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Determination of Attainment for the San Francisco Bay Area

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 San 

Francisco Bay Area Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine 

Particle Standard; California; 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.

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. 
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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 

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.
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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; 

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.
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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.

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 
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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 Joe Lapka, Acting Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, U.S. EPA Region IX, to Gary Kendall, Director of 

Technical Services, Bay Area Air Quality Management District

(BAAQMD) approving BAAQMD’s “2008 Air Monitoring Network 

Report.” December 17, 2009.

7. Letter from Jack Broadbent, Executive Officer/Air Pollution 

Control Officer, BAAQMD, 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 Matthew Lakin, Manager, Air Quality Analysis 

Office, U.S. EPA Region IX, to Eric Stevenson, Director of 

Technical Services, BAAQMD approving BAAQMD’s “2009 Air 

Monitoring Network Review for the Bay Area Air Quality 

Management District.” November 1, 2010.

9. Technical System Audit of the Ambient Monitoring Program: 

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, USEPA Region 9.

November 2010.

10. Letter from Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, U.S. EPA 

Region IX, to Jack Broadbent, Air Pollution Control Officer,

BAAQMD, transmitting “System Audit of the Ambient Monitoring 

Program: Bay Area Air Quality Management District, May 26 –
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June 4, 2009,” with enclosure. January 18, 2011. 

11. Letter from Jack Broadbent, Executive Officer/Air Pollution 

Control Officer, BAAQMD, to Jared Blumenfeld, Regional 

Administrator, EPA Region IX, certifying calendar year 2010

ambient air quality data and quality assurance data, April 

27, 2011.

12. BAAQMD’s 2010 Air Monitoring Network Report. July 1, 2011.

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

Office, U.S. EPA Region IX, to Eric Stevenson Director of 

Technical Services, BAAQMD approving BAAQMD’s “2010 Air 

Monitoring Network Report.” October 31, 2011.

14. Letter from James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the 

California Air Resources Board, to Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, USEPA Region IX, requesting EPA find

the San Francisco Bay Area 24-hour PM2.5 nonattainment area 

attained the 2006 24-hour fine particulate National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard. December 8, 2011.

15. 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.

16. Email with attachment from Sonoma Technology Inc. to Gwen 

Yoshimura, U.S. EPA Region IX, Air Division. March 26, 2012.

17. Email with attachment from Gwen Yoshimura, U.S. EPA Region, 

IX Air Division to Sonoma Technology Inc. April 11, 2012. 

18. Letter from Jack Broadbent, Executive Officer, BAAQMD, to 

Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 

IX, certifying calendar year 2011 ambient air quality data 

and quality assurance data. April 18, 2012. 

19. Air Quality System Design Value Report A providing 8-hour 

ozone design values and air monitoring data at monitoring 

stations in San Francisco Bay Area nonattainment area.

August 31, 2012.

20. Air Quality System Design Value Report B providing 8-hour 

ozone design values and air monitoring data at monitoring 

stations in San Francisco Bay Area nonattainment area.
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August 31, 2012.

21. Letter from Jean Roggenkamp, Deputy Air Pollution Control 

Officer, BAAQMD, to Amy Zimpfer, U.S. EPA Region IX. 

September 20, 2012.

22. Email with attachment from Sonoma Technology Inc. to Gwen 

Yoshimura, U.S. EPA Region, IX Air Division. September 14, 

2012. 

23. Data Completeness Report A Year 2009 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

24. Data Completeness Report B Year 2009 for the San Francisco

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

25. Data Completeness Report A Year 2010 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

26. Data Completeness Report B Year 2010 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

27. Data Completeness Report A Year 2011 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

28. Data Completeness Report B Year 2011 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

August 10, 2012.

29. Monitor Description Report the San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. 

EPA Air Quality System. October 15, 2012.

30. Data Completeness Report A Year 2012 for the San Francisco 

Bay Area nonattainment area, U.S. EPA Air Quality System, 

October 26, 2012.