### BOBBY JINDAL GOVERNOR 

# Mate of 

# Xouis'iana

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

### QUALITY 

### OFFICE OF 

### THE SECRETARY

March 12,2009

Mr. Lawrence Starfield, Acting Administrator US 

### EPA Region 6 (6-RA) 1445 Ross Ave, Suite 1200 Dallas, 

### TX 75202-2733

RE: StateofLouisiana Recommendations for Area Designations 2008 Ozone National AmbientAir Quality Standards(NAAQS)

Dear Mr. Starfield:

In accordance with Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and as the duly appointed representative of 

### the Governor of 

### Louisiana, I am 

### pleased to submit designation recommendations forthe 2008 Ozone NAAQS, which were published on March 27,2008 (73

### FR 16436). These designation recommendations are based on a review ofthe quality-assured ozone monitoring data for the period 2006-2008.

Therecommended designations are outlined inthe attached document. These designations are in the format ofthe LouisianaAir Quality Control Regions 

### as set forthin 40 CFR 81.319.

We look forward to working closely with your staff over the next year on EPA's issuance of the final 2008 Ozone NAAQS designations. If you have any questions, please contact 

### Mr. Paul Miller, Assistant Secretyforthe Office of Environmental Assessment at 225-219-3233.

1 

### Secretary

c: Thomas Diggs, EPA Guy Donaldson,EPA Carl Edlund, EPA

Attachment

Post Office Box 4301

# . Baton Rouge, Louisiana70821-4301

# . Phone 225-219-3953 

### 'Fax 225-219-3971 ~.deq.louisiana.gov

### State of Louisiana 2008 

### Ozone Designation Recommendations

Designated Area Caldwell Parish Catahoula Parish Concordia Parish East Carroll Parish Franklin Parish Grant Parish La Salle Parish Madison Parish Ouachita Parish Richland Parish Tensas Parish Union Parish West Carroll Parish AQCR 019: Monroe-El Dorado lnterstate Recommended Designation Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Attainment Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable

AQCR 022: Shreveport-Texarkana-Tylerlnterstate Designated Area Recommended Designation Avoyelles Parish Unclassifiable Bienville Parish Unclassifiable Bossier Parish Attainment Caddo Parish Nonattainment Claiborne Parish Unclassifiable DeSoto Parish Unclassifiable Jackson Parish Unclassifiable Lincoln Parish Unclassifiable Natchitoches Parish Unclassifiable Rapides Parish Unclassifiable Red River Parish Unclassifiable Sabine Parish Unclassifiable Vernon Parish Unclassifiable Webster Parish Unclassifiable Winn Parish Unclassifiable

### State of Louisiana 2008 

### Ozone Designation Recommendations

AQCR 106: S. Louisiana-SETexas Interstate DesignatedArea RecommendedDesignation Acadia Parish Unclassifiable Allen Parish Unclassifiable Ascension Parish Nonattainment Assumption Parish Unclassifiable Beauregard Parish Unclassifiable Calcasieu Parish Attainment Cameron Parish East Baton Rouge Parish East Feliciana Parish Evangeline Parish Iberia Parish lberville Parish Jefferson Davis Parish Jefferson Parish Lafayette Parish Lafourche Parish Livingston Parish Orleans Parish Plaquemines Parish Pointe Coupee Parish St. BernardParish St. Charles Parish St. Helena Parish St. James Parish St. John the Baptist Parish St. Landry Parish St. Martin Parish St. Mary Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Terrebonne Parish Vermilion Parish Washington Parish West Baton Rouge Parish West Feliciana Parish Unclassifiable Nonattainment Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Nonattainment Unclassifiable Nonattainment Nonattainrnent Nonattainment Nonattainment Attainment Unclassifiable Nonattainment Attainment Attainment Unclassifiable Attainment Nonattainment Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unclassifiable Unciassifiabie Unclassifiable Unciassifiabie Unclassifiable Nonattainment Unclassifiable