INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0781

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air 

Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM2.5; Redesignation of Yuba CityMarysville to Attainment; Approval of PM2.5 Redesignation Request and Maintenance 

Plan for Yuba City-Marysville 

Proposed Rule

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM2.5; Redesignation of 

Yuba City-Marysville to Attainment; Approval of PM2.5 Redesignation Request and 

Maintenance Plan for Yuba City-Marysville” September 29, 2012. (pre-publication 

version)

A-2. Air Division, EPA Region 9, “Technical Support Document, Approval and Promulgation 

of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State 

of California; PM2.5; Redesignation of Yuba City-Marysville to Attainment; Approval of 

PM2.5 Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Yuba City-Marysville,” 

September 29, 2014.

B. State Submittals

B-1. Letter, Lynn Terry, Deputy Executive Officer, (for Richard Corey) CARB to Jared 

Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9, May 23, 2013 

a. Yuba City-Marysville PM2.5 Nonattainment Area Redesignation Request and 

Maintenance Plan (“Yuba City-Marysville Plan”), April 1, 2013 

b. CARB Board Resolution 13-14, April 25, 2013

c. CARB Staff Report, Staff Report, Yuba City-Marysville PM2.5 Maintenance Plan 

and Redesignation Request

d. CARB notice of public meeting, March 25, 2013

e. Memorandum from David Valler, Feather River Air Quality Management District

(FRAQMD), to Board of Directors (April 1, 2014), Board Resolution No. 2013-

01 (April 1, 2013), public notice, and proof of publication

f. Letter, David Valler, FRAQMD to Richard Corey, CARB, April 2, 201

g. Public comments and responses.

B-2. Technical Supplement
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a. CARB Board Resolution 14-6, February 20, 2014; CARB public notice, January 

15, 2014; Minutes from Board Meeting, February 20, 2014

b. CARB Staff Report, Staff Report, Minor Updates to Yuba City-Marysville PM2.5 

Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request, January 17, 2014 (includes letter 

from Christopher D. Brown, Air Pollution Control Officer, FRAQMD, to 

Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, US EPA, Region 9, and Richard W. 

Corey, Executive Officer, CARB, dated December 19, 2013).

C. EPA Guidance Documents and Federal Registers

1. 57 FR 13498, State Implementation Plan; General Preamble for the Implementation of 

Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, April 16, 1992

2. Memorandum from John Calcagni, “Procedures for Processing Requests to Redesignate 

Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 1992

3. Memorandum from Michael Shapiro, “State Implementation Plan (SIP) Requirements for 

Areas Submitting Requests for Redesignation to Attainment of the Ozone and Carbon 

Monoxide (CO) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) on or after 

November 15, 1992,” September 17, 1993

4. 58 FR 51735, Executive Order 12866, October 4, 1993

5. 58 FR 62188, Criteria and Procedures for Determining Conformity to State or Federal 

Implementation Plans of Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects Funded or 

Approved Under Title 23 U.S.C. or the Federal Transit Act, November 24, 1993

6. 59 FR 7629, Executive Order 12898, February 16, 1994

7. 59 FR 41998, State Implementation Plans for Serious PM-10 Nonattainment Areas, and 

Attainment Date Waivers for PM-10 Nonattainment Areas Generally; Addendum to the 

General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990, August 16, 1994

8. Memorandum from Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, “Part D 

New Source Review Requirements for Areas Requesting Redesignation to Attainment,”

October 14, 1994

9. 60 FR 12459, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Michigan, March 7, 1995
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10. 60 FR 62748 , Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Florida Change in National Policy 

Regarding Applicability of Conformity Requirements to Redesignation Requests,

December 7, 1995

11. 61 FR 20458, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio, May 7, 1996.

12. 61 FR 31832, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Michigan, June 21, 1996.

13. 62 FR 19885, Executive Order 13045, April 23, 1997

14. 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, July 18, 

1997.

15. 63 FR 18978, Emission Standards for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines (April 16, 

1998)

16. 63 FR 56968, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines

(October 23, 1998)

17. 64 FR 43255, Executive Order 13132, August 10, 1999

18. 65 FR 67249, Executive Order 13175, November 9, 2000

19. 66 FR 5001, Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and 

Vehicle Standards and Highway Diesel Fuel Sulfur Control Requirements (January 18, 

2001)

20. 66 FR 28355, Executive Order 13211, May 22, 2001

21. 66 FR 53665, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Redesignation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Kentucky and Indiana; Approval of Revisions 

to State Implementation Plan; Kentucky, October 23, 2001

22. 68 FR 25418, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard, St. Louis Area; Approval 

and Promulgation of Implementation Plans, and Redesignation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes, State of Missouri, May 12, 2003.
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23. 69 FR 30006, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for California-San 

Joaquin Valley PM-10 Nonattainment Area; Serious Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-

Hour and Annual PM-10 Standards (May 26, 2004)

24. 69 FR 38958, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines and 

Fuel (June 29, 2004)

25. 71 FR 40952, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Determination of 

Attainment for the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding 

Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, July 19, 2006

26. 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter, October 17, 

2006.

27. 71 FR 61236, Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations, Final Rule, October 17, 

2006. 

28. 71 FR 63641, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Determination of 

Attainment for the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding 

Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, October 30, 2006

29. 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, April 25, 2007

30. 73 FR 22313, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Revision of Designation; 

Redesignation of the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin PM-10 Nonattainment Area to 

Attainment; Approval of PM-10 Maintenance Plan for the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin; 

Approval of Commitments for the East Kern PM-10 Nonattainment Area, April 25, 2008.

31. 73 FR 28321, Implementation of the New Source Review (NSR) Program for Particulate 

Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5), May 16, 2008

32. 73 FR 37096, Control of Emissions of Air Pollution from Locomotive Engines and 

Marine Compression-Ignition Engines Less Than 30 Liters per Cylinder; Republication,

June 30, 2008.

33. 74 FR 57074, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board Consumer Products Regulations, Final rule, November 4, 2009.

34. 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) 
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National Ambient Air Quality Standards, November 13, 2009.

35. 75 FR 13712, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Determination of 

Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding 

Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, March 23, 2010

36. 75 FR 22047, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of 

Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Wisconsin; Redesignation of the Manitowoc 

County and Door County Areas to Attainment for Ozone, April 27, 2010

37. 75 FR 26653, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

Reformulated Gasoline and Diesel Fuels; California; Final rule, May 12, 2010

38. 75 FR 27944, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM–10; Determination of 

Attainment for the Coso Junction Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding 

Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, May 19, 2010.

39. 75 FR 36023, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas 

for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Redesignation of the Coso 

Junction Planning Area to Attainment; Approval of PM-10 Maintenance Plan for the 

Coso Junction Planning Area, June 24, 2010

40. 75 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

California; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program; Final Rule. July 1, 2010

41. 76 FR 10821, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nevada; 

PM-10; Determinations Regarding Attainment for the Truckee Meadows Nonattainment 

Area and Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements, February 28, 2011

42. 76 FR 27613, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board-Consumer Products, May 12, 2011

43. 76 FR 77521, California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial 

Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision, December 13, 2011

44. 77 FR 7535, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board-Consumer Products, February 13, 2012

45. 77 FR 12493, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Feather River Air 
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Quality Management District, March 1, 2012

46. 77 FR 30088, Air Quality Designations for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards, May 21, 2012

47. 77 FR 31271, Determination of Attainment for the Paul Spur/Douglas PM10 

Nonattainment Area, Arizona; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act 

Requirements, May 25, 2010

48. 78 FR 2211, Determination of Attainment for the Yuba City-Marysville Nonattainment 

Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; California; Determination Regarding 

Applicability of Clean Air Act Requirements, January 10, 2013

49. 78 FR 14533, Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model 

for Use in the State of California, March 6, 2013

50. 78 FR 58090, California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Off-Road 

Compression Ignition Engines-In-Use Fleets; Notice of Decision, September 20, 2013

51. 78 FR 58461, Revision of Air Quality Implementation Plan; California; Placer County 

Air Pollution Control District and Feather River Air Quality Management District; 

Stationary Source Permits, September 24, 2013

52. 78 FR 69806, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for 

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

(PM2.5), November 21, 2013

53. 79 FR 31566, Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for 

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

(PM2.5), June 2, 2014

54. 79 FR 50646, Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted Fine 

Particulate Maintenance Plan for Yuba City-Marysville; California, August 25, 2014

D. OTHER DOCUMENTS

1. California Air Resources Board, Proposed State Strategy for California’s 2007 State 

Implementation Plan, adopted September 27, 2007. (3 files)

2. California Air Resources Board, Status Report on the State Strategy for California’s 2007 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) and Proposed Revisions to the SIP Reflecting 

Implementation of the 2007 State Strategy, adopted April 24, 2009
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3. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board, to 

Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, requesting EPA find the 

Yuba City-Marysville 24-hour PM2.5 nonattainment area attained the 2006 24-hour fine 

particulate National Ambient Air Quality Standard, June 8, 2010.

4. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical 

Support Division, California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2010 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, April 28, 2011.

5. California Air Resources Board’s Annual Network Plan Report for Small Districts in 

California, June 2011. 

6. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to 

Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support 

Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “2011 Annual Monitoring 

Network Plan for the Small Districts in California.” November 1, 2011.

7. Letter from Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical 

Support Division, California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality data and 

quality assurance data, May 1, 2012.

8. Monitor Description Report for Yuba City-Marysville nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air 

Quality System, September 14, 2012.

9. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, USEPA Region IX, to James 

Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, transmitting findings of EPA’s 2011 Technical 

System Audit of CARB's ambient air monitoring program, October 22, 2012.

10. PM2.5 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEB) for the Feather River Air Quality 

Management District, SACOG, Regional Planning Partnership, Agenda Item #3, February

20, 2013

11. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, AQAO, USEPA Region IX, to Karen Magliano, 

Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support Division, CARB 

approving CARB’s “2012 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for the Small Districts in 

California.” April 19, 2013.

12. Letter from Sylvia Vanderspek, Chief, Air Quality Planning Branch, California Air 

Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, 
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certifying calendar year 2012 ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, May 16, 

2013.

13. California Air Resources Board’s Annual Monitoring Network Report for Twenty-Three 

Districts in California, July 2013. 

14. Email with attachment from Binu Abraham, SACOG, to John Ungvarsky, EPA Region 9, 

December 11, 2013 (2 files)

15. Letter from Meredith Kurpius, Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to 

Karen Magliano, Chief, Air Quality Data Branch, Planning and Technical Support 

Division, California Air Resources Board approving CARB’s “Annual Monitoring 

Network Report for Twenty-Three Districts in California,” March 7, 2014.

16. Letter from Ravi Ramalingam, Chief, Consumer Products and Air Quality Assessment 

Branch, California Air Resources Board, to Meredith Kurpius, Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2012 ambient air quality data 

and quality assurance data, July 2, 2014 (2 files)

17. Air Quality System Quicklook Report, USEPA, July 25, 2014

18. Air Quality System Design Value Report, USEPA, July 25, 2014

19. Email from Kasia Turkiewicz, CARB, to John Ungvarsky, EPA, August 20, 2014

20. Email from Kasia Turkiewicz, CARB, to John Ungvarsky, EPA, September 8, 2014