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INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0458

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona; 

Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area Plan

Final Rule

CATEGORY I: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

1. Proposed Rule, “Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Arizona; Nogales 

PM10 Nonattainment Area Plan”, signed June 20, 2012.

2. Index to Docket EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0458, Proposed Rule.

CATEGORY II: State Implementation Plan Submittals from Arizona

1. Letter from Eric Massey, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, EPA-Region 9, requesting parallel processing of the proposed “State 

Implementation Plan Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area”, dated May 29, 2012.

2. “State Implementation Plan Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area,” Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality, Proposed, May 17, 2012, with appendices A - J. 

3. Letter from Eric Massey, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, to Jared 

Blumenfeld, EPA-Region 9, submitting “Final 2012 State Implementation Plan Nogales 

PM10 Nonattainment Area”, dated August 24, 2012. Enclosures with the letter include the 

following: (1) delegation of signature letter from Henry Darwin, Director ADEQ to Eric 

Massey; (2) SIP completeness checklist, and, (3) Nogales PM10 plan submittal listed below.

4. “Final 2012 State Implementation Plan Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area,” Arizona 

Department of Environmental Quality, August 24, 2012, with appendices A - K. 

CATEGORY III: Designations, Classification, and Determinations of Attainment for

PM10 Nonattainment Areas

1. 52 FR 24634; (July 1, 1987). Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for

Particulate Matter, final rule.

2. 71 FR 61144; (October 17, 2006). National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate 

Matter, final rule.

3. 52 FR 29383; (August 7, 1987). PM10 Group I and Group II Areas.

4. 55 FR 45799; (October 31, 1990). Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of State 

Implementation Plans; Corrections to PM10 Areas of Concern.

5. 56 FR 11101; (March 15, 1991). Designations and Classifications for Initial PM10 

Nonattainment Areas, Notice announcing designations and classifications for initial PM10 

nonattainment areas.

6. 56 FR 37654; (August 8, 1991). Designations and Classifications for Initial PM10 

Nonattainment Areas.

7. 56 FR 56694; (November 6, 1991). 

8. 75 FR 67220; (November 2, 2010). Determinations of Attainment by the Applicable 

Attainment Date for the Hayden, Nogales, Paul Spur/Douglas PM10 Nonattainment Areas, 
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Arizona, direct final rule.

9. 76 FR 1532; (January 11, 2011). Determinations of Attainment by the Applicable 

Attainment Date for the Hayden, Nogales, Paul Spur/Douglas PM10 Nonattainment Areas, 

Arizona, final rule.

CATEGORY IV: Air Quality System Data Reports, Arizona Annual Certifications, EPA 

Monitoring Network Reviews, Annual Air Monitoring Network Plans

1. Technical System Audit Report transmitted via correspondence dated October 18, 2005, from 

Sean Hogan, Air Division, EPA Region IX, to Steven Peplau, Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality.

2. Technical System Audit Report transmitted via correspondence dated September 23, 2010, 

from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX, to Eric Massey, Air Division, 

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

3. Technical System Audit Report transmitted via correspondence dated February 26, 2009, 

from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA Region IX, to Ursula Kramer, Pima 

County, Department of Environmental Quality.

4. ADEQ, State of Arizona Air Monitoring Network Plan for the Year 2011, Final Report, 

August 2, 2011.

5. Correspondence from Matthew Lakin, EPA Region IX, to Eric Massey, Arizona Department 

of Environmental Quality, dated December 1, 2011, regarding approval of annual monitoring 

network plan for 2011.

6. Nancy C. Wrona, Director, Air Quality Division, ADEQ to Debbie Jordan, EPA Region IX, 

dated July 14, 2008 certifying the ambient air quality data collected at the Nogales,

monitoring sites for year 2007. 

7. Nancy C. Wrona, Director, Air Quality Division, ADEQ to Debbie Jordan, EPA Region IX, 

dated June 30, 2009, certifying the ambient air quality data collected at the Nogales 

monitoring sites for year 2008.

8. Ira M. Domsky, Acting Director, Air Quality Division, ADEQ to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, dated April 30, 2010 certifying the ambient air quality data 

collected at the Nogales monitoring sites for year 2009.

9. Air Quality System Database PM10 Raw Data Report, dated June 13, 2012, PM10 

monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Nogales, Arizona area for 2007 - 2009. 

10. Air Quality System Database NAAQS Averages Report, PM10, dated June 13, 2012, for 

PM10 monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Nogales, Arizona area for 2007 -

2009. 

11. Electronic file Nogales PM10 – Concentration and Met Analysis.xlsx; as cited in “Analysis 

of Ambient PM10 Levels, Topography, and Meteorological Data in Nogales, Arizona: 2007 –

2009” found in Appendix D of the “State Implementation Plan Nogales PM10 Nonattainment 

Area.” This file provides the 2007 – 2009 ambient PM10 data and detailed calculations for 

the analyses of the data provided in the subject document. See Category V folder below to 

locate the file.
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12. Air Quality System Database Quicklook Report, dated September 17, 2010, summarizing 

PM10 monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Paul Spur/Douglas, Arizona area 

for 1991.

13. Air Quality System Database Quicklook Report, dated June 23, 2010, summarizing PM10 

monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Paul Spur/Douglas, Arizona area for 

1992-1994.

14. Air Quality System Database Quicklook Report, dated August 18, 2010, summarizing PM10 

monitoring data collected at monitoring stations in Paul Spur/Douglas, Arizona area for 1995

– first quarter of 2010.

CATEGORY V: Supporting Information and Analyses for Emissions Inventories, Section 

179B Analysis, and Other Elements of Proposed and Final Rules. 

1. 57 FR 13498; (April 16, 1992). State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the 

Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

2. 57 FR 18070; (April 28, 1992). General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the 

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 as supplemented on April 28, 1992 

3. 59 FR 41998; (August 16, 1994). State Implementation Plans for Serious PM10 

Nonattainment Areas, and Attainment Date Waivers for PM10 Nonattainment Areas 

Generally; Addendum to the General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of the Clean 

Air Act Amendments of 1990.

4. 75 FR 9411; (March 2, 2010).

5. “Mexico National Emissions Inventory, 1999: Six Northern States”, Final, April 30, 2004, 

prepared by Eastern Research Group (ERG), Acosta Y Asociados, and Transengineering, for 

the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources and the National Institute of 

Ecology of Mexico, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Western 

Governors’Association, and the North American Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation. (1999 Mexico NEI).

6. “Development of Mexico National Emissions Inventory Projections for 2008, 2012, and 

2030”, Final, January 9, 2009, prepared by Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) for the 

Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico City, Mexico, the National Renewable Energy

Laboratory, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, with assistance from 

the Western Governors’ Association. (2008-12 NEI Projections).

7. “Technical Support Document for Recommendation that the Nogales, Arizona Area Be 

Designated as a PM2.5 Nonattainment Area”, Arizona Department of Environmental 

Quality, December 3, 2007. 

8. “Estimation of Paved and Unpaved Road Dust in Mexico”, presentation by Marty Wolf, 

Paula Fields, and Salvador Gonzalez-Ayala, at NARSTO Emissions Inventory Conference, 

October 14-17, 2003. 

9. “2005 Mexicali Emissions Inventory”, Final Report, February 27, 2009, Eastern Research 

Group, Inc. (ERG).

10. Unpaved and paved road fugitive dust data from Mexicali and San Luis Rio Colorado 

emissions inventory studies provided by Marty Wolf, ERG; see electronic file MWolf ERG 

mexico_dust_data_072511.xlsx. 
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11. Electronic file Nogales PM10 – Concentration and Met Analysis.xlsx; as cited in “Analysis 

of Ambient PM10 Levels, Topography, and Meteorological Data in Nogales, Arizona: 2007 –

2009” found in Appendix D of the “State Implementation Plan Nogales PM10 Nonattainment 

Area.” This file provides the 2007 – 2009 ambient PM10 data and detailed calculations for 

the analyses of the data provided in the subject document.

12. “Final State Implementation Plan for the Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area”, Arizona 

Department of Environmental Quality, June 1993. 

13. “Atmospheric, Hydroclimatic, and Anthropogenic Causes of Fugitive Dust in the Nogales 

Arizona-Nogales, Sonora Airshed”, 2002, A.W. Ellis. Southwest Center for Environmental 

Research and Policy. 

14. Memorandum, G.T. Helms., Chief, Ozone/Carbon Monoxide Programs Branch to Air Directors, 

“Contingency Measures for Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Redesignations,” June 1, 1992.

15. 62 FR 15844; (April 3, 1997). Approval of the Indiana portion of the Chicago area 15 percent 

Rate of Progress plan.

16. 66 FR 30811; (June 8, 2001). Proposed approval of the Rhode Island post-1996 Rate of Progress 

plan.

17. 66 FR 586 and 66 FR 634; (January 3, 2001). Approval of the Massachusetts and Connecticut 

one-hour ozone attainment demonstrations. 

18. 69 FR 40004, 40031-40036; (July 1, 2004). Conformity rule preamble.

19. Memorandum to file regarding of adequacy documentation for Nogales nonattainment area 

PM10 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget within “Proposed State Implementation Plan Nogales 

PM10 Nonattainment Area,” Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, May 17, 2012, 

with Appendices A - K. Wienke Tax, EPA; June 13, 2012. 

20. Correspondence from Lisa Hanf, EPA Region IX to Eric Massey, Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality, dated June 21, 2012, comments on “State Implementation Plan 

Nogales PM10 Nonattainment Area,” Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 

Proposed, May 17, 2012, with appendices A - J.

21. Memorandum to file regarding of adequacy documentation for Nogales nonattainment area 

PM10 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget within “Final State Implementation Plan Nogales 

PM10 Nonattainment Area,” Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, August 24, 

2012, with Appendices A - K. Jerry Wamsley, EPA; August 24, 2012.