INDEX TO DOCKET EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0752

Determination of Attainment for the Nogales Nonattainment 

Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; California; 

Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air Act 

Requirements

FINAL AND PROPOSED RULE

CATEGORY I. NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

Reserved

CATEGORY II. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

1. Proposed Rule, “Determination of Attainment for the Nogales 

Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine Particle Standard; 

Arizona; Determination Regarding Applicability of Clean Air 

Act Requirements” October 15, 2012. (pre-publication 

version)

CATEGORY III. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable

CATEGORY IV. OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS

Reserved (if comments are submitted)

CATEGORY V. FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

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

3. 59 FR 7629, Executive Order 12898, February 16, 1994

4. 60 FR 36723, Determination of Attainment of Ozone Standard 

for Salt Lake and Davis Counties, Utah, and Determination 

Regarding Applicability of Certain Reasonable Further 

Progress and Attainment Demonstration Requirements, July 

18, 1995.

5. 61 FR 20458, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Ohio, May 7, 1996.
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6. 61 FR 31832, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; State of Michigan, June 21, 1996.

7. 62 FR 19885, Executive Order 13045, April 23, 1997.

8. 62 FR 38652, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter, July 18, 1997.

9. 64 FR 43255, Executive Order 13132, August 10, 1999.

10. 65 FR 37879, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Ohio and Kentucky, June 19, 2000.

11. 65 FR 67249, Executive Order 13175, November 9, 2000.

12. 66 FR 28355, Executive Order 13211, May 22, 2001.

13. 66 FR 53094, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air 

Quality Planning Purposes; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of 

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area to 

Attainment and Approval of Miscellaneous Revisions, October 

19, 2001.

14. 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.

15. 69 FR 21717 Determination of Attainment of the 1-Hour Ozone

Standard; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain 

Clean Air Act Requirements; Approval and Promulgation of 

Ozone Attainment Plan; San Francisco Bay Area, CA, April 

22, 2004.

16. 70 FR 71612, Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard — Phase 2, November 

29, 2005.
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17. 71 FR 61144, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Particulate Matter, October 17, 2006.

18. 71 FR 61236, Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring 

Regulations, Final Rule, October 17, 2006. 

19. 72 FR 20586, Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule, 

(April 25, 2007)

20. 74 FR 58688, Air Quality Designations for the 2006 24-Hour 

Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards, November 13, 2009.

21. 75 FR 56, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans 

and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; North Carolina: Greensboro-Winston Salem-High 

Point; Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter Standard, January 4, 2010.

22. 75 FR 230, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; North Carolina: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir; 

Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Fine 

Particulate Matter Standard, January 5, 2010.

23. 75 FR 6570, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 1-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1-

Hour Ozone Standard, February 10, 2010.

24. 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.

25. 75 FR 31288, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of 

Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard, June 3, 2010.

26. 75 FR 53219, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Determination of 
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Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Greater 

Connecticut Area, August 31, 2010.

27. 75 FR 54778, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Baton Rouge 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 8-

Hour Ozone Standard, September 9, 2010.

28. 75 FR 62470, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Tennessee: Knoxville; Determination of Attaining 

Data for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, October 12, 2010.

29. 75 FR 64949, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; Determination of 

Attainment of the 1997 Ozone Standard for the Providence, 

RI Area, October 21, 2010.

30. 76 FR 11080, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; The Milwaukee-Racine and 

Sheboygan Areas; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8-

Hour Ozone Standard, March 1, 2011.

31. 76 FR 12860, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisville 

Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 

Annual Fine Particle Standard, March 9, 2011.

32. 76 FR 18650, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Rome; Determination of Attaining Data 

for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, April 5, 

2011.

33. 76 FR 31237, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Determination of 

Attainment for the Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area, May 31, 2011.

34. 76 FR 31239, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee: Chattanooga; 
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Determination of Attaining Data for the 1997 Annual Fine 

Particulate Standard, May 31, 2011.

35. 76 FR 31858, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Macon; Determination of Attaining Data 

for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, June 2, 

2011.

36. 76 FR 33647, Approval and Promulgation of Determination of 

Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard: States of 

Missouri and Illinois, June 9, 2011.

37. 76 FR 36873, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Georgia: Atlanta; Determination of Attainment for 

the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standards, June 23, 2011.

38. 76 FR 38023, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Alabama: Birmingham; Determination of Attaining 

Data for the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard, June 

29, 2011.

39. 76 FR 55542, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; West Virginia: Kentucky; Ohio; 

Huntington-Ashland Nonattainment Area; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards, 

September 7, 2011.

40. 76 FR 60373, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; 

Cincinnati-Hamilton Nonattainment Area; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standards

(September 29, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, 

1997 PM2.5.

41. 76 FR 70656, Approval and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning 

Purposes; Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC and SC;

Determination of Attainment of the 1997 8-Hour Ozone 

Standard, November 15, 2011.
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42. 77 FR 18922, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Determinations of Clean 

Data for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Standard for the 

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle-York, Allentown, Johnstown, and 

Lancaster Nonattainment Areas, March 29, 2012.

43. 77 FR 31496, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Massachusetts and New Hampshire; 

Determination of Attainment of the One-Hour and 1997 EightHour Ozone Standards for Eastern Massachusetts, May 29, 

2012.

CATEGORY VI. OTHER DOCUMENTS

1. Memorandum from John Calcagni, “Procedures for Processing 

Requests to Redesignate Areas to Attainment,” September 4, 

1992.

2. Memorandum from John S. Seitz, Director, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, “Reasonable Further 

Progress, Attainment Demonstration, and Related 

Requirements for Ozone Nonattainment Areas Meeting the 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard,” May 10, 1995.

3. Memorandum from Steve Page, Director, EPA Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, “Clean Data Policy for the 

Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” 

December 14, 2004.

4. Our Children's Earth Foundation v. EPA, No. 04-73032 (9th 

Cir. June 28, 2005 (Memorandum Opinion))

5. Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, Nos. 06-75831 and 08-71238 (9th 

Cir. March 2, 2009 (Memorandum Opinion)). 

6. Letter from Joseph Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality 

Analysis Office, EPA Region IX, to Nancy Wrona, Director, 

Air Quality Division, Arizona Department of Environmental 

Quality (ADEQ) approving “Final Report of the State of 

Arizona Air Monitoring Network Plan for the Year 2009.”

November 12, 2009.
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7. Letter from Ira Domsky, Acting Director, Air Quality 

Division, ADEQ to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, 

EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2009 ambient air 

quality data and quality assurance data, April 30, 2010.

8. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. 

EPA Region IX, to Eric Massey, Air Division, ADEQ;

Technical System Audit Report, September 23, 2010.

9. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Eric Massey, Director, Air 

Quality Division, ADEQ approving “Final Report of the State 

of Arizona Air Monitoring Network Plan for the Year 2010.”

December 10, 2010.

10. Letter from Eric Massey, Director, Air Quality Division, 

ADEQ to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, EPA 

Region IX, certifying calendar year 2010 ambient air 

quality data and quality assurance data, May 2, 2011.

11. Letter from Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, EPA Region IX, to Eric Massey, Director, Air 

Quality Division, ADEQ approving “Final Report of the State 

of Arizona Air Monitoring Network Plan for the Year 2011.”

December 1, 2011.

12. Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Implementation Guidance for 

the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS), March 2, 2012.

13. Email from Diane Arnst, Planning Section Manager, Air 

Quality Division, ADEQ to Lisa Hanf, Manager, Planning 

Office, Air Division, U.S. EPA Region IX, requesting that 

EPA determine whether the Nogales PM2.5 nonattainment area 

qualified for a determination of attainment for the 2006 

24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS. July 6, 2012.

14. State of Arizona Air Monitoring Network Plan for the Year 

2012, Final Report, August 1, 2012.

15. Letter addressing sampling frequency from Eric Massey, 

Director, Air Quality Division, ADEQ to Matthew Lakin, 
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Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office, EPA Region IX. 

September 11, 2012. 

16. Air Quality System Design Value Report providing 8-hour 

ozone design values and air monitoring data at monitoring 

stations in the Nogales nonattainment area, August 31, 

2012.

17. Data Completeness Report Year 2009 for the Nogales 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 14, 

2012.

18. Data Completeness Report Year 2010 for the Nogales

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 14, 

2012.

19. Data Completeness Report Year 2011 for the Nogales

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, August 14, 

2012.

20. Letter from Eric C. Massey, Director, Air Quality Division, 

ADEQ to Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA Region 

IX, certifying the ambient air quality data collected for 

year 2011, September 21, 2012.

21. Data Completeness Report Year 2012 for the Nogales 

nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, September 

29, 2012.