Docket Index

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Sacramento Metro 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2014-0178)

October 14, 2014

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; Sacramento 

Metro Area; Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Proposed rule. 

September 24, 2014 (pre-publication version).

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

of Implementation Plans; State of California; Sacramento Metro Area; Attainment Plan 

for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, Additional Supporting Information and Analysis of 

Select Issues in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,” September 24, 2014.

B. State Submittals

B-1. Letter, Catherine Witherspoon, Executive Officer, CARB to Wayne Nastri, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, February 24, 2006 (submittal of 8-Hour Ozone Rate-OfProgress Plan)

a. Sacramento Regional Nonattainment Area 8-Hour Ozone Rate-Of-Progress Plan 

(Final Report), February 2006

b. CARB Executive Order G-125-335, February 24, 2006.

c. District Board Resolutions (5 files)

 Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) Board 

of Directors Resolution No. 2006-010, January 26, 2006

 El Dorado Air Quality Management District (EDAQMD) Board of Directors 

Resolution No. 040-2006, February 7, 2006

 Feather River Air Quality Management District (FRAQMD) Board of Directors 

Resolution No. 2006-01, February 6, 2006

 Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD) Board of Directors 

Resolution No. 06-01, February 9, 2006

 Yolo Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD) Board of Directors 

Resolution No. 06-01, February 8, 2006

d. Letter, Larry Greene, SMAQMD, to Catherine Witherspoon, CARB, February 9, 

2006
e. Public comments received on draft Rate-of-Progress Plan and SMAQMD responses, 

January 26, 2006. 

f. Notice of Public Hearings to consider the adoption of 8-Hour Ozone Rate-OfProgress Plan

g. Proof of Publication, Sacramento Bee, December 21 2005

h. Proof of Publication, Vacaville Reporter, December 21 2005

B-2. Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, to Wayne Nastri, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, November 16, 2007 with enclosures (submittal of 2007 

State Strategy)

a. CARB, Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Approval of the Proposed State 

Strategy for California’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Federal 8-Hour 

Ozone and PM2.5 Standards, May 7, 2007

b. CARB, Notice of Continuation, Notice of Public Meeting to Consider Approval of

the Proposed State Strategy for California’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 

Federal 8-Hour Ozone and PM2.5 Standards, July 19, 2007 

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

Implementation Plan, adopted September 27, 2007. (9 files)

d. CARB Resolution No. 07-28, September 27, 2007 with attachments A & B

e. State of California, Air Resource Board, Executive Order No. S-07-002, November 

15, 2007. 

f. CARB, Board Hearing Transcript, June 21-22 and September 27, 2007 (3 files)

g. CARB Board Comments Log, September 27, 2007.

B-3. Letter, James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB to Laura Yoshi, Acting Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, April 17, 2009 (transmitting Ozone Plan)

a. Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan and Reasonable Further 

Progress Plan (Ozone Plan”), April 30, 2009

b. Ozone Plan Appendices, April 30, 2009 

i. Appendices A-I (except A2-A4)

ii. Appendix A2. Estimated VOC and NOx forecast summaries by EIC emission 

categories for the Sacramento Federal Nonattainment Area. (2 files)
iii. Appendix A3. Stationary point and area-wide source VOC and NOx 

inventories listed by EIC emission categories with growth and control factors 

and associated rules and growth parameters (2 files)

iv. Appendix A4. summary of off-road equipment emissions, horsepower, 

population and activity data for the Sacramento Nonattainment Area using 

data outputs from OFFROAD2007 model. (9 files)

v. Appendix B – Photochemical Modeling in Support of Attaining the Federal 

8-Hour Ozone Air Quality Standard in Central California, March 1, 2007

c. CARB Board Resolution 09-19, March 26, 2009

d. CARB Staff Report, Analysis of the Sacramento Metro Area’s 2009 State 

Implementation Plan for Ozone, March 12, 2009

e. District Board Resolutions

i. SMAQMD Board of Directors Resolution No. 2009-001, January 22, 2009

ii. EDCAQMD Board of Directors Resolution No. 021-2009, February 10, 2009

iii. FRAQMD Board of Directors Resolution No. 2009-02, February 2, 2009

iv. PCAPCD Board of Directors Resolution No. 09-01, February 19, 2009

v. YSAQMD Board of Directors Resolution No. 09-02, February 11, 2009

f. Public comments received and responses

i. Marysville workshop, September 24, 2008

ii. Comments on draft Plan, January 8, 2009

iii. FRAQMD hearing, February 2, 2009

iv. SMAQMD hearing, February 6, 2009

v. EDCAQMD hearing, February 10, 2009

vi. PCAPCD Board meeting, February 19, 2009

vii. YSAQMD hearing, February 11, 2009

g. Letter, Larry Greene, SMAQMD to James Goldstene, CARB, February 9, 2009

h. Notice of Public Hearings to consider the adoption of Ozone Plan

i. Proof of Publications (6 files)
B-4. Letter, James N. Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB, to Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, August 12, 2009 

a. CARB, Notice of Public Hearing to Consider a Status Report on the State Strategy 

for California’s 2007 State Implementation Plan and Consider Approval of a 

Proposed Revision to the State Implementation Plan Reflecting Implementation of 

the 2007 State Strategy, March 24, 2009 

b. 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 

c. CARB Resolution No. 09-34, April 24, 2009

d. CARB, Board Hearing Transcript, April 24, 2009

e. Public comments received during CARB hearing on the 2009 State Strategy Update, 

April 24, 2009 (4 files)

B-5. Letter, James Goldstene, Executive Officer, CARB to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region 9, December 31, 2013 (submittal of Ozone Plan Update)

a. Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan and Reasonable Further 

Progress Plan, 2013 SIP Revisions (“Ozone Plan Update”), September 26, 2013

b. Ozone Plan Update Appendices, September 26, 2013

i. Appendices A-I (except A2-A4)

ii. Appendix A2. Estimated VOC and NOX stationary, area-wide and off-road 

forecast summaries by EIC emission categories for the Sacramento 

Nonattainment Area in CARB’s SIP planning projections model, CEPAM.

Because of the size of the file, it is not available on regs.gov, but it is available by 

contacting USEPA Region 9 (John Ungvarsky, 415-972-3963).

iii. Appendix A3. Growth and control data used for emission forecasting stationary 

and area-wide sources in CEPAM. Because of the size of the file, it is not 

available on regs.gov, but it is available by contacting USEPA Region 9 (John 

Ungvarsky, 415-972-3963).

iv. Appendix A4. Summary of In-Use off-road equipment emissions, horsepower, 

population and activity data for the Sacramento Federal Nonattainment Area 

using data outputs from the 2011 In-Use Off-Road Equipment model. Because of 

the size of the file, it is not available on regs.gov, but it is available by contacting 

USEPA Region 9 (John Ungvarsky, 415-972-3963).

c. CARB Board Resolution 13-39, November 21, 2013
d. CARB Staff Report, Proposed Revisions to the 8-Hour Ozone State Implementation 

Plan for the Sacramento Federal Nonattainment Area, December 31, 2013

e. SMAQMD Board of Directors Resolution No. 2013-026, September 26, 2013

f. Letter, Larry Greene, SMAQMD to Richard Corey, CARB, November 20, 2013

g. Public comments received on Ozone Plan Update and responses, September 26, 2013

h. Notices of public hearings to consider the adoption of Ozone Plan Update and 

affidavits of publications, Attachment 5, September 26, 2013

C. EPA Guidance Documents

C-1. 44 FR 8202, Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Photochemical 

Oxidants, February 8, 1979

C-2. 44 FR 20372, State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for Proposed Rulemaking 

on Approval of Plan Revisions for Nonattainment Areas, April 4, 1979

C-3. 57 FR 13498, State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of 

Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; General preamble for future proposed 

rulemakings, April 16, 1992

C-4. Memorandum, G.T. Helms, Chief, Ozone/Carbon Monoxide Programs Branch to Air 

Directors, “Contingency Measures for Ozone and Carbon Monoxide (CO) 

Redesignations,” June 1, 1992

C-5. 61 FR 10920, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California Ozone, 

March 18, 1996

C-6. 62 FR 1150, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California-Ozone; 

Final rule, January 8, 1997

C-7. 62 FR 15844, Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Indiana; Direct 

final rule, April 3, 1997

C-8. 62 FR 38856, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone; Final Rule, July 18, 

1997

C-9. 62 FR 66279, Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plan; Illinois; Final 

rule, December 18, 1997 

C-10. Memorandum, John Seitz, Director, OAQPS to Regional Air Directors, “Guidance on 

the Reasonably Available Control Measure Requirement and Attainment Demonstration 

Submissions for Ozone Nonattainment Areas,” November 30, 1999
C-11. Memorandum, John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

“Additional Submission on RACM from States with Severe One-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area SIPs,” December 14, 2000

C-12. 66 FR 634, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

Connecticut; One-Hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration and Attainment Date 

Extension for the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area; Final rule, January 3, 

2001

C-13. 66 FR 30811, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode 

Island; Post-1996 Rate of Progress; Direct final rule, June 8, 2001

C-14. Memorandum, Lydia Wegman and Peter Tsirigotis to Regional Air Division Directors, 

“2002 Base Year Emission Inventory SIP Planning: 8-hr Ozone, PM2.5 and Regional 

Haze Programs,” November 18, 2002.

C-15. 68 FR 32802, Proposed Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Quality 

Standards; Proposed rulemaking, June 2, 2003

C-16. 69 FR 5412, 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, February 4, 2004

C-17. 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; Final rule, May 26, 2004

C-18. 69 FR 23858, Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Early Action Compact Areas with Deferred 

Effective Date; Final Rule, April 30, 2004

C-19. 69 FR 23951, Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards –Phase I; Final rule, April 30, 2004.

C-20. Emissions Inventory Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Regional Haze Regulations, 

EPA–454/ R–99–006, November 2005

C-21. 70 FR 71612, Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards; Final rule, November 29, 2005.

C-22. 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, April 25, 2007

C-23. Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses for Demonstrating Attainment of 

Air Quality Goals for Ozone, PM2.5, and Regional Haze, EPA -454/B-07-002 (April 

2007)

C-24. 73 FR 16436, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, March 27, 2008
C-25. 74 FR 2936, Proposed Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard: Revision on Subpart 1 Area Reclassification and Anti-Backsliding 

Provisions Under Former 1-Hour Ozone Standard; Proposed Deletion of Obsolete 1-

Hour Ozone Standard Provision, January 16, 2009

C-26. 74 FR 33933, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 1-Hour Ozone 

Extreme Area Plan for San Joaquin Valley, CA; Proposed rule, July 14, 2009

C-27. 74 FR 37210, Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted 

Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan for Sacramento 8-hour Ozone for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes; California, July 28, 2009

C-28. 74 FR 57074, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

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

C-29. “Fact Sheet, Proposal to Revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone,” 

January 6, 2010

C-30. 75 FR 2938, National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone; Proposed rule, January 

19, 2010

C-31. 75 FR 10420, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: 1-Hour Ozone 

Extreme Area Plan for San Joaquin Valley, CA; Final rule, March 8, 2010

C-32. 75 FR 24409, Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San 

Joaquin Valley, South Coast Air Basin, Coachella Valley, and Sacramento Metro 8-Hour 

Ozone Nonattainment Areas; Reclassification; final rule, May 5, 2010

C-33. 75 FR 25778, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Yolo-Solano Air 

Quality Management District, May 10, 2010

C-34. 75 FR 26653, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

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

C-35. 75 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 

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

2010

C-36. 75 FR 51960, Proposed Rule To Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard: New Source Review Anti-Backsliding Provisions for Former 1-

Hour Ozone Standard, August 24, 2010

C-37. 75 FR 80420, Reasonable Further Progress Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard, December 22, 2010

C-38. 76 FR 27613, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board-Consumer Products, May 12, 2011
C-39. 76 FR 30025, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, May 24, 

2011

C-40. 76 FR 57872, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard, September 16, 2011

C-41. 76 FR 75795, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District, December 5, 2011

C-42. 76 FR 77521, California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial 

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

C-43. 77 FR 7535, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air 

Resources Board-Consumer Products, February 13, 2012

C-44. 77 FR 12493, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Feather River Air 

Quality Management District, March 1, 2012

C-45. 77 FR 12651, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; San Joaquin 

Valley; Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, March 1, 2012

C-46. 77 FR 12674, Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; 

Attainment Plan for 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, March 1, 2012

C-47. 77 FR 20308, Approval and Promulgation of Implementations Plans; California Air 

Resources Board-In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Truck and Bus Regulation, and 

Drayage Truck Regulation, April 4, 2012

C-48. 77 FR 30088, Air Quality Designations for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards, May 21, 2012

C-49. Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Sacramento Metropolitan Air 

Quality Management District, 77 FR 47536 (August 9, 2012)

C-50. Memorandum, Karl Simon, Director, Transportation and Climate Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, “Guidance on Implementing Clean Air Act Section 

182(d)(1)(A): Transportation Control Measures and Transportation Control Strategies to 

Offset Growth in Emissions Due to Growth in Vehicle Miles Travelled,” (August 30, 

2012)

C-51. 78 FR 14533, Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model 

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

C-52. 78 FR 58090, California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Off-Road 

Compression Ignition Engines-In-Use Fleets; Notice of Decision, September 20, 2013
C-53. 79 FR 46436, Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted 

Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan for Sacramento 8-hour Ozone for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes; California, August 8, 2014

C-54. USEPA NOx Substitution Guidance (December 1993)

C-55. 79 FR 60347, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District, Direct Final Rule, October 7, 2014

C-56. 79 FR 60405, Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer County Air 

Pollution Control District, Proposed Rule, October 7, 2014.

D. Other Documents

D-1. Bay Area 2005 Ozone Strategy - Appendix C, Stationary and Mobile Source Control 

Measure Descriptions,” Bay Area Air Quality Management District, January 4, 2006

D-2. CARB request to reclassify Sacramento, February 14, 2008

D-3. Letter from Jordan to Goldstene regarding MVEB adequacy finding, July 16, 2009

D-4. SACOG 2013/16 MTIP, Amendment #1 to the Metropolitan Transportation 

Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy 2035, and Air Quality Conformity Analysis, 

August 16, 2012

D-5. USEPA, Region 9, Air Quality System, Design Value Report, June 10, 2014.

D-6. Letter, Lynn Terry, Executive Officer, CARB to Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, 

EPA Region 9, June 19, 2014 with attachments

a. Sacramento VMT Offset Demonstration, June 11, 2014

b. EMFAC Flow Chart

c. Microsoft excel worksheet of data used in VMT offset demonstration. Because of the 

size of this file (i.e., 27 Mb), it is not available on regs.gov but is available by 

contacting USEPA Region 9 (John Ungvarsky, 415-972-3963).

D-7. Email from Jonathon Taylor, CARB, to Matt Lakin, EPA Region 9, Final Corrected 

VMT Offset Demonstration, July 25, 2014 with attachment

a. Final Corrected Sacramento VMT Offset Demonstration, July 24, 2014

D-8. Letter from Jordan to Corey regarding MVEB adequacy finding, July 25, 2014.

D-9. SACOG 2015/18 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP), 

Amendment #4 to the Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities 

Strategy (MTP/SCS) 2035, September 18, 2014

D-10. SACOG Air Quality Conformity Analysis for 2015/18 MTIP, Amendment #4 to the 

MTP/SCS 2035, September 18, 2014
D-11. USEPA Fact Sheet, EPA Proposes Approval of California’s Plan for the Sacramento 

Area to Attain the 1997 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, September 24, 

2014

D-12. Final 2007 Air Quality Management Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management 

District, June 2007. (Because of the size of this document, please use the link below to 

view the document and related materials.) http://www.aqmd.gov/home/library/clean-airplans/air-quality-mgt-plan/2007-air-quality-management-plan. 

D-13. 2007 Ozone Plan, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, April 30, 2007. 

(Because of the size of this document, please use the link below to view the document 

and related materials.) 

http://www.valleyair.org/Air_Quality_Plans/AQ_Final_Adopted_Ozone2007.htm.

D-14. Email communications with YSAQMD regarding Rules 2.26, 2.39, and 2.44, June 2014