865, July 15, 2016.

D-11. EPA, AQS Raw Data Qualifier Report, Report Request ED: 1464417, July 18, 2016.

D-12. EPA, design value xl workbook, including “Table 5. PM2.5 Site Listing, 2013-2015,” 

dated July 29, 2016.

D-13. Denial of Request for Extension of Attainment Date for 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS; California; 

San Joaquin Valley Serious Nonattainment Area, final rule, prepublication version, dated 

September 23, 2016.