west virginia department of environmental protection

Appendix C

On-Road Mobile Emissions

Inventory Documentation

Promoting a healthy environment.

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BELOMAR REGIONAL COUNCIL 

Transportation Air Quality Analysis and Technical Documentation 

State Implementation Plan Inventory Mobile Emission Estimates 

For the U.S. EPA Daily PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

Submitted: September 2011 

Prepared By: 

Bel-O-Mar Regional Council Ohio Department of Transportation 

105 Bridge Street Plaza 1980 West Broad Street 

Wheeling, WV 26003 Columbus, OH 43223 

www.belomar.org http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Introduction ...................................................................................................................... ........ Page 3 

On Road Mobile Emission Summary ......................................................................................... Page 3 

Latest Planning Assumptions ....................................................................................... ............. Page 6 

Land Use Data.................................................................................................................. Page 6 

Travel Modeling................................................................................................................... Page 8 

Emission Factor Generation ...................................................................................................... Page 8 

Temperature and Relative Humidity .......................................................................................... Page 10 

Ramp Fraction .............................................................................................................. ............ Page 10 

Source Type Population ............................................................................................................. Page 11 

Vehicle Age Distribution ........................................................................................................... Page 12 

Road Type Distribution............................................................................................................... Page 13 

Post Processing .......................................................................................................................... Page 14 

Appendix A – Interagency Consultation Documentation 

LIST OF TABLES 

Table 1 Belomar Region On-Road Mobile Emissions by State and County (2005 & 2008)............. Page 4 

Table 2 Belomar Region On-Road Mobile Emissions by State and County (2015 & 2022)............ Page 5 

Table 3 Belomar Region Land Use Data Used for Traffic Forecasting........................................... Page 6 

Table 4 MOVES Inputs ................................................................................................................ Page 9 

Table 5 Average Temperature and Relative Humidity Data .......................................................... Page 10 

Table 6 Source Type Population for Year 2005 ............................................................................ Page 11 

Table 7 Vehicle Age Distribution for Belmont County, OH (2005)............................................... Page 12 

Table 8 Road Type Distribution for Ohio-Marshall-Belmont Non-Attainment Area ....................... Page 13 

LIST OF FIGURES 

Figure 1 Non-Attainment Area Boundary............................................................................ Page 3 

Figure 2 Geographic Area Covered by Travel Demand Model and Traffic Zone Structure.............. Page 7 

SELECTED ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS 

DOT – Department of Transportation EPA – Environmental Protection Agency 

FHWA – Federal Highway Administration; FTA – Federal Transit Administration; 

LRTP – Long Range Transportation Plan MOBILE6 – Mobile Source Emission Factor Model 

MOU – Memorandum of Understanding MPO – Metropolitan Planning Organization 

MVEB – Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

NOx – Nitrogen Oxides 

PM2.5 - Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 microns (often referred to as Fine 

Particulate Matter) 

PM10 – Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 microns 

SIP – State Implementation Plan TIP – Transportation Improvement Program 

TAZs – Traffic Analysis Zones TCM – Transportation Control Measure 

TDM – Travel Demand Model TIP – Transportation Improvement Program 

VMT – Vehicle Miles of Travel VOC – Volatile Organic Compounds 

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INTRODUCTION 

This memorandum documents the air quality analyses and underlying planning assumptions performed 

by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Division of Transportation System DevelopmentModeling and Forecasting Section and the Belomar Regional Council for the Annual PM2.5 on-road mobile 

source emission inventories for the Wheeling-Bridgeport WV/OH Metropolitan area State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) in coordination with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and West Virginia Department of 

Environmental Protection (WVDEP). The Belomar Region is comprised of the counties of Ohio and Marshall in 

the north panhandle of West Virginia and Belmont in east-central Ohio. On January 5, 2005, the USEPA 

designated all three counties as non-attainment for the PM2.5 air quality standard. The designation became 

effective on April 5, 2005; 90 days after USEPA published action in the Federal Registry. Figure 1 displays the 

geographic extent of the Belomar region non-attainment area. 

Figure 1 

NON-ATTAINMENT AREA BOUNDARY 

ON ROAD MOBILE EMISSION SUMMARY 

Tables 1 and 2 present a summary of the pollutant emissions including Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and 

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx modeled for each county that make up the Belomar Region. The Model Years for the 

demonstration includes the Base Year 2005, Attainment Year 2008, Interim Year 2015, and Maintenance Year 

2022. 

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Table 1 

BELOMAR REGION ON-ROAD MOBILE EMISSIONS BY STATE AND COUNTY (2005 & 2008) 

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Table 2 

BELOMAR REGION ON-ROAD MOBILE EMISSIONS BY STATE AND COUNTY (2015 & 2022) 

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LATEST PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS 

The annual PM2.5 inventory runs meet the latest planning assumption requirement. This report presents the latest 

population and land use data available that calibrated the modeling process used to calculate the vehicle emissions 

for the mobile emissions budgets as well as the input values for U.S. EPA’s most recent emissions software 

(MOVES) for this attainment demonstration. A series of conference calls held during the winter of 2010/2011 by 

the Interagency Consultancy Group established two parameters. First, that this re-designation effort will require 

the use of MOVES software for all mobile source emission analyses and second, the annual emission estimates 

will be based a single-season approach. 

LAND USE DATA: 

Travel analysis zones (269 in the 3-county area) and external roadway “stations” (31) are the basic geographic 

units for estimating travel patterns. Socioeconomic data used to forecast these patterns shown in Table 3 include 

household population, school enrollment, vehicle registrations, labor force participation, and employment by 

category and location. Sources for year 2000 data include the 2000 Census (primarily SF1 block data), state 

vehicle registration files, and QCEW/ES202 employment data. All data sources were geocoded to the zone level. 

Future year data for each variable were projected through various methods. More detailed explanation of base 

year and future year data generation for each of the above-mentioned categories of planning data follows. Figure 

2 displays the zones boundaries in the region. 

Table 3 

BELOMAR REGION LAND USE DATA USED FOR TRAFFIC FORECASTING

For most future-year socio-economic data, Belomar staff uses county level projections as prepared by Woods and 

Poole. Allocations of county-level totals by zone are documented in the BOMTS report “BOMTS Traffic Zone 

Data for 2025” with modifications since the date of the report, based on plans submitted for major land 

developments (such as Cabela’s, Center Wheeling, and properties near the Ohio Valley Mall). Woods and 

Poole’s employment projections at the county level are used as control totals for developing TAZ level 

employment by service, retail and manufacturing. The Woods and Poole’s projection at county level is 

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disaggregated from a national level employment projection. The national projection is developed using an export 

base approach. Regional differences are considered before county level employment is disaggregated. In 

assigning employment to zones, it is assumed that new sites with developed infrastructure will have a larger share 

of future employment. Given the topography of the region, it is assumed generally that new development will 

mostly occur in one east-west travel corridor (I-70/US40) and one north-south corridor (Ohio Route 7 and 

US250/WV Route 2 along the Ohio River). In Belmont County, however, additional development is expected 

along SR331 and in areas surrounding the urban core. Due to a scarcity of developable land in Ohio County, 

development will occur on sites that are generally flat and can be adequately serviced. In addition, over time, 

generally flat land in the valley will selectively go through planned land use changes to optimize economic 

development. 

Figure 2 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED BY TRAVEL MODEL AND TRAFFIC ZONE STRUCTURE 

 

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TRAVEL MODELING: 

A travel demand model (TDM) is the traditional forecasting tool used to examine potential changes in 

future travel patterns. The road networks within them include all planned federal-aid projects as well as any 

regionally significant projects found in the TIP and LRTP expected to be open for traffic by the end of each 

respective analysis year. All projects identified in the LRTP having an impact on travel time and/or vehicle 

carrying capacity regardless of funding source were included in the air quality analysis. Trip generation figures 

by zone, with some exceptions, are assumed to change linearly with time between 2000 and the Plan Horizon year 

of 2035. 

The Wheeling area travel demand model network covers about 1500 miles of streets and highways in the 3-county 

area including all collector and arterial streets, and has been validated to observed traffic for year 2000. Land use 

data comes from the Census, ES202 employment reporting, and local vehicle registrations. A trip generation 

model was borrowed from another urban area and adjusted as needed for local land use data. The hourly 

distribution of trips by trip purpose and direction are constrained to match the hourly distribution of traffic counts. 

Trip distribution also begins with a trip-length distribution by purpose borrowed from another urban area and 

adjusted to ensure modeled VMT matched HPMS estimates of VMT within 1% in the model base year of 2000. 

(Home-based work trips were separately constrained to a target average value based on the 2000 Census.) 

The 3-county major street network used in the modeling was developed from the local planning agency’s digital 

street network (originating from the U.S. Geological Survey). The modeling software program utilizes hourly 

saturation flow rates that are calculated based on road inventory data, roadway type, and the 2000 version of the 

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). Coded speeds by street segment are a function of road type and posted speed 

limits and are based on the Ohio statewide travel time study conducted in 2000 (available on the web at 

http://www.dot.state.oh.us/urban/data/statewid/report.doc ) using the “run time” version of speeds without 

intersection delays. The model software program internally estimates additional travel times for vehicles that stop 

for traffic control (stop signs and red lights) based on HCM methods and modeled traffic patterns. The traffic 

assignment RMS (root mean square) error meets FHWA/ODOT standards for all specified volume groups. 

Overall modeled VMT for 2000 was less than 1% different than HPMS estimated VMT. Freeways (federal 

functional class codes 1, 11, and 12) were within 2% of estimated VMT. 

The interagency consultation process, as previously discussed, established the following model years for Ohio and 

Marshall counties, WV and Belmont County, OH that reflected the most recent correspondence from the U.S. 

EPA: 

Analysis Year 2005 – Baseline Emissions Analysis Year 2008 – Attainment Year 

Analysis Year 2015 – Interim Year Analysis Year 2022 – Maintenance Year 

EMISSION FACTOR GENERATION 

The MOVES model generated the emission factor files were for base year-2005 and attainment year-2008 

representing the transportation improvement programs implemented in the Belomar Region. The model also 

generated emission factors for two future year scenarios 2015 and 2022. 

Table 4 summarizes the settings used in the MOVES run specification file and the MOVES County-Data 

Manager. The subsequent tables provide the specific inputs that are not using the MOVES default values. 

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Table 4 – MOVES Inputs 

RunSpec Parameter Settings 

MOVES Version 2010/08/26 

Scale Custom Domain 

MOVES Modeling Technique Emission Factor Method 

Rates per Distance, Rates per Vehicle 

Time Span Time Aggregation: Hour 

1 Month representing average annual temperatures 

All hours of day selected 

16 speed bins, Weekdays only 

Geographic Bounds Belmont OH, Ohio WV, Marshall WV counties 

Vehicles/Equipment All source types, gasoline and diesel 

Road Type All road types including off-network 

Pollutants and Processes NOx, All PM2.5 categories, SO2, Total Energy Consumption 

Strategies None 

General Output Units = grams, joules and miles 

Output Emissions Time = hour, Location = custom area, on-road emission rates by road 

type and source use type. 

County Data Manager Sources 

Source Type Population Combination of local and default data 

Local data (Ohio and West Virginia) from motor vehicle registration 

Default data used for source types 51, 52, 53, 61, and 62 

Future year growth rate based on MPO model Household growth rate.

Vehicle Type VMT Combination of local and default data 

HPMSVTypeYear VMT = daily VMT from travel demand model 

monthVMTFraction = default 

dayVMTFraction=default 

hourVMTFraction=local 

I/M Program None 

Fuel Formulation Default 

Fuel Supply Default 

Meteorology Data Local data obtained from NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Data 

will consist of monthly high and low temperatures and daily relative 

humidity for 2002. 

Ramp Fraction Using the base year travel demand model for VHT fractions. 

Road Type Distribution Use ODOT and WV Division of Highways county summary VMT 

categorized by federal functional classes 

Age Distribution Combination of local and default data. 

Local data (Ohio and West Virginia) from motor vehicle registration 

Default data used for source types 41, 42, 43, 51, 52, 53, 61, and 62 

The same age distribution will be used for all analysis years 

Average Speed Distribution Default 

Alternative Fuel Type Default 

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TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY 

The single season approach for temperature and relative humidity uses weather data collected by the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The data used in this 

report, taken from the Wheeling Airport collection center, is representative of 12 months in 2009. Data entered 

into a spreadsheet provided by U.S. EPA converted the Mobile6 to get the correct data for the MOVES model. 

Table 5 below contains the average annual hourly temperatures and relative humidity distribution profiles used for 

the Belomar region. 

Table 5 

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY DATA 

Time of Day Average Temperature Average Relative Humidity (%)

Midnight 47.2 79.7

1 AM 46.1 67.1

2 AM 45.2 80.7

3 AM 44.6 82.9

4 AM 44.1 83.8

5 AM 43.6 84.1

6 AM 43.1 82.6

7 AM 43.5 79.6

8 AM 45.9 74.8

9 AM 49.6 70.1

10 AM 53.5 65.7

11 AM 56.8 62.0

12 PM 59.7 59.8

1 PM 61.3 58.2

2 PM 61.9 57.4

3 PM 62.0 57.3

4 PM 61.6 58.3

5 PM 60.5 61.2

6 PM 58.6 65.3

7 PM 56.2 69.2

8 PM 53.7 66.1

9 PM 51.6 74.3

10 PM 50.1 75.7

11 PM 48.6 78.1

RAMP FRACTION 

The Vehicles Hour of Travel (VHT) fractions from the travel demand model were used to derive the Ramp 

Fraction values needed for the MOVES model procedures (approximately 4% in Belmont county Ohio, 8% in 

Ohio county West Virginia, and 3% in Marshall county West Virginia). 

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SOURCE TYPE POPULATION 

A combination of local and MOVES default data is the Source Type Population for vehicle classifications. The 

MOVES default values provided the data for vehicle Source Types 51, 52, 53, 61, and 62 while local data from 

Ohio and West Virginia motor vehicle registrations accounted for all other Source Type Populations needed to 

run the MOVES model. Table 6 shows the Source Type Population identifications, the corresponding Source 

Type Name, and the number of vehicles analyzed for Belmont County, OH and Ohio/Marshall County, WV 

combined. 

Table 6 

SOURCE TYPE POPULATION FOR YEAR 2005 

year Source Type Belmont # Marshall co # Ohio co #

2005 11 MotorCycle 4724 937 1149

2005 21 Passenger Car 48706 9650 17852

2005 31 Passenger Truck   22592 9946 14061

2005 32 Light Commercial Truck 602 1755 2285

2005 41 Intercity Bus 58 5 16

2005 42 Transit Bus   2 3 9

2005 43 School Bus   127 99 51

2005 51 Refuse truck   35 8 14

2005 52 Single Unit Short‐haul Truck   14 461 818

2005 53 Single Unit Long‐haul Truck   55 53 93

2005 54 Motor Home   165 21 48

2005 61 Combination Short‐haul Truck 786 78 245

2005 62 Combination Long‐haul Truck 984 86 272

 

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VEHICLE AGE DISTRIBUTION 

A grouping of data from Ohio and West Virginia sources along with the MOVES model defaults make up the 

Vehicle Age Distribution. MOVES default values included Vehicle Type ID 41, 42, 51, 52, 53, 61, and 62. Local 

data from Ohio and West Virginia motor vehicle registrations accounted for all other Vehicle Type ID. Table 7 

shows a sample Vehicle Age Distribution By Source Type for Belmont County, OH in 2005. 

Table 7 

VEHICLE AGE DISTRIBUTION BY SOURCE TYPE FOR BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO IN 2005

yearid ageid 11 21 31 32 41 42 43 51 52 53 54 61 62

2005 0 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.010 0.000 0.000 0.023 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.011 

2005 1 0.025 0.020 0.022 0.028 0.053 0.000 0.031 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.018 0.012 0.033 

2005 2 0.052 0.033 0.047 0.069 0.026 0.000 0.047 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.024 0.018 

2005 3 0.068 0.039 0.051 0.066 0.026 0.000 0.055 0.286 0.286 0.286 0.039 0.028 0.096 

2005 4 0.085 0.042 0.061 0.068 0.316 0.000 0.047 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.030 0.037 0.079 

2005 5 0.083 0.048 0.076 0.025 0.079 0.000 0.016 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.037 0.049 0.064 

2005 6 0.068 0.047 0.066 0.015 0.053 0.000 0.063 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.041 0.047 0.030 

2005 7 0.079 0.048 0.065 0.045 0.000 0.000 0.070 0.214 0.214 0.214 0.028 0.047 0.038 

2005 8 0.064 0.057 0.068 0.048 0.079 0.000 0.070 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.033 0.043 0.033 

2005 9 0.051 0.054 0.056 0.035 0.053 0.000 0.070 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.034 0.043 0.052 

2005 10 0.042 0.062 0.063 0.069 0.026 0.000 0.063 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.043 0.057 0.085 

2005 11 0.032 0.060 0.056 0.041 0.105 0.000 0.086 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.043 0.051 0.083 

2005 12 0.027 0.056 0.054 0.055 0.053 0.000 0.141 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.035 0.045 0.080 

2005 13 0.020 0.055 0.045 0.030 0.000 0.000 0.078 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.024 0.045 0.041 

2005 14 0.020 0.050 0.041 0.031 0.000 0.000 0.008 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.020 0.038 0.053 

2005 15 0.014 0.051 0.048 0.055 0.026 0.000 0.047 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.032 0.048 0.053 

2005 16 0.015 0.043 0.043 0.040 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.027 0.051 0.027 

2005 17 0.012 0.038 0.031 0.028 0.000 0.000 0.008 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.025 0.035 0.011 

2005 18 0.012 0.034 0.020 0.036 0.026 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.028 0.030 0.029 

2005 19 0.009 0.031 0.017 0.031 0.000 0.500 0.031 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.020 0.033 0.005 

2005 20 0.007 0.022 0.013 0.028 0.026 0.000 0.000 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.014 0.028 0.006 

2005 21 0.008 0.019 0.012 0.025 0.000 0.000 0.023 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.029 0.029 0.017 

2005 22 0.006 0.015 0.009 0.033 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.071 0.071 0.071 0.024 0.032 0.015 

2005 23 0.010 0.010 0.008 0.018 0.000 0.000 0.016 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.025 0.021 0.015 

2005 24 0.018 0.007 0.006 0.018 0.027 0.000 0.008 0.072 0.072 0.072 0.024 0.023 0.005 

2005 25 0.019 0.006 0.005 0.008 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.022 0.016 0.006 

2005 26 0.014 0.006 0.004 0.010 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.022 0.014 0.008 

2005 27 0.016 0.002 0.002 0.013 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.017 0.008 0.003 

2005 28 0.017 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.026 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.013 0.007 0.000 

2005 29 0.018 0.002 0.001 0.007 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.014 0.007 0.000 

2005 30 0.088 0.038 0.006 0.014 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.201 0.054 0.006 

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ROAD TYPE DISTRIBUTION 

The ODOT and WV Division of Highway county summary Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) data categorized by 

federal functional class for the three county non-attainment areas is the basis for Road Type Distribution Fraction. 

Table 8 illustrates Road Type Distribution. 

Table 8 

ROAD TYPE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE BELOMAR REGION 

sourceTypeID roadTypeID roadTypeVMTFraction sourceTypeID roadTypeID roadTypeVMTFraction 

11 1 0 51 1 0

11 2 0.25 51 2 0.25

11 3 0.24 51 3 0.24

11 4 0.18 51 4 0.18

11 5 0.33 51 5 0.33

21 1 0 52 1 0

21 2 0.25 52 2 0.25

21 3 0.24 52 3 0.24

21 4 0.18 52 4 0.18

21 5 0.33 52 5 0.33

31 1 0 53 1 0

31 2 0.25 53 2 0.25

31 3 0.24 53 3 0.24

31 4 0.18 53 4 0.18

31 5 0.33 53 5 0.33

32 1 0 54 1 0

32 2 0.25 54 2 0.25

32 3 0.24 54 3 0.24

32 4 0.18 54 4 0.18

32 5 0.33 54 5 0.33

41 1 0 61 1 0

41 2 0.25 61 2 0.25

41 3 0.24 61 3 0.24

41 4 0.18 61 4 0.18

41 5 0.33 61 5 0.33

42 1 0 62 1 0

42 2 0.25 62 2 0.25

42 3 0.24 62 3 0.24

42 4 0.18 62 4 0.18

42 5 0.33 62 5 0.33

43 1 0 roadTypeID roadDesc 

43 2 0.25 2 Rural Restricted Access 

43 3 0.24 3 

Rural Unrestricted 

Access 

43 4 0.18 4 Urban Restricted Access 

43 5 0.33 5 

Urban Unrestricted 

Access 

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POST PROCESSING 

Several custom programs created by ODOT staff were used to compute the total emissions. The process uses data 

on daily and directional traffic distributions as well as more up to date volume/delay functions from the 2000 

Highway Capacity Manual (HCM). This process also uses rewritten code able to handle the newer model network 

formats and MOVES generated emission factors. 

The first step in the process involves running postcms.exe to calculate hourly link volumes based on the 

percentage of the daily volume (travel demand model output) determined by a link’s facility and area type. The 

analysis does not use the link speeds from the travel demand model. Using a link’s volumeto- capacity ratio and 

link group code, a post-process to the model based on HCM methods estimates the link speeds. The second step 

(mmoves.exe) uses a combination of the MOVES emission factors and the hourly link volumes that are output of 

the postcms.exe program. The hourly volumes multiplied by the MOVES emission factor for the corresponding 

hour of day, speed bin, and road type; calculate emissions for every network link for each hour. The final link on 

road vehicle emissions for the area is the sum of all individual link-hour emissions. The third step, (vehcalm.exe), 

calculates vehicle-based emissions for each source type for each hour of the day. A combination of local and 

default data is the source for the vehicle source type. The final vehicle emissions for each county are the sum of 

all individual hourly emissions for all vehicle types. Since the intrazonal trips are not loaded onto the network, the 

fourth step in the process requires a separate method to account for those trips that use local roads to travel within 

a zone. The intracalm.exe program uses intrazonal trips to estimate VMT using the area in square miles and 

intrazonal trips of each zone. The computer program assumes that the zone is circular and uses the radius of the 

circle as the average trip length for these intrazonal trips. By combining MOVES generated emissions with 

estimated intrazonal VMT, the intrazonal emissions are then calculated. The emission rates are the same as those 

used to calculate link based emissions. The final step is to summarize link, vehicle, and intrazonal emissions for 

each county, pollutant, and analyzed year. 

More details are provided at 

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APPENDIX A 

INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION DOCUMENTATION 

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Attachments: Transportation Excerpt from Wheeling PM2 5 Redesignation 2012-01-25-

PROPOSED.pdf

Dear Folks:

Below is the public notice for the Wheeling, WV 1997 PM2.5 Redesignation and Maintenance Plan. The complete

document is available on the website listed in the notice. I have attached the transportation section for your

convenience. The narrative borrows very heavily from the Belomar/ODOT September 2011 Transportation Air Quality

Analysis and Technical Documentation. For the reasons outlined in the excerpt, the DEP is proposing to make a finding

that regional highway emissions of PM2.5, NOx and SO2 are insignificant contributors to the nonattainment problem for

the Wheeling area. The finding will become final if EPA concurs and approves this SIP revision. Therefore, no

transportation conformity Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEB) should be necessary. Please contact me if you have

any problems opening the attachment or accessing our website.

Thank you.

Fred

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEARING

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is offering an opportunity for public 

comment, and will hold a public hearing, on the Proposed Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the 

West Virginia Portion of the Wheeling, WV-OH 1997 PM2.5 Nonattainment Area. The document concerns two 

inter-related actions regarding the West Virginia portion of the nonattainment area, comprising Marshall and 

Ohio Counties. First, DEP is requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) redesignate the 

area to attainment pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Air Act, section 107. Second, DEP is asking that EPA 

concurrently approve, as a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP), the related maintenance plan which 

demonstrates that the area will continue to meet the PM2.5 air quality standards for at least ten more years. DEP 

is expressly soliciting comment on whether the proposed maintenance plan adequately meets the requirements 

of the Clean Air Act, section 175A, as well as any relevant comments regarding the incorporation of the 

finalized maintenance plan into the West Virginia SIP. The comment period will begin on January 27, 2012 and 

end on February 28, 2012. 

The area was designated as nonattainment with the 1997 PM2.5 annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS) in the January 5, 2005 Federal Register [70 FR 944], effective April 5, 2005. On November 20, 2009, 

in accordance with Section 179(c)(1) of the CAA, EPA determined that the Wheeling, WV-OH PM2.5

nonattainment area had attained the 1997 annual PM2.5 NAAQS by the applicable attainment date of April 5, 

2010 [76 FR 75465]. DEP shows that the measured air quality improvement has been achieved through 

federally enforceable emission reduction measures. Further, DEP shows that with expected growth and 

federally enforceable controls, the area will continue attainment of the NAAQS for at least ten years. 

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Written and oral comments will be accepted until the close of the public hearing and will be made part of the 

formal record. The public hearing shall be held beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at DEP 

headquarters: 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304. Written comments will also be accepted for inclusion 

in the formal record by mail, facsimile (304-926-0479), e-mail (Tammy.L.Mowrer@wv.gov) or other delivery 

to the Division of Air Quality if received by the close of business on February 28, 2012. Send written comments 

to be included in the formal record to John A. Benedict, Director, Division of Air Quality at the address above. 

Please identify the document to which the comments apply, the commenter’s name, address and telephone 

number. 

Copies of the proposed SIP revision and documentation may be viewed on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. at the Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304. Copies may alternatively 

be reviewed at the Bel-O-Mar Regional Council at 105 Bridge Street Plaza, Wheeling, WV 26003, phone (304) 

242-1800. The relevant documents may also be accessed via the following web address: 

http://www.dep.wv.gov/daq/General/Pages/PublicNoticeandComment.aspx 

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